Sabine Matheson
Sabine has been a principal at StrategyCorp since 1998. Sabine is Chair of StrategyCorp’s Municipal Services Practice Group which provides strategic, communications and management consulting services to municipal governments in Canada. In her diverse practice, Sabine has managed successful projects relating to:
- Municipal Governance, Service Delivery, Operational and Ward Boundary reviews
- Strategic Planning and Visioning for Councils and Senior Management Groups
- Inter-municipal planning and dispute resolution
- Planning approvals and infrastructure funding for municipal capital projects
- Issues management and crisis communications
Prior to joining StrategyCorp, Sabine served as Chief of Staff to Ontario’s Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing. In that capacity, she was instrumental in the design and management of initiatives such as the amalgamation of the City of Toronto, the creation of a new municipal property taxation and assess mentregime and key reforms to the Rent Control Act, the Municipal Act and the Planning Act. Sabine’s policy expertise is grounded in her legal background. She was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1993 and practiced commercial and insurance law in Toronto with a major Bay Street firm. Sabine’s research work is focused on the municipal sector. She was the lead author of StrategyCorp’s 2016 Survey of Chief Administrative Officers, which can be downloaded from www.strategycorp.com. A frequent public speaker and commentator in the news media on political matters, Sabine has appeared regularly on television and radio. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in political studies from Queen’s University in Kingston and an LLB from the University of Toronto. She is Chair of the Board of Directors of The Power Plant Gallery of Contemporary Art, and has served on a variety of other Boards, including the Association of Corporate Counsel (Ontario) and Harbourfront Centre.
