Annie Bérubé

Annie spent most of her career as a policy adviser and economist with the federal government, including in the office of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, Environment Canada and Health Canada. After volunteering in Rwanda for two years, Annie switched to the not-for-profit sector, working at the University of Ottawa’s Smart Prosperity Institute and at Équiterre as director of government relations in Ottawa. She holds degrees in economics from McGill University, an MES (ecological economics) from York University and a postgraduate diploma in environmental epidemiology from McMaster University. Annie is currently program director at the McConnell Foundation, where she works to advance the contribution of Canada’s philanthropic sector to an equitable transition to a net-zero carbon economy.