History of CPAC
This person was CPAC’s founding CEO and led the organization through the first mandate
Who is Jessica Hill?
If you have a $100,000 budget and spend $80,000, this is the amount of your variance.
What is $20,000
This keyboard shortcut is your best friend immediately after deleting something you definitely needed.
What is Ctrl+Z?
The universally accepted response when someone says, "You're on mute."
What is “Sorry??”
To "circle back" means you'll do this.
What is discuss it again later?
CPAC receives funding from this federal department
Who is Health Canada?
This financial term describes costs that have been incurred but haven't yet been invoiced.
What is an accrual?
The "S" in HTTPS stands for this.
What is Secure?
A meeting scheduled from 12–1 p.m. without food violates this unwritten workplace law.
What is “the lunch hour”?
If someone asks you to "take a 30,000-foot view," they want you to focus on this.
What is the big picture?
In what year was CPAC founded?
What is 2007?
A project budget is $250,000 and you've spent $150,000. What percentage of your budget remains?
What is 40%?
This type of cyberattack uses fake emails or messages to trick users into revealing information.
What is phishing?
This phrase usually means, "We are absolutely not going to resolve this during this meeting."
What is "Let's take this offline"?
When someone suggests you ‘put a pin in it,’ they want you to do this.
What is postpone the discussion and return to it later?
Before moving to 145 King Street, CPAC’s office was located at this address
What is 1 University Avenue?
This three-letter acronym describes the process used to invite vendors to submit competing proposals.
What is an RFP?
This technology allows generative AI systems like CoPilot to understand and generate human-like text
What is a large language model/LLM?
You've been in a meeting for 43 minutes and someone asks, "So what are we actually deciding today?" This key agenda item was probably missing.
What is the meeting objective/decision required?
If your boss wants a "quick win," they're looking for something with relatively low effort and this
What is high/immediate impact?
This volunteer coalition of more than 700 cancer experts, organizations, and patients helped develop and advocate for Canada's first national cancer strategy before CPAC was created
What is the Campaign to Control Cancer?
Your project has $100,000 remaining, 4 months left, and is spending an average of $30,000/month. At the current burn rate, approximately how much will you be over budget?
What is $20,000?
This security principle gives users only the system access necessary to perform their jobs
What is least privilege?
You attend a meeting to plan the meeting where you'll prepare for the meeting. You've entered this corporate phenomenon
What is meeting madness / a meeting about a meeting?
Let's socialize this, pressure-test it, then circle back to ensure alignment." Translate this into normal English.
What is "Let's show it to people, see if it works, and discuss it again"?