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Revamping the Roadmap to a Smarter and Resilient Shared Service Model

Government services are made up of different departments and agencies all working towards a common cause. Many of the institutions often feel siloed and independent, yet as Paul Glover, the President of Shared Services Canada says, any service that you interact with in the federal government, if it's digital in some way, then Shared Services Canada (SSC) has something to do with it. They make government services run and in the process, link many of the departments and agencies. We essentially provide IT and technology-based services to all federal departments and agencies. This includes networks, hardware and software. The individual …
Revamping the Roadmap to a Smarter and Resilient Shared Service Model
Canada 8 Dec 2022
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Ensuring Investments in Smart Infrastructure Deliver Maximum Value to Citizens

The pace of technology in our modern world means that organizations at all levels and in all sectors constantly need to move forward or they will be left behind. This is particularly true in the public sector and at the municipal government level. It is often said that municipal governments are closest to the people, but in order for that to be all the more accurate, municipal governments need to embrace the technological advancements that so many of their citizens are engaged in daily. Many of them do that and do it very well. But in a broad sense it …
Ensuring Investments in Smart Infrastructure Deliver Maximum Value to Citizens
Canada 7 Dec 2022
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Challenging Bias and Barriers & How to Champion for Change and Become a Better Ally in the Workplace

When is the right time to step up? Lena Metlege Diab says that if you were to sit and think about when is the right time to have a baby, many of us may never find the right time for it. We may never be ready. But sometimes you just need to take the plunge and hopefully it turns out good on the other side. The same is true for women’s advocacy, whether it’s politics or leadership roles, particularly if we have a drive for it. The biggest inhibiting factor is self-belief. As a woman, when you speak out, you …
Challenging Bias and Barriers & How to Champion for Change and Become a Better Ally in the Workplace
Canada 6 Dec 2022
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Building Digital Talent Across Government Teams

We live in a world these days where almost every service has a digital component, and that is as true in the private sector as it is in the public sector. For instance, no agency, department or company is legitimate without a website, though an information-only website it not sufficient; it needs to be a portal for interaction and service provision. Hillary Hartley, the Deputy Minister and Chief Digital and Data Officer at the Ontario Digital Service, which is part of the Ministry of Finance, says that the digitization of society means that the public expects to be able to …
Building Digital Talent Across Government Teams
Canada 6 Dec 2022
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How to Encourage Talent Development, Training and Upskilling for Women within Public Sector

Not all women are born feminists. Maureen Towle, the Assistant Deputy Minister for Service Alberta Data, Information and Privacy Services Division within the Government of Alberta, says that for a long time she didn’t support days focused on women or the issues that feminism represented. In part this may be because for most of her childhood, she didn’t notice the little things that other women did, though they were there. On top of that, for her career before politics, she worked in female dominated disciplines, mostly in admin support, with many women, so the issues around feminism were not as …
How to Encourage Talent Development, Training and Upskilling for Women within Public Sector
Canada 5 Dec 2022
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Marketing and Communications for Municipalities

Most organizations, especially in the public sector, are constantly looking to improve their marketing and communications in order to better connect with their constituents. This is especially the case in the local government sector. Municipalities work locally and therefore want their messages to resonate with their residents. But given the constant barrage of news and information, it is often hard to create messages that have meaning. Partly for that reason, Edmonton Global was created in Alberta in early 2019. Chris McLeod MBA, the Vice President of Global Marketing & Communications, says that they are an economic development organization that focuses …
Marketing and Communications for Municipalities
Canada 30 Nov 2022
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Local Government Digital Transformation

The challenges of the last two years have shone a light on some of the broader issues across society. In the local government context, this has included the need for greater collaboration, and better use of existing and new technology. In fact, those councils that have been able to adapt to the barriers that have been placed in front of them by making better use of technology have been able to survive and even thrive during this period. Some councils and local government organizations have even been able to share their knowledge with others and work collaboratively in order to …
Local Government Digital Transformation
Canada 25 Nov 2022
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Navigating a Changing Workplace and Building Better Policies and Teams for the Future

The City of Toronto, like so many other government institutions across the world, has a large real estate holding. In fact, during the COVID-19 lockdowns, when most people were consigned to working from home, they discovered that their footprint was possibly too large, and this has been borne out even more now that many workers are coming back to the office. Not only is not everyone back yet, but many of those that are back don’t want to work in the office five days a week and want to collaborate more with their colleagues. All of this has come to …
Navigating a Changing Workplace and Building Better Policies and Teams for the Future
Canada 4 Nov 2022
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