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hockey7318 posted...

Are you comfortable saying what part of the government you work for? I always find it interesting hearing from people in state/federal jobs because a lot of it mirrors the work I do with the university. We're like a smaller government that is only worth a couple billion dollars.

I work with the First Nations and Inuit Health branch of the Canadian government, which is responsible for overseeing the allocation of FN monies to health provision in communities. I'm mostly doing administrative stuff at the moment, which is all very important to support the branch's work, but not as front-line as some of the other stuff that goes on, like environmental health sampling or running dental clinics. I'm going to be applying for a Masters of Public Health in the next year or two in hopes of being able to move into a more epidemiology-focused role, which will be be more interesting and impactful (not to mention paying better). I've also been doing some work with PHAC's (Canadian equivalent of the CDC) Covid response, which is similar back-end stuff that is important on paper, but doesn't feel as rewarding.

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