- Policy Community Conference 2023
- Hybrid Seminar – Building a Culture of Experimentation
- Managers’ Workshop: Creating an Inclusive Workplace
- 2023 GC INNOVEX GC Conference
- Making the Leap to the Executive Rank: Another Conversation
- Leadership Series: Using the Body’s Intelligence to Make Better Decisions
- Guidance for Managers Considering the Use of Professional Services Contracts
- GoC Public Service Data Challenge
- Grow Your Public Service Climate Literacy
- Updates from the HR Council
- Muslim Federal Employees Network
- FYN’s Newest Series of Events
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NMC News
Welcome to Our New NMC Lead for BC & Yukon Region
The National Managers’ Community (NMC) is pleased to welcome a new Regional Lead for British Columbia and Yukon. Jon Hoogerdyk started his adventure with the NMC on October 23, 2023. He comes to us from Correctional Service of Canada where he worked as Manager, Assessment and Intervention, and has been with CSC for 25 years where his focus was Public Safety and safe reintegration of offenders within the community.
Jon is an active facilitator with the Joint Learning Program. He is a certified conflict coach and mediator who values dynamic communication with counterparts and collateral resources as means or creating solutions exploring creative options. Outside of the office, Jon enjoys cooking, hiking, and working out. He has participated in the World Police and Fire Games on three occasions: once in Vancouver in 2009, another time in New York in 2011 and Ireland in 2013. He is looking forward to this opportunity to make new connections and assist in creating positive change.
You can contact Jon via email at jon.hoogerdyk@csps-efpc.gc.ca or on LinkedIn.
Register and join us for the BC Managers Connect events from November 21 to 24, 2023 in Abbotsford, Nanaimo, Victoria and Vancouver!
Events and Celebrations
Policy Community Conference 2023
Participate in the Policy Community Conference 2023 – a conference designed to elevate your adaptive policymaking capacity and inspire transformative change within your organization. Whether you’re a manager, middle manager, or supervisor, this event offers a unique opportunity to learn from an incredible lineup of speakers who have firsthand experience in reshaping policies, culture, and strategies to thrive in today’s uncertain times.
Discover practical tools and strategies to enhance adaptability, inclusivity, and efficiency within your team and organization. Learn to respond effectively to the ever-changing landscape and rising demand for policy excellence.
Don’t miss out on this chance to gain actionable knowledge and be at the forefront of shaping the future of adaptive policymaking.
November 23-24, 2023 |10:30 to 16:00 (ET) | Register here
Hybrid Seminar – Building a Culture of Experimentation
Join the NMC and the Association of Public Sector Information Professionals (DPI) for this seminar on Building a Culture of Experimentation. You will have to opportunity to hear from Liora Raitblat and discuss the organizational mindset that values and encourages experimentation to generate new ideas, solve problems, and learn from failures.
Participants attending the event in-person in the NCR can also register for a speed mentoring portion, with Executives from the Public Service, which follows the seminar.
November 28, 2023 | Seminar (hybrid)|9:30 to 11:00 pm (ET) |Speed Mentoring (NCR in-person) |11:00 to 12:15 pm (ET) | Register and select your participation option here
Managers’ Workshop: Creating an Inclusive Workplace
Register to learn more about recruiting and supporting employees with disabilities and to hear from other managers about creating bias free, inclusive and diverse workplaces.
The Study of Causes and Impacts of Harassment and Discrimination of Persons with Disabilities in the Federal Public Service, recently published by the Office of Public Service Accessibility (OPSA), found that incidents of harassment and discrimination faced by federal employees with disabilities are often linked to requests for workplace accommodation.
As managers, we play a key role in creating safe and welcoming workplaces.
November 29, 2023 | Virtual in English (13:00 to 15:30 ET) |Register here Virtual in French (10:00 to 11:30 ET) |Register here
The 2023 GC INNOVEX GC Conference
In a rapidly changing world, the Public Service of Canada workforce faces mounting pressure to innovate to meet the needs and expectations of the citizens it serves. Governments around the globe are also experiencing similar pressures, which influence each stage of the innovation process from ideation through to implementation.
The 2023 GC INNOVEX GC Conference will focus on breaking down barriers to innovation by encouraging collaboration and promoting the advantages of collective efforts when exchanging knowledge, ideas and practices.
Participants will learn about new best practices, practical applications and proven methods of driving innovation in public sector programs, policies and processes.
November 30, 2023 |In-person & Webcast | 12:30 pm to 4:00 pm (ET)
Register here to attend in person| Register here to attend to webcast (virtual)
Making the Leap to the Executive Rank: Another Conversation
Curious or new to the GC Executive rank – join us for another conversation on Making the Leap to the Executive Rank for candid insights on how best to prepare for the change in role, mindset, and responsibilities.
Resource: Practical Guide for Aspiring Executives
December 6, 2023 | Virtual |1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (ET)| Register here
Leadership Series: Using the Body’s Intelligence to Make Better Decisions
This interactive event features Amanda Blake, Ph.D., an award-winning author and master somatic leadership coach, who will discuss the latest research in applied neurobiology that suggests that decision-making is affected at least as much by the intelligence in our bodies as by our conceptual intelligence.
