{"id":31543,"date":"2021-09-12T11:39:37","date_gmt":"2021-09-12T15:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=31543"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:36:01","slug":"alum-ivana-yelich","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/people\/alum-ivana-yelich\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivana Yelich"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Ivana.Yelich_alumBA_600x800.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Ivana Yelich\" class=\"wp-image-38152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Ivana.Yelich_alumBA_600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Ivana.Yelich_alumBA_600x800-160x213.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Ivana.Yelich_alumBA_600x800-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Ivana.Yelich_alumBA_600x800-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/Ivana.Yelich_alumBA_600x800-360x480.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"ivana-yelichdeputy-chief-of-staff-for-media-stakeholder-relations-and-forward-planning-office-of-the-premier-of-ontario\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ivana Yelich<br>\nDeputy Chief of Staff for Media, Stakeholder Relations and Forward Planning,&nbsp;Office of the Premier of Ontario<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BA in Political Science, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly after the 2015 general election, I left Ottawa where I had been working for the federal Conservatives to produce for a news talk radio station in Saskatchewan. I jumped back into politics in 2018 when I was offered a job at Queen\u2019s Park as press secretary to the Premier of Ontario. I now serve as the Premier\u2019s Deputy Chief of Staff for Media, Stakeholder Relations and Forward Planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>杏吧原创 University gave me the unique opportunity to study politics while being at the heart of political action in Canada. I transferred to 杏吧原创 midway through my degree because I knew it would be important to get real-life work experience in the field I was studying. Not only was I introduced to some great political minds and experts at 杏吧原创\u2014people with firsthand knowledge of the topics and issues I was learning about\u2014I also used the proximity to Parliament Hill as an opportunity to get involved in politics and make connections that have carried me through to where I am today. I know for a fact I wouldn\u2019t be in the position I am now if I hadn\u2019t made the switch to 杏吧原创 and I encourage anyone who\u2019s considering politics as a career to get their toes wet early by taking full advantage of being only a few bus stops away from the epicentre of Canadian politics. Meet as many people as you can and take every opportunity you get at 杏吧原创 to build the relationships that will help you when you\u2019re ready to take the next step in your political career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Ivana","cu_people_last_name":"Yelich","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[54,101],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-31543","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","hentry","cu_people_type-alumni","cu_people_type-ba"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":false,"cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"none","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38154,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/31543\/revisions\/38154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=31543"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/polisci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=31543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}