03 / MY PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY
Twenty years of consulting across health, immigration, justice, economic development, and social impact. I connect careful research and evidence to the decisions, people, and operations that enable progress.
SELECTED WORK / 01
Helping institutions understand how care works in practice, where access breaks down, and what it takes to improve delivery.
First Nations Health Authority · 2024–2025
Managed the evaluation of FNHA and the BC Tripartite Framework Agreement, coordinating a review of 1,800 documents, 75 interviews, 28 engagement sessions, a 315-response survey, and more than 30 technical reports. Findings were validated with partners and regional leaders.
Governance · engagement · accountability
Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority · 2024
Led engagement in seven fly-in communities and developed a costed business case for oral health services. The work combined international comparisons with service options, financial modelling, operational requirements, partnerships, and funding mechanisms.
Access to care · finance · implementation
BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions · 2023–2025
Managed study design, research, and engagement on a highly scrutinized policy file. Brought together evidence from health authorities, police, local governments, Indigenous communities, and people who use drugs to inform implementation and policy improvement.
Public policy · complex evidence · stakeholder engagement
BC Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions · 2022–2025
Managed a three-year implementation evaluation of the ICY team model. Worked with ministry representatives, healthcare providers, teams, and community partners to examine operations and early outcomes and support continuous improvement.
Mental health · integrated services · performance
First Nations and Inuit Health Branch · Doctors of BC · Yukon
Experience includes evaluation of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch Clinical Care Program, physician quality improvement, and Yukon’s continuous glucose monitoring pilot. Across these assignments, the work connected frontline experience with evidence about service delivery and outcomes.
Clinical services · quality · patient experience
SELECTED WORK / 02
Making outcomes visible and useful to the people making funding and investment decisions.
Employment and Social Development Canada · 2025–2026
Led a performance-readiness assessment of the $755 million initiative, reviewing financial models, fund-manager experience, impact standards, and organizations’ capacity to report on outcomes.
Social finance · performance readiness
Canadian Race Relations Foundation · 2025–2026
Worked across departments to define indicators, build data-collection tools, and develop dashboards connecting programs with strategic objectives.
KPIs · data systems · organizational change
Arctic Inspiration Prize · 2021–2025
Assessed the impact of 40 projects supported by $15 million in funding, bringing community evidence into an understanding of outcomes across the North.
Impact assessment · community perspectives
SELECTED WORK / 03
Understanding the wider ecosystem so that policy and strategy respond to real needs.
Federal and provincial governments
Evaluation evidence contributed to restructuring Canada’s Federal Skilled Worker and Temporary Foreign Worker programs. Further work includes provincial nominee programs, Career Paths for Skilled Immigrants, and labour market strategies.
Policy design · skilled migration · labour supply
Justice Canada · provincial and local partners
Assignments include the Indigenous Justice Program, community safety initiatives, and the School Liaison Officer Program evaluation involving more than 1,000 participants.
Justice · trust · public accountability
Alberta Innovates · SONAMI · public institutions
Reviewed innovation ecosystems, advanced manufacturing needs, and program effectiveness to identify gaps, improve alignment, and inform investment.
Ecosystem research · strategy · technology
ENTREPRENEURSHIP & OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE
As a co-founder and managing partner of Qatalyst Research Group, I helped grow a practice from three people to more than twenty staff, supported by a network of more than twenty-five active associates.
I owned the work that makes a growing firm function: strategy, budgets, hiring, business development, client relationships, delivery, and quality assurance. I established work plans and review routines, mentored colleagues, and balanced structure with room for professional judgment. Over the last decade, I secured more than $10 million in cumulative consulting revenues.
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Ference Weicker & Company
Ference Weicker & Company
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