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This course complements the government's recent Guide on the use of Generative AI by explaining the primary considerations when using generative AI tools, including the importance of using inclusive language, commands and prompts.
Next session: May 21, 2024 | 2 more dates
Using Key Leadership Competencies to Challenge Reality
This two-part course examines the team dynamics needed to create and lead a culture of confidence in the workplace. Participants will learn to apply key leadership competencies to build capacity for creation and innovation within their teams, including the capacity to challenge reality.
Next session: May 27, 2024 | 2 more dates
Using Strategic Thinking to Consider the Big Picture
This online self-paced course explores how to develop a sense of the big picture using the ideas of systems thinking, including broadening one's perspective, working with paradoxes, understanding causality, and assessing internal and external factors. Participants will learn how their decisions connect with their organization's strategic plans and value chain, and what actions they can take to encourage big picture thinking in their workplace.
Value-Added Oversight of Public Resources: The Role of Internal Audit
This course introduces the principles underlying the practice of internal audit and explores the tools and processes used to make operational improvements based on evidence. Participants will be guided through each phase of a typical audit activity, including getting the audit results approved and published.
Values and Ethics Foundations for Employees
This online self-paced course introduces the foundational public sector values and ethical behaviours presented in the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector. Through informative exercises and scenarios, participants will learn how to identify values and ethics principles and how to integrate them into their work routines and practices.
Values and Ethics Foundations for Managers
This online self-paced course helps managers to better understand the foundational concept of values and ethics, and how to apply it when dealing with conflicts of interest, ethical dilemmas, harassment situations and other issues of workplace well-being. Through practical exercises and case studies, participants will identify, discuss and apply the key principles and policies related to values and ethics in the public sector.
Verb Form and Vocabulary Acquisition Exercises in English as a Second Language
This online self-paced course supports learning English as a second language through beginner-level practice exercises. Participants will practise their English pronunciation and learn useful verbs and word forms in English.
Verb Form and Vocabulary Acquisition Exercises in French as a Second Language
This online self-paced course supports learning French as a second language through beginner-level practice exercises. Participants will review common verb forms, increase their vocabulary, and be prompted to practise their French pronunciation.
Version Control and Sharing in GCdocs16
This online self-paced course explains how to use version control and sharing functions within the GCdocs16 environment. Participants will learn how to track and view different versions of a document, lock versions to prevent deleting them, and share links to documents in GCdocs.
Vocabulary Consolidation: Four Professional Communication Topics in English as a Second Language
This online self-paced course reviews vocabulary in English as a second language that relates to four common topics used throughout the public service: project management, performance at work, client service, and values and ethics. Participants will put their new vocabulary to the test by completing suggested practice activities at the end of each topic.
Vocabulary Consolidation: Four Professional Communication Topics in French as a Second Language
This online self-paced course reviews vocabulary in French as a second language that relates to four common topics used throughout the public service: project management, performance at work, client service, and values and ethics. Participants will put their new vocabulary to the test by completing suggested practice activities at the end of each topic.
Who We Work For
This online self-paced course examines the functions of Parliament, the Government of Canada and the federal public service, as well as the organizational relationships between these entities. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of how government works and the vital part they play in its critical operations.