Learning catalogue

Dr. Deep Saini, President of Dalhousie University, and Dr. Suzanne Fortier, Principal of McGill University discuss the future of higher education.

This event recording highlights the dramatic changes in the data landscape, and ways to leverage how people use the web to collect real-time sentiment data and draw from populations historically under-reflected in conventional data collection approaches.

This conversation between Dori Tunstall, Dean of the Faculty of Design at OCAD University, and Adrian Harewood, co-host of CBC News Ottawa, is about their memorable achievements, letdowns, and hopes for the future, what the Black Lives Matter movement and the pandemic have taught us about working towards a better and more consciously inclusive society, what lessons they take from their careers in design and journalism that might inform a better path forward for the public service and what they believe organizations like the public service can do to achieve a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace.

Experts James L. Perry, Lotte Bøgh Andersen and Jeannette Taylor share the results of their research on the links between public service passion, workforce satisfaction, and organizational success.

Early social media adopters Naheed Nenshi, former Mayor of Calgary, and Marsha Lederman, journalist with the Globe and Mail, discuss how social media has helped them to engage with the public, develop brand trust and build stronger communities.

The speakers Lindy Elkins-Tanton, Principal Investigator for NASA's Psyche mission, and Sarah Gallagher, Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency discuss such questions as: how does space ambition contribute to useful innovation, greater prosperity and better security and what can space research and development teach us about fostering innovation here on earth?

Discussion with Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada's Chief Science Advisor, and Sarah Paquet, Director and Chief Executive Officer of FINTRAC, who will talk about their careers in STEM and share their perspectives on the importance of women role models and why increased diversity in STEM fields is essential for innovation and Canada's economic well-being.

On October 22, 2020, the Canada School of Public Service was joined by two distinguished experts on the future of work: Armine Yalnizyan, Economist and Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers, and Gary Bolles, Chair for Future of Work at Singularity University.

This online self-paced course explores the key characteristics and many benefits of effective cross-functional team collaboration within organizations. Participants will learn how to assess their team's readiness for cross-functional collaboration and overcome the potential barriers to utilizing skills and creative ideas from functions across the organization.

This online self-paced course examines the benefits of cultivating agile thinking across an organization, exploring the critical success factors and key steps involved in creating an agile enterprise. Participants will learn how to implement enterprise agility by overcoming common obstacles and selecting planning tools that support an agile organization.

This course is designed to help employees develop cultural competencies to build positive and respectful relationships with Indigenous Peoples in a public service context. Participants will identify their respective biases and values, reflect on their own culture, and gain a unique understanding of diverse Indigenous cultures and perspectives.

This course provides an overview of the various cyber security risks and threats that may be encountered in our professional and personal lives. Participants will learn behaviours and strategies to mitigate these risks, such as choosing strong passwords, spotting and properly handling suspicious emails, and securing personal devices and social media accounts.