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COVID and Culture: What’s Around the Corner?
I have COVID fatigue. Perhaps you do too. In the interests of self-preservation, plus concern for others, in the spring…
How a living lab can solve your service needs
When you get the option to choose between going to the beach or going to your local government office to get a…
The next big thing in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity, especially in this time is critical to ensure that systems, data and private information are kept safe. In this…
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Combatting the COVID Infodemic
With COVID-19 vaccines here, cultivating public trust has never been more crucial. What public authorities must fully comprehend is that…...
Mainstreaming gender equity
When women are empowered, they become powerful agents of change capable of transforming their families, communities, and countries. – HONOURABLE MARIE-CLAUDE BIBEAU, FORMER MINISTER…...
Bookshelf: Post-Pandemic
When the financial crisis his in 2008, Jonathan McMahon was a director of the Central Bank of Ireland, giving him…...
Bookshelf: Indistractable
Our days are filled with distractions and noise. So whatever our other skills, we must hone our ability to focus…...
Mainstreaming gender equity
When women are empowered, they become powerful agents of change capable of transforming their families, communities, and countries. – HONOURABLE MARIE-CLAUDE BIBEAU, FORMER MINISTER…...
Speaking truth to empower
In March 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed a civil rights audience at Grosse Pointe High School in Detroit. He…...
Combatting the COVID Infodemic
With COVID-19 vaccines here, cultivating public trust has never been more crucial. What public authorities must fully comprehend is that…...
Pandemic Politics and Virtual Elections
In recent years there has been much talk about the promise and peril of digital democracy. From online voting –…...
Policy
A Counting Conundrum: How Many Amendments?
When the Senate returned the government’s energy legislation (Bill C-69) to the House of Commons last spring, media attention focused…...
How to use evidence in policymaking
Why is evidence in policy important? The world we are living in is changing; we are facing some of humankind’s biggest…...
The Future of Innovation in Cybersecurity
In the show today, J. Richard Jones talks with Rick Howard, Chief Security Officer of Palo Alto Networks. Rick is…...
Here’s what happens when tech outpaces government
“What happens when technological innovation outpaces the ability of laws and regulations to keep up?” asked Adam Thierer, Senior Research Fellow at…...
A Counting Conundrum: How Many Amendments?
When the Senate returned the government’s energy legislation (Bill C-69) to the House of Commons last spring, media attention focused…...
How to use evidence in policymaking
Why is evidence in policy important? The world we are living in is changing; we are facing some of humankind’s biggest…...
Public trust and infodemics
We are officially in the second wave of COVID-19. This is evident in the increasing number of infections that are…...
Post-COVID-19 and the Future of Work
Life, as we know it, has changed drastically over the past few weeks. The coronavirus has put a halt to…...
Operating in the digital environment
Digital is a big component of government services today. The drive for digital transformation began many years ago – moving…...
A look at trade
We live in a time of economic turbulence that is quickly escalating to the point of throwing the global economy…...
The next big thing in cybersecurity
Cybersecurity, especially in this time is critical to ensure that systems, data and private information are kept safe. In this…
Next-generation 9-1-1
Telecommunications networks are evolving in keeping with technological advancements. In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones talks with…
COVID Round Two, An Interview with Alex Miller, Esri Canada
In this episode of CGE Radio, J. Richard Jones talks with Alex Miller from Esri Canada about COVID round two,…
The Maple Leaf Unites Us All, An Interview with CAN Fund Founder Jane Roos
Jane Roos was a promising track athlete before a devastating car accident ended her athletic career at age 19. Jane…
Think twice before acting: The Legal Aid dilemma
There is no Justice without access to Justice. ̶ BEVERLEY MCLACHLIN (2011), FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA Tim Hortons, hockey, igloos, and the long-awaited NBA championship…....
Frameworks … does one size fit all?
The shoe that fits one person pinches another. – CARL JUNG (1933) Frameworks cannot be seen as global Band-Aids. Governments use frameworks…...
Analytics is a shared service
I think – value in this era of technology is delivered horizontally, not in vertical silos. ‒ CARLY FIORINA (2004), FORMER CEO OF HEWLETT-PACKARD Analytics is a…...
Leading inclusion and diversity in the OPS
Since the Equity Employment Act was introduced in Canada nearly 35 years ago, there have been significant improvements in the…...
COVID-19: Uprooting and Transforming Work in Canada
The COVID-19 crisis has placed unprecedented demands on public servants in all jurisdictions in the country. Their response has been…...
Inter- and Intrastate Politics and Governance in Canada
In federal systems like Canada’s – where power, authority, and responsibility are divided and/or shared between multiple orders of government…...