Public Service
How ‘Get Updates on COVID-19’ Got Up and Going
PPF's new series chronicles how public servants throughout Canada responded in real-time to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). First up: A new email notification service, Get Updates on COVID-19, turns traditional methods of government communications on its ear. How did it come to be in weeks, not months?
The Risk of the Digital Status Quo
Digital transformation can be risky — but the status quo is riskier. Drawing on insights of CIOs and senior public servants, this report identifies strategies for dealing with the risks of not embracing digital technology for public services, including: legacy systems costs, cyber security, culture and people, and service failure.
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Keeping Up With the Speed of Disruption: Session 1 – The New Biology
A Public Policy Forum Learning Program
Let’s build a better Canada together. Whether you’re looking to support our mission by becoming a member, partnering with us on a project or sponsoring an event, your engagement helps drive informed, inclusive policy across the country.
Past Event
Public Policy Leadership Program: First Ottawa in-class session
This is the first three-day in-class session of the new Public Policy Leadership Program (PPLP) offered jointly by the Public Policy Forum and the Telfer School of Management.
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Putting Reconciliation into Practice III: Session 1 – Understanding
Session 1: Understanding and applying the government’s agenda. The session includes Indigenous leaders, discussion, critical thinking and interactive learning. The learning program will focus on considering concrete policy solutions to some of the topical and important issues associated with the Indigenous agenda.
How to talk so people will listen: A lesson from Sadhu Johnston, City Manager of Vancouver
“So, who are you, and what do you want to learn from me?” Vancouver's City Manager Sadhu Johnston goes off script when meeting with Action Canada Fellows.
How Canada and Smiths Falls are leading the new global cannabis game
Participants of PPF and Telfer Executive Programs’ new Public Policy Leadership Program (PPLP) stopped in Smiths Falls for their Bright Spots visit to understand how the legalization of cannabis affects stakeholders at the local level and then heard from their own colleagues on how this complex policy came into being.
APIs in Government
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) could dramatically improve the way governments deliver services and data to citizens while protecting governments from the risks associated with government-led digital projects. This report examines what was learned through two Government of Canada API projects, and how to build on their successes.
Government Digital Transformation: The Risk of the Status Quo
If Canada's government is committed to becoming digital-first, a focus needs to be on quantifying the risk of maintaining the status quo, as compared to the risks associated with digital transformation. This project aims to find out how risk is being perceived and managed by the government of Canada and governments globally.
PPF mourns death of former Privy Council Clerk Gordon F. Osbaldeston
The Public Policy Forum is offering heartfelt condolences to the family of former Clerk of the Privy Council, Gordon F. Osbaldeston, who has passed away at age 88. Since 2006, our annual lecture on public service issues has honoured his name and legacy.
Developing Canada’s Digital-Ready Public Service
Canada’s public service has charted an ambitious information management and technology strategy, and talent is one of its pillars. Finding innovative approaches to attracting, developing, and retaining the best and brightest requires rethinking many traditional assumptions and harnessing new approaches. What can be done to attract a skilled and diverse workforce?