Events
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October 21, 2025 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (ET). Hosted by the GC Data Community, this event will explore how the United Kingdom and Australian public services are assessing data maturity within and across their government organizations, highlighting lessons learned and approaches relevant to the Canadian context. Register now.
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October 6, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This timely event features Joel Blit, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Waterloo and a leading voice on innovation and technological change, who will explore how AI is reshaping productivity, labour markets, and public service delivery.
October 14, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service:This event explores the history and legal framework of the Indigenous Languages Act and features examples of some of the actions already taken to preserve and revitalize Indigenous languages.
October 28, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service:This timely event will explore the increasing national impact of cyber threats, the role artificial intelligence plays and the importance of recognizing misinformation and disinformation to prevent and resist cyber attacks. It will highlight evolving tactics used by threat actors, such as deepfakes, and emphasize the critical need for public servants to remain vigilant in safeguarding digital systems, data, and information.
November 20, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm (ET). co-hosted by Library and Archives Canada and the School’s GC Data Community,this year’s event will focus on how information management (IM) is being modernized in government by showcasing strategies, tools, and practices that are transforming how public servants manage and share knowledge. Through real-world case studies, it will also provide practical guidance on IM and data stewardship.
October to December 2025. From the Canada School of Public Service: Regional Learning Days are tailored two-day in-person learning opportunities designed for federal public servants working in the different regions across Canada. Each day focuses on emerging trends, Government of Canada priorities, leading-edge ideas, and best practices that are relevant in the evolving government work environment.
Releases
Visit the Health Infobase landing page for multiple new and updated products, as part of a growing inventory of 160+ interactive and accessible Canadian health data visualization products from across the Health Portfolio and beyond. Contact us at infobase@phac-aspc.gc.ca for information on publishing Canadian health data on Health Infobase.
Exciting news for 🔬📊 GC scientists 🔬📊! The Federal Science DataHub (FSDH) is available across the GC!
The FSDH is transforming the way federal scientists and researchers work with data. This robust and innovative enterprise platform offers dynamic sharing, seamless collaboration and advanced analytics tools tailored to their needs. The FSDH is one way SSC is powering world-class technology for the Government of Canada.
Want to know more?
Read about how a team Environment and Climate Change Canada have been using it in their work: https://ow.ly/aem450WZ0p7
View the enterprise edition of the DAMA Data Management Body of Knowledge (2nd edition, 2024) on the Community of Practice on Data and Information GCXchange site. Available in English only.
Supplementary guidance pieces to support the Operational Standard on Digital Archival Records Metadata have been released on the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) website to support Government of Canada recordkeeping and the transfer of government records to LAC:
An overview, discussing the relationship between the LAC Operational Standard and the June 2025, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat Metadata Reference Standard has also been published.
Artificial Intelligence
Canada stands at a turning point in history, as technology transforms every aspect of our lives and global forces reshape our future. This moment demands a renewal of thinking—a collective commitment to reimagining how we harness innovation, achieve our artificial intelligence (AI) ambition and secure our digital sovereignty.
Adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in public administrations is growing, but governments face a range of challenges in scaling up AI applications, leading to many initiatives remaining in their pilot phase, according to a new OECD report.
As AI becomes an integral part of digital government, transforming processes and services to improve productivity, responsiveness and accountability, the OECD’s Governing with Artificial Intelligence report is the first of its kind to examine how governments use and engage with AI, analysing 200 use cases and dozens of policy initiatives to understand how AI is applied and promoted across 11 core areas of government.
Learning
From the Canada School of Public Service: This online self-paced course examines how to frame an opportunity by asking the right questions, testing assumptions, and creating an effective problem statement.
From the Canada School of Public Service: The Government of Canada has developed a framework of six key digital competencies to guide team and personal development: digital literacy, continuous improvement, information and data stewardship, digital responsibility, cyber security vigilance, and inclusive interactions. This series of six articles will cover each of these competencies, offering practical strategies to enable navigation in the digital landscape.
This article examines information and data stewardship and offers practical tips for its application, as well as examining the importance of responsible data management and effective oversight throughout the data life cycle.
Listen to the Eh Sayers podcast to meet the people behind the data and explore the stories behind the numbers. Join us as we meet with experts from Statistics Canada and from across the nation to ask and answer the questions that matter to Canadians.
If you've changed your plans to visit the US recently, you're not alone. Nowadays, Canadians are more likely to be singing along to "Bobcaygeon" than "Sweet Home Alabama."
In this episode, we're sitting down with Jane Lin, of the Tourism Statistics Program at Statistics Canada, to dig into StatCan's tourism data and talk about how travel is different these days.
Opportunities to participate
The Community of Practice on Data and Information (CPDI) seeks to optimize the value of data and information as strategic assets by providing a forum for community members to discuss key data and information issues and contribute through policy, advice, research, and professional development. All federal digital, data, and information practitioners at any level are welcome to attend community meetings.
CPDI Quarterly Meeting
October 28, 2:00 to 4:00 pm ET. View the agenda and register today
CPDI Working Group and Communities of Practice meetings
Employment opportunities
Closes November 27, 2024. Canadian Revenue Agency.
What caught our attention
October 4-5. Do you have what it takes to win a NASA hackathon? Join the Canadian Space Agency as we support the 2025 NASA International Space Apps challenge. This hackathon takes place on October 4th-5th with 16 Canadian cities hosting local events across the country. Participants use open data to solve real-world problems on Earth and in space and the event is open to anyone to join, regardless of technical experience or age. The Space Apps challenge is an opportunity to highlight Canadian open datasets to thousands of participants around the world.
For more information please visit Space Apps Challenge 2025 | Canadian Space Agency.
DAMA NCR Lunch & Learn: Scaling DMBOK Data Quality with AI Agents
October 16, 12:05 pm to 12:55 pm (ET).
From DAMA NCR: Government data professionals are facing a growing challenge: more data, fewer stewards. Join DAMA NCR for a practical session on how Certified Data Management Professionals (CDMPs) can scale their impact using LLM-powered agents and custom tools—without compromising DMBOK principles. Learn how to automate first-pass reviews, flag anomalies, and generate documentation that stewards can validate instead of build from scratch. This session offers a blueprint for tackling volume, trust, and auditability with smart, sustainable practices.
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