Ontario strategy earns greenest employer award
A focused, four-part strategy – employee engagement, strategic leadership, executive participation and partnerships – with short- and long-term goals has resulted in the Ontario Public Service quickly becoming and sustaining itself as one of Canada’s greenest employers.
Greening government’s grey fleet
By using rental cars in a variety of ways – by the hour, by the day, or for longer periods of a month or more – fleet operators provide flexibility and convenience for employees while increasing compliance and cost efficiencies for organizations.
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…...
Disruption, the New Industrial Revolution
Disruption, for the most part, always used to be seen as a negative term, but there has been a dramatic…...
Canada’s workforce of the future
Governments are faced with the huge task of making changes and transforming to meet the workforce challenges of a rapidly…
COVID-19 and our generational opportunity to improve citizen services
In this episode, J. Richard Jones talks with Mark Lambert from Accenture. Marks leads Accenture’s Federal Public Service business in…
Using data more effectively in policymaking and service delivery, interview with John Cousens, Google Cloud Canada
On the occasion of Google Cloud being awarded its framework agreement with the Government of Canada, we invited John Cousens,…
The biggest threats to cybersecurity
In this episode of CGE Radio, Lori Turnbull talks with Tony Anscombe, Chief Security Evangelist, ESET about the biggest threats…
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…...
The evolving role of public sector stewardship
Stewardship of public funds is a fundamental responsibility of modern government. Entrusted with taxpayers’ hard-earned dollars, it is the government’s…...
Taking the bully by the horns
Why managers must address workplace harassment proactively The Treasury Board of Canada states that its objective as an employer is…...
Studying public management in dangerous times
The Motorcycle Diaries is a 2004 road movie, coming-of-age story, and biopic. The film follows a young Che Guevara’s travels across South…...
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…...