PolicyJobsTO #468

Welcome to this week’s edition of PolicyJobsTO. Find some fun links below to distract you from your AI anxiety and/or habit!

📚🤓From our desks: Five tips for your first public policy job (and five tips for your managers). A classic Springboard Policy article, adapted for our lovely 2026 readers, in this face of AI being everywhere.

• 50% of men believe that if pressed, they could land a plane. 🛬🧑🏽‍✈️

• If you remember Billy Eicher’s Name A Woman, there is a helpful online game that can help you to be prepared 👵👩🏽

• Six years ago Kimmel asked Torontonians to trash talk sports opponents 🏀🥊

• “Summer should be fun” links to help you find fun in Toronto and Ottawa this summer 🌇🍹

• “How many sandwiches have you made for me?”: 100 key moments in Toronto’s culinary history 🥪🍛

• “I am deep breath”: An analysis of 200,000 similes in popular fiction ✍️🌹

• “CEO and founder…of WHAT?”: Toronto’s tech week wrapped this week, and we can expect a Canadian AI strategy next week 💻🛜

• “She wore shoulder pads to the beach”: A little of TO’s Beaches for your summer playlist 🏖️🎸

The Senior Policy Advisor is a strategic thinker, researcher, and storyteller who will help support Mitacs’s evolution and implement its new strategic plan. A key function of this role is conducting original research that identifies emerging trends, risks, and opportunities—providing the organization with strategic advice for policy alignment and organizational transformation. The Advisor will translate complex data into actionable insights, develop compelling narratives for government funders, and support evidence-informed program design. The Advisor will lead priority policy files, drive forward-looking analysis, and help shape the strategic direction of the organization.🧠📊✍️

Salary: $77,100 - $97,660

The Senior Policy & Legislative Affairs Advisor will: lead the development and analysis of policy and legislative strategies; build and maintain relationships with stakeholders and community partners; and provide senior-level advice to support ministry priorities. This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping policy that makes government work better for people and smarter for business. Please send your CV with cover letter to evan.holt2@ontario.ca and sebastian.bonham-carter@ontario.ca, referencing Senior Policy & Legislative Affairs Advisor in the subject header – only candidates selected for interview will be contacted.📋✂️🤝

Salary: not listed.

Reporting to the Manager, Corporate Affairs, Policy & Government Relations, this role is responsible for supporting the OCS in meeting its accountability and reporting obligations to the Ontario government as a provincial Crown agency. The Senior Advisor will work across the organization to support OCS’s relationship with the Ministry of Finance and to develop high‑quality written products for internal and external audiences that align with corporate and strategic priorities. The role also involves cultivating strong working relationships across the organization and leading cross‑functional engagement to support the development and delivery of the agency’s Annual Report and multi‑year Business Plan.🌿📑

Salary: $ 71,777 - $ 107,379

This role provides direct support to the Government Relations (GR) team and strengthens HOOPP’s capacity for research, political analysis and strategic advice in a dynamic and evolving policy and regulatory environment. The GR Analyst will play an important role in monitoring and analyzing government and regulatory developments, supporting engagement activities and contributing to initiatives that advance HOOPP’s priorities with domestic and international governments. 💼📈🗳️

Salary: $71,000 - $109,000

Meta is seeking a Public Policy Manager to help lead public policy strategy and government engagement across Canada. In this role, the Manager will represent Meta's interests with federal and provincial policymakers, regulators, and key stakeholders on issues spanning digital regulation, privacy, AI, youth safety, content governance, platform accountability, and emerging technology policy. The Manager will develop and execute policy positions that shape the regulatory environment for Meta's family of apps and technologies, including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta's AI and hardware initiatives, ensuring Meta's voice is heard in Canada's evolving legislative landscape.📱🌐🤖

Salary: $110,000 - $153,000

This Master’s level student will support strategic initiatives within the 9-8-8 program and to work closely with program leadership to help advance CAMH’s national work. This role is ideal for a Master’s student with strong analytical, writing, and organizational skills who is interested in public policy, strategic planning, evaluation, or systems-level change. 📞🎓💙

Salary: $19.01-$26.93/hour

The Research Analyst plays a vital role in supporting this mission by coordinating and conducting qualitative, quantitative, and secondary research to understand the root causes of food insecurity and the impacts of government policies on food bank clients. The Research Analyst will coordinate and deliver key data and research products while identifying and effectively communicating notable trends, inequities, and emerging issues, including for DBFB’s annual Who’s Hungry initiative.🍞🍞🍞

Salary: $70,000 - $90,000

Reporting to the Manager, Policies, Compliance, and Pearson Standards, this role is ideal for a self-motivated and independent professional who takes initiative and ownership of their work. The successful candidate will serve as a subject matter expert in policy management, regulatory monitoring, and the delivery and reporting of compliance programs. The Program Analyst plays a critical role in the execution and continuous improvement of three key Greater Toronto Airports Authority enterprise programs: the Pearson Standard Program, the Policy Management Program, and Board Regulatory Compliance Reporting.✈️✈️✈️

Salary: not listed.

Reporting to the Manager, Corporate Initiatives - Strategic Planning and Organizational Performance, the Policy Advisor plays a key role in developing strategies and policies that support the effective delivery of Durham Region's 2025-2035 Strategic Plan. This role serves to strengthen the organization's ability to develop, adapt, and deliver on strategic priorities. The Policy Advisor enhances organizational performance at the Region through the development of performance measurement frameworks, evaluation plans, and dashboards to ensure progress towards achieving effective and efficient Regional programs and services.🏙️🎯

Salary: $109,629 - $137,036

The Policy Advisor will: provide policy advice on strategic objectives/directives of policy areas related to natural hazards (e.g. flooding, drought, erosion); provide evidence-based policy research and analysis, and support project management; support consultation and engagement with the public and stakeholders for input to policy and program development; and work collaboratively in a dynamic team environment with other policy professionals.💧🌊🏞️

Salary: $80,089 - $115,402

The Senior Advisor will: lead the program and policy development process and perform complex and sensitive policy analysis; develop and review functions in support of Indigenous and partner engagement and consultation; provide advice, guidance and tools to assigned Indigenous relationships and related processes, including First Nations emergency response and partnerships; and analyze and assess issues raised by ministries and provide strategic advice. 🤝🏛️⚖️

Salary: $86,379 - $127,288