====== Lucy Becker ======

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**Lucy Becker** (née Rybka) is a Canadian communications and public affairs specialist based in [[canada:ontario:Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]. She is notable in the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] due to her role with the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]].

Becker holds simultaneous positions with the CPSO, the [[Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal]] (OPSDT), and the [[Bereavement Society of Ontario]], meaning she both influences and enforces policies governing healthcare providers and burials/cremations.

Her [[LinkedIn]] interests include [[Brookfield]], Globe Advisor (of the [[Globe and Mail]]), the [[Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan]], [[Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada]], and the [[Toronto District School Board]].((//Lucy (Rybka) Becker (She/Her) - Interests.// LinkedIn. Retrieved March 7, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-becker-02b40913/details/interests/))

===== Education =====

Becker studied Public Administration at [[Ryerson University]], Political Science at [[Trent University]], and Journalism at [[Durham College]].((//Lucy (Rybka) Becker (She/Her) - Education.// LinkedIn. Retrieved March 7, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-becker-02b40913/)) While attending the latter, she acted as journalist and Feature Editor for The Chronicle newspaper.((Locke, J. (1984, February 13). //Intelligent critics preferable.// 4. http://dspace.library.dc-uoit.ca/uoit/bitstream/dcuoit/1926/1/Feb_13_1984_Issue_9.pdf))

===== Family =====

On September 8, 1984, Rybka married Harold Becker.((//Classifieds.// (1984, February 13). 12. http://dspace.library.dc-uoit.ca/uoit/bitstream/dcuoit/1926/1/Feb_13_1984_Issue_9.pdf))

===== Affiliations =====

==== The News Advertiser ====

Becker was a reporter for The News Advertiser, a local newspaper in Ajax, Ontario.((Purdy, B. (1998, August 23). //Only here for The Beer Store.// The News Advertiser, 6. https://corporate.pickering.ca/PLHCWebLink/0/edoc/173939/NA1998_08_23.pdf))

==== Government of Ontario (1988-1997) ====

Becker worked in various senior communications positions within the [[Government of Ontario]] and on political staff, including Press Secretary to several Cabinet Ministers.

=== 1993 Federal Election ===

Becker ran unsuccessfully as a member of the [[New Democratic Party]] (NDP) in the 1993 federal election.((//Durham (electoral district).// (2021, August 30). Wikipedia. https://archive.ph/8Pzai))

==== Brewers Retail Incorporated (1997-1999) ====

Becker worked as Communications Manager at [[Brewers Retail Incorporated]] (The Beer Store) from February 1997 to November 1999.((Purdy, B. (1998, August 23). //Only here for The Beer Store.// The News Advertiser, 6. https://corporate.pickering.ca/PLHCWebLink/0/edoc/173939/NA1998_08_23.pdf))

==== Law Society of Upper Canada (1999-2005) ====

Becker was hired as Manager of the Law Society of Upper Canada (now the [[Law Society of Ontario]]), and was quickly promoted to Director.((Public Affairs Department. (2000, June 6). //Report to Convocation.// Yumpu; The Law Society of Upper Canada. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/32529390/june-the-law-society-of-upper-canada)) She headed up communications and public affairs.((//Lucy Becker.// Bereavement Authority of Ontario. Retrieved March 6, 2022, from https://archive.ph/NKbm4))

==== AGF Management Limited (2006-2011) ====

From November 2006 until July 2011, Becker worked as Vice President of Corporate Communications for [[AGF Management Limited]], a capital markets firm.((Becker, L., & Marchment, A. (2009, November 2). //AGF Management Limited Confirms Name Change.// Cision Newswire; CNW Group Ltd. https://archive.ph/fiAw5))

==== Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (2011-2021) ====

In July 2011, Becker acted as a spokesperson and Vice President, Public Affairs and Member Education Services for the [[Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada]].((//Lucy Becker, Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada.// Bloomberg. Retrieved March 5, 2022, from https://archive.ph/S2e7d)) She concluded this role in June 2021.((//Lucy (Rybka) Becker (She/Her) - Experience.// LinkedIn. Retrieved March 5, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-becker-02b40913/details/experience/))

