Sarah Hackett

Sarah Hackett is a Program and Policy Fellow within the Impact and Innovation Unit at the Privy Council Office. She is responsible for supporting the team's work on trust in institutions, misinformation, and increasing the trustworthiness of government behaviours. She is also working across emerging program areas to apply the sludge methodology to reduce undue barriers and frictions in current government processes, focused on creating value for Canadians.

Prior to her current role, Sarah was a Policy Advisor within Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. In this position, she worked with a team of behavioural scientists to use interdisciplinary approaches to generate evidence rooted in the real experiences and measurable behaviours of public servants in preparation for the future of work.

Sarah holds a Master of Public Policy from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto and an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from the Smith School of Business at Queen’s University.