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Kathleen Monk was the founding Executive Director of the Broadbent Institute and is currently Senior Advisor. Prior to this, Ms. Monk worked on Parliament Hill as Director of Strategic Communications for Jack Layton.

She's a frequent media commentator and was named one of the 100 most influential people in Government and Politics by the Hill Times in 2012.

Before entering politics, Ms. Monk worked in newsrooms Toronto, Ottawa and Washington. She's a graduate of Trent University and completed her MSc at the London School of Economics.

Ms. Monk is an active volunteer with Equal Voice, an organization dedicated to electing more women to all levels of government and also spends an enormous amount of time reading about dinosaurs and playing Lego with her two boys, ages three and five.