On November 19, 2014, Becker was quoted in a press release discussing the IIROC's partnership with [[JA_Worldwide:JA_Canada:JA Central Ontario]]. JACO (associated with [[JA_Worldwide:JA Canada]] and [[JA Worldwide]]) is funded by [[Accenture]], [[Aecon]], [[AGF Management]], [[AIG]], [[American Express]], [[AXA]], [[AXIS]], [[Barclays]], [[Barrick Gold]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Baxter]], [[BMO Financial Group]], [[Booz Allen Hamilton]], [[Broadridge Financial Solutions]], [[Brookfield]], [[Business Development Bank of Canada]], [[Cadillac Fairview]], [[Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council]], [[Capital One]], [[Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine]], [[CIBC]], [[Cisco]], [[Citi]], [[Cognizant Foundation]], [[Corus Entertainment]], [[Dell]], [[Deloitte]], [[Equifax]], [[Ernst & Young]], [[FedEx]], [[Fidelity]], [[Freedom Mobile]], [[General Electric]], [[Goldman Sachs]], [[Google]], the [[Government of Canada]], the [[Government of Ontario]], [[Hewlett Packard]], [[HSBC]], [[IBM]], [[Invesco]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Johnson & Johnson]], [[KPMG]], [[LinkedIn]], [[Manulife]], [[Marsh McLennan]], [[Mastercard]], [[McAffee]], [[McDonald's]], [[Medcan Health]], [[Microsoft]], [[Morgan Stanley]], [[National Bank of Canada]], [[Nestlé]], [[Nokia]], [[Ontario Pharmacists' Association]], [[Ontario Securities Commission]], [[Oracle]], [[PepsiCo]], [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]], [[Procter & Gamble]], [[RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)]], [[Refinitiv]], [[Rogers]], [[Salesforce]], [[SAP]], [[Scotiabank]], [[Staples]], [[State Street]], [[Sun Life Financial]], [[Swiss Re]], [[TC Energy]], [[TD Bank Group]], [[TELUS]], [[Thomson Reuters]], [[UBS]], [[WestJet]], and the [[Zurich Foundation]].((//Our Donors.// Junior Achievement Central Ontario. Retrieved March 8, 2022, from https://archive.ph/7G3gX)) ((//Our Corporate Partners.// Junior Achievement Central Ontario. Retrieved March 8, 2022, from https://archive.ph/2a088)) ((//Annual Report 2020/2021.// (2021, October). JA Central Ontario. https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/JA-Central-Ontario-Annual-Report-update.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2019-2020.// (2020). JA Central Ontario. https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AR20_FINAL.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2018/19.// (2019). JA Central Ontario. https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/2019.pdf)) ((//2017/18 Annual Report.// (2018). JA Central Ontario. https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/AnnualReport2018.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2016-17.// (2017). JA Central Ontario. https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/JA_Annual_Report_2017.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2014-15.// (2015). JA Central Ontario. https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/JA_Annual_Report_2015.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2014.// (2014). JA Central Ontario. https://web.archive.org/web/20220309035922/https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/JA_Annual_Report_2014.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2013.// (2013). JA Central Ontario. https://web.archive.org/web/20211026184113/https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/JA_Annual_Report_2013.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2012.// (2012). JA Central Ontario. https://web.archive.org/web/20211026184114/https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/JA_Annual_Report_2012.pdf)) Many of these are member organizations of the [[World Economic Forum]].((//Partners.// World Economic Forum. Retrieved March 8, 2022, from https://www.weforum.org/partners)) Importantly, JA Central Ontario is also funded by IIROC itself.

Additional partnerships include [[Boston Consulting Group]] and the [[Toronto District School Board]].((//Annual Report 2015-2016.// (2016). JA Central Ontario. https://www.jacentralontario.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/JACO_F16AnnualReport_Final_reducedsize.pdf))

Becker's hiring at IIROC immediately following her employment at [[AGF Management]] is of note, given the $30,000.00 - $74,999.00 cumulative donation from AGF to IIROC.

==== Don Valley Community Legal Services (2021-present) ====

In June 2021, Becker joined the Board of Directors for [[Don Valley Community Legal Services]].((//Our Board.// Don Valley Community Legal Services. Retrieved March 6, 2022, from https://archive.ph/HeFCT))

==== College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (2021-present) ====

In August 2021, Becker was announced as a new public member on the Council for the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]], representing Toronto.((//New Council Members.// (2021, September 22). eDialogue. https://archive.ph/ewGWT)) ((//Lucy (Rybka) Becker (She/Her) - Experience.// LinkedIn. Retrieved March 5, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-becker-02b40913/details/experience/)) She is also a member of the Fitness to Practice Committee.((//Lucy Becker.// Bereavement Authority of Ontario. Retrieved March 6, 2022, from https://archive.ph/NKbm4))

==== Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal (2021-present) ====

The month after her appointment to the CPSO, Becker also became an adjudicator for the [[Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal]] (OPSDT).((//Lucy (Rybka) Becker (She/Her) - Experience.// LinkedIn. Retrieved March 5, 2022, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucy-becker-02b40913/details/experience/)) ((//OPSDT: Adjudicators.// Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal. Retrieved March 6, 2022, from https://archive.ph/H05RR))

==== Bereavement Authority of Ontario (2022-present) ====

In January 2022, Becker joined the Board of Directors for the [[Bereavement Authority of Ontario]].((//Lucy Becker.// Bereavement Authority of Ontario. Retrieved March 6, 2022, from https://archive.ph/NKbm4))

==== Other Affiliations ====

=== Blue Line Magazine ===

Becker served as a contributing writer to Blue Line Magazine during the early 1990's.((Offer, C. (1991, March). //Less Study and More Action Required.// Blue Line Magazine, 5. https://web.archive.org/web/20220310183847/https://www.blueline.ca/images/uploads/issue/pdf/342/BLM_1991-03.pdf))

=== Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ===

At some point, Becker has been associated with the [[Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation]].((//New Council Members.// (2021, September 22). eDialogue. https://dialogue.cpso.on.ca/2021/09/new-council-members/)) 

The JDRF is funded/sponsored by and/or partnered with [[pharmaceutical_companies:Abbott]], [[AGF Management]], [[AMG Medical]], [[Ascensia Diabetes Care]], [[Astral Media]], [[Avison Young]], [[Bank of America]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Bayer]], [[medical_technology_companies:BD]], [[Bell Media]], [[BlackRock]], [[BMO Financial Group]], [[Broadbridge]], [[Cadillac Fairview]], [[Calgary Herald]], [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR), [[Canadian National Railway]], [[Canadian Pediatric Endocrine Group]], [[Canadian Paediatric Society]], [[Capital One]], [[CIBC]], [[Cisco]], [[Citi]], [[CTVglobemedia]], [[Deloitte]], [[DexCom]], [[Diabetes Canada]], [[Diabetes Express Pharmacy]], [[Dignity Memorial]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Eli Lilly]], [[Ernst & Young]], [[FedDev Ontario]], [[Fidelity]], [[Ford]], the [[Georgia Straight]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Global News]], the [[Globe and Mail]], [[Goldman Sachs]], [[Honda]], [[HSBC]], [[IBM]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Innovative Medicines Canada]], [[JPMorgan Chase]], [[KPMG]], [[LifeScan]], [[LMC Healthcare]], [[Loblaws]], [[London Drugs]], [[Mastercard]], [[medical_technology_companies:Medtronic]], [[Merril Lynch]], [[Morgan Stanley]], [[Motorola]], [[Mount Sinai Hospital]], [[PepsiCo]], Prime Minister [[Brian Mulroney]], [[National Bank of Canada]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Novo Nordisk]], [[Insulet]], [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]], [[Quebecor]], [[RBC (Royal Bank of Canada)]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Roche]] (through [[Accu-Chek]]), [[Rothschild Inc.]], [[pharmaceutical_companies:Sanofi]], [[Satellos Bioscience]], [[Scotiabank]], [[Shaw]], [[SNC-Lavalin]], [[Sun Life Financial]], [[Tandem Diabetes Care]], [[TD Bank Group]], [[TELUS]], [[Toronto Community Foundation]], [[UBS]], [[United Way]], [[University Health Network]], [[UPS]], [[Vancouver Foundation]], [[Walmart]], [[Wells Fargo]], and [[Ypsomed Selfcare Solutions]].((//Our Corporate Partners.// Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://archive.ph/psiUg)) ((​​//Home.// Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://archive.ph/7ZFLS)) ((//Your Impact 2019.// Netlify; Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://archive.ph/Tealr)) ((//2018 Annual Impact Report.// Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220312045643/https://www.jdrf.ca/sitejdrfca/assets/File/JDRF_2018_AR_Web_Final.pdf)) ((//2017 Annual Impact Report.// Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220312072216/https://www.jdrf.ca/sitejdrfca/assets/File/Annual_Report_EN_2017.pdf)) ((//JDRF 2015 Report to Donors.// Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://www.jdrf.ca/sitejdrfca/assets/File/NSO/Annual_Report_2015_Eng.pdf)) ((//2014 Annual Report.// Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved March 11, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20170628043959/http://www.jdrf.ca/sitejdrfca/assets/File/NSO/Annual_Report_2014_Eng.pdf)) ((//Annual Report 2013.// Junior Diabetes Research Foundation. Retrieved March 12, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20170628035024/http://www.jdrf.ca/sitejdrfca/assets/File/NSO/Annual_Report_2013_Eng.pdf))

=== Ontario Community Council on Impaired Driving ===

Becker was also at some point associated with the Ontario Community Council on Impaired Driving.

=== Public Affairs Association of Canada ===

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Becker is listed as a "PAAC Professional" associated with the [[Public Affairs Association of Canada]].((//Lucy Becker.// Public Affairs Association of Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220305222622/https://www.publicaffairs.ca/paac-professionals/lucy-becker)) PAAC is partnered with [[Amazon|Amazon Web Services]], [[Postmedia]], and the [[Samara Centre for Democracy]].((//Corporate Engagement Leaders.// Public Affairs Association of Canada. Retrieved March 6, 2022, from https://archive.ph/JJ4Fe))

===== Media =====

On October 6, 2020, Becker participated in a webinar on economic security hosted by [[CanAge]].((//Webinars.// CanAge. Retrieved March 7, 2022, from https://archive.ph/EZCjz)) [[CanAge]] is affiliated with the [[University of Toronto]] and [[United Way]].((//Partners.// CanAge. Retrieved March 7, 2022, from https://archive.ph/JnG1p))