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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 online self-paced course explains how to recognize and consciously react to work-related stress, and how to understand the impact of work pressure on physical and mental health. Participants will learn about building resilience, developing mental flexibility, and responding to high-pressure situations.
This online self-paced course highlights the importance of building resilience and flexibility in response to organizational change. Participants will learn about the triggers and challenges of organizational change, along with the positive outcomes that can come of it.
This new video suite offers short testimonials from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis public service employees who talk about their cultures, their challenges, their languages, their dreams, and their perceptions as Indigenous persons and public service employees today. By listening to their stories, you can contribute to building bridges of understanding.
This event recording features the keynote address from the 2020 Manion Lecture by journalist Jeffrey Simpson, who looks back at over 40 years of Canadian public policy and how lessons from our past can help us build the future.
This online self-paced course explains the importance and benefits of developing an organizational culture that is agile and open to change. Participants will learn the characteristics that distinguish an agile mindset from a fixed mindset, and ways to encourage and build an enterprise that is responsive to change.
This online self-paced course presents techniques to spur creative thinking and critique ideas that originate from the brainstorming process. Participants will explore ideation techniques that will help them to compare concepts, improve collaboration, and build business cases.
This online self-paced course explores the elements needed to deliver an engaging speech, including making a good first impression and building rapport with the audience. Participants will learn techniques and strategies for keeping the audience's focus, responding to difficult questions, and overcoming anxiety when speaking publicly.
The Aspiring Directors Program (ADP) is a guided development activity for identified candidates to reflect on the competencies that are critical to the success of executives in the federal public service. Participants will explore the importance of self-awareness and personal reflection in becoming a better leader, and examine the leadership and self‑management skills needed to build teams and become an effective agent of change.
This online self-paced course explains the topics of climate change adaptation and resilience through practical examples that are relevant to public servants. Participants will learn why adapting to climate change is essential for building resilient communities and a strong economy while striving for net-zero emissions in Canada.
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