Darveau detailed the eminent move from Ottawa to her home town of New Brunswick in her blog. She begins the new position December 22nd and says she is "..really excited about the work I'll be doing there - it sounds interesting and challenging and everybody on the team seems really excited about new media and Web 2.0 and how we can use it to better communicate with Canadian citizens as a government."

Natural Resources Canada works to ensure the responsible development of the country's natural resources. Last week the organization broke ground on a building that will house research and development offices to advance Canada's energy, transportation and metals-manufacturing industries.