Elect Odette Bartnicki
Deputy Mayor

Education and additional qualifications include:

• Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA)
• Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)
• Public Libraries Act training, Southern Ontario Library Service
• Crisis Response Training, Victim Services Bruce-Grey-Perth
• Violence Threat Risk Assessment Trainer Certification, Canadian Centre for Threat Assessment
• Crucial Conversations Trainer Certification, VitalSmarts, Boston
• Completed Governance Directors’ College, DeGroote School of Business/McMaster University
• Completed Sustainability Academy, Schulich School of Business/York University
• Completed Supervisory Officers Executive Program, Rotman School of Management/University of Toronto
• Completed Industrial Relations, Queen’s University
• Completed Negotiation and Mediation Certificate, York University
• B.A., University of Waterloo; B.Ed., University of Toronto; and Master of Education (Honours), York University

More than 30 years of professional leadership in public education and governance, with proven experience making responsible decisions, working collaboratively and representing the whole community.

• President, CFUW Southport for four years ending August 2026, continuing member of Scholarship Committee, past member of its Vigil and Advocacy committees
• Member of two Town of Saugeen Shores environmental committees (2021 and 2024)
• Bruce County representative with the Grey Bruce Climate Action Network (GBCAN)
• Former Deputy Mayor of the Town of The Blue Mountains
• Member of Grey County Council
• Experience at upper and lower tiers of governance
• Participated on nine municipal committees and two county committees, including as Vice Chair of the Grey County Long-Term Care Task Force and the CAO Evaluation Committee
• Attended and presented briefs at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and attended the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association (ROMA)
• Authored and presented successful municipal resolutions on climate change and single-use plastics
• Chaired The Blue Mountains Public Library Board
• Director on the Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Crisis Responder with Victim Services Bruce-Grey-Perth; developed volunteer training protocol
• Recipient of the Halton Regional Police Service Award
• Recipient of the Ontario Teacher of the Year Award
• Led a multi-school-board and police-services team to develop the Halton Police-School Board Protocol, including Lockdown-Hold and Secure, which was used as a provincial model
• Worked as a Mathematics Consultant with the Ontario Ministry of Education
• Teacher, Consultant, Vice-Principal, Principal, Superintendent and Director of Education
• As a Superintendent of Education, sat as a Director on the Ontario Public Supervisory Officers Association (OPSOA) and authored the joint response to Bill 157 Keeping Students Safe at School for OPSOA and the Council of Directors of Education (CODE)