Participants will learn about how and when to trust, or not trust, their instincts to support higher-quality decision-making, and gain practical tools for accessing and strengthening their embodied intelligence.
December 8, 2023 | Webcast |1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (ET)| Register here
Spotlight on Resources
Guidance for Managers Considering the Use of Professional Services Contracts
On October 5, 2023, the President of Treasury Board announced the publication of a new Manager’s Guide: Key Considerations When Procuring Professional Services.
When planning how to deliver their mandates, managers have a lot to think about, including whether contracting for professional services is the right approach and how to achieve best value.
Questions? For more information, please contact: ppd-psr@tbs-sct.gc.ca.
The GoC Public Service Data Challenge
Do you have an idea for how the Government of Canada could better use data? If so, act quickly: the second Public Service Data Challenge has now launched, and will be open for your submissions until December 6th!
The Data Challenge is a competition and development opportunity, with teams of public servants vying for a limited number of qualifying entries. One or more winning projects will be chosen for further development and given a potential opportunity of implementation, with support from senior leaders. Sign up today to submit your own idea!
Please feel free to share this program widely with your colleagues and networks. Join GCconnex group GoC Public Service Data Challenge.
Grow Your Public Service Climate Literacy
We know that you as managers and your teams are facing new work mandates and new challenges in delivering your programs in a changing climate – and there are new resources to support you in serving Canadians through these challenges.
Come and hear from the leading climate experts that developed these resources, including a Climate Literacy Foundations course, as well as solutions-oriented courses (Contributing to a Net-zero Canada and Adapting to a Changing Climate in Canada) on how you and your teams can be supported in contributing to climate change solutions.
(Psst – Stay tuned for an NMC virtual event in the new year to empower all of us in climate change leadership).
Updates from the HR Council
The Updates from the HR Council are now available! To receive the monthly editions, subscribe at the end of the Updates. If you have any questions, please contact the Human Resources Council at hrcouncil/conseilrh@tbs-sct.gc.ca.
Muslim Federal Employees Network
The Muslim Federal Employees Network (MFEN) has been launched on GCconnex in an effort to support Muslim federal public servants.
In response to the continued presence of Islamophobia, the MFEN was created in June 2021 and plays a key leadership role in supporting the Government of Canada to become a model of inclusion of Muslim public servants. Recent events in our society have highlighted that Canada and our federal departments are not immune to acts of discrimination and intolerance. This network provides a forum for Muslim employees and their non-Muslim allies to connect and discuss issues related to the promotion of a healthy and inclusive work environment, where Muslim employees and their cultures are acknowledged and valued. It is a safe space for employees to discuss challenges and to mobilize collective action to advance equity in the public service and deconstruct systemic barriers. It supports our public institutions that we work in to be fully representative and inclusive of our diversity and that is free of racism in all of its forms by engaging in various outreach and engagement activities.
Should you be interested in learning more about the Muslim Federal Employees Network or become a member, we welcome you to join the GCconnex page.
FYN’s Newest Series of Events
Encourage your employee to participate in the Federal Youth Network’s (FYN) newest series of events:
Regional News
Atlantic
National Capital Region
Hybrid Seminar & In-person Speed Mentoring Session
The Association of Public Sector Information Professionals (DPI) and the NMC are teaming up to offer an exciting hybrid seminar on Building a Culture of Experimentation, where you will have the opportunity to hear from the renowned speaker, Liora Raitblat, on the organizational mindset that values and encourages experimentation to generate new ideas, solve problems, and learn from failures.
Following the seminar, participants attending the event in-person in the NCR can also register for the speed mentoring portion – The Art of Networking: Building Meaningful Connections and engage with Executives from across the Public Service and gain new perspectives on a wide range of leadership topics.
November 28, 2023
Seminar (hybrid)|9:30 to 11:00 pm (ET) |Speed Mentoring (in-person) |11:00 to 12:15 pm (ET) | Register and select your participation option
Save the Date for next Managers Connect Event in NCR
Save the date for the next Managers Connect in-person event in the NCR on January 31. Make sure you’re on the interested in participating list and we’ll send you an email when registration opens!
Quebec & Nunavut
Vote of the Public for IAPQ
The Institut d’administration publique du Québec (IAPQ) launched the vote of the Public on Monday, November 6. Click on this link to select your three favourite projects! Voting is open to everyone until Sunday, November 19, 2023. To find out more about the finalist projects, click here.
Vote in large numbers!
Ontario
Save the date – Managers Connect event in Toronto
Save the date – Managers Connect in-person event in Toronto on January 30. Make sure you’re on the interested in participating list and we’ll send you an email when registration opens!
Prairies & Northern Territories
British Columbia & Yukon
Register for the Managers Connect events in BC
The NMC is happy to host an in-person event to network and reconnect with colleagues from various departments and agencies. We will explore the benefits of becoming trauma informed managers, demystify the world of Peer Coaching Circles and discuss effective conflict resolution.
- Abbotsford – November 21, 2023
- Register here (Program and Biographies)
- Victoria – November 22, 2023
- Register here (Program and Biographies)
- Nanaimo – November 23, 2023
- Register here (Program and Biographies)
- Vancouver – November 24, 2023
- Register here (Program and Biographies)
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