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Twitter Inc’s first Canadian hire, who in three years time advanced all the way to the vice-president post in charge of the social network’s North American media partnerships, is leaving the company.

Kirstine Stewart, a former CBC executive who also did turns at Alliance Atlantis and the Hallmark Channel, became the managing editor of Twitter Canada when the company opened its Toronto office in 2013.

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Tech website Re/code first reported the news.

According to her LinkedIn profile, Stewart was responsible for Twitter’s North American media partnerships television, sports, gaming, talent, music, fashion, news and government. Just this week, the social media network has been broadcasting the U.S. Republican National Convention on its website in partnership with CBS.

Stewart also last year published “Our Turn”— a reflection on her career in business and women in leadership in the style of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s 2013 book “Lean In.” She joined the board of Canadian sports network TheScore last month.