Learning catalogue

This online self-paced course presents strategies for creating and maintaining high-performance buildings, focusing on the fundamentals of improving the sustainability of federal facilities. Participants will learn about optimizing energy performance, protecting and conserving water, using environmentally preferable products and materials, and enhancing indoor environmental quality.

This online self-paced course examines the physiological, behavioural and psychological signs, symptoms and sources of stress and outlines different strategies and techniques for managing stress and burnout. Participants will explore relaxation techniques such as breathing exercises and meditation, including how to use these techniques to thrive during stress-inducing situations.

This online self-paced course offers insights for controlling project schedules, costs and closeout, including how to determine when it's time to cancel a project. Participants will learn best practices for correcting schedule variances, and how to bring a healthy project to a successful close.

This online self-paced course supports the government's commitment to the value and outcomes of reconciliation by exploring in depth the four themes featured throughout the Indigenous Learning Series: recognition, respect, relationships, and reconciliation. By learning more about Indigenous realities, participants will be better equipped to support their departmental obligations towards reconciliation in a respectful, inclusive, meaningful and culturally sensitive manner.

This online self-paced course highlights techniques for assessing balance between work and personal responsibilities, and identifies common obstacles to achieving the right balance. Participants will learn how to recognize where they are, in relation to where they want to be, as a first step in constructing a roadmap to a more balanced lifestyle.

This online self-paced course explores integrated business and human resources planning (IBHRP) and introduces a five-step human resources planning model designed to support it. Participants will review the roles of the various stakeholders involved in resource utilization and examine the relationship between planning and the different human resource disciplines.

This online self-paced course prepares learners to meet leadership challenges with an agile, focused and flexible mindset. Participants will learn how to use adaptive techniques to respond quickly, empower others, and take intentional actions to move closer to their desired outcomes.

This online self-paced course delves into both the science and the art of communication, including how to communicate naturally and authentically. Participants will learn how to better connect with their audience and strengthen that connection through their interactions with others.

This online self-paced course explores speechwriting as a unique form of professional writing and is intended for anyone wishing to improve their ability to create a compelling written narrative.

This online self-paced course outlines the benefits of design research and introduces common methodologies and key considerations for conducting data-driven, user-centric research in the public service context. Participants will learn how to properly formulate design research questions and apply best practices to obtain answers that are evidence-based and derived from reliable user data.

This online self-paced course provides the knowledge needed to run productive, useful, and equitable ideation sessions that will lead to solutions for identified problems.

This online self-paced course presents the steps to take to create and test prototypes effectively.