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Agenda and speakers now available: GC Data Conference 2026
February 18, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm (ET) and February 19, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm (ET). From the School's GC Data Community and Natural Resources Canada: Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from leading speakers including: Nick Frosst, Abdi Aidid, Bailey Kacsmar, Kishawna Peck, Sahir Khan and many more! Learn about current and future opportunities and challenges of AI, along with its implications for sovereignty, stewardship, and trust. Consider what public service organizations need to do to build trust, foster inclusion, and boost productivity in a rapidly evolving digital age.
✅ Check out the full agenda and register today!
✏️ Participate in the 2026 Data Conference Questionnaire!
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Building Artificial Intelligence-Ready Leadership in the Public Service
February 3, 2026, 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This forward-looking event draws on real-world experiences related to the adoption of AI technologies and explores the core competencies needed to navigate change with meaningful impact. The event will offer strategies for using new tools, guiding teams through uncertainty, and harnessing AI confidently and responsibly.
From Vision to Action: Standardized Data Roles for a Data-Driven GC
February 10, 2026, 12:05 - 12:55 (ET): From DAMA NCR: Join Trevor Banks and the Digital Talent team at TBS-OCIO as they unveil a new suite of finalized data job descriptions, developed with government realities in mind and designed to reflect modern skill sets, responsibilities, and career paths. These ready-to-use profiles are grounded in the Digital C-Suite model and shaped by input from departments across the GC.
2026 Celebrating the Success of Women in STEM Symposium: Breaking Barriers, Building our Future
February 11, 2026, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This event will highlight the pivotal role of women in transforming research into innovation by exploring ways to advance equity, leadership and sustainable progress across STEM sectors. It will also champion progress, enable knowledge sharing and help shape the world of tomorrow.
Financial Management Essentials Series: Credible Costing in Decision-Making
February 17, 2026, 9:00 am to 10:30 am (ET). From the Canada School of the Public Service: This event will discuss the implications of costing in decision-making by outlining the key roles and processes involved in producing credible cost estimates, drawing on the Government of Canada’s Guide to costing and Guide to Assessing Cost Estimates.
Releases
The Annual Report on the 2023–2026 Data Strategy for the Federal Public Service – Year Two is now available!
This year’s report highlights progress across departments and agencies in advancing governance, strengthening data interoperability, building foundational data talent, and improving data sharing. It also presents emerging priorities that will inform the next chapter of the Strategy.
Competition Bureau Study: Your Data, Your Control: How data portability can unlock competition and empower consumers
Read the Competition Bureau’s new report, which breaks new ground by estimating the value of data portability for consumers, using the insurance sector as a case study.
Population projections for Canada, provinces and territories, 2025 to 2075
Read Statistics Canada new edition of its population projections for Canada (2025 to 2075) and the provinces and territories (2025 to 2050).
Health Infobase - Recent Publications
Visit the Health Infobase landing page for multiple new and updated products released in January 2026, as part of a growing inventory of 180+ interactive and accessible Canadian health data visualization products from across the Health Portfolio and beyond. Contact infobase@phac-aspc.gc.ca for information on publishing Canadian health data on Health Infobase.
Artificial Intelligence
Guide on Departmental AI Responsibilities
The new Guide on Departmental AI Responsibilities is now available! Discover a clear framework to help department adopt and manage AI responsibly in alignment with the AI Strategy for the Federal Public Service and related policies.
Summit on artificial intelligence and culture to be held in Banff, Alberta
Artificial intelligence is reshaping Canada’s cultural and creative sectors—bringing both challenges and new opportunities for innovation. To support this transition, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Government of Canada will co‑host the National Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Culture on March 16–17, 2026, in Banff, Alberta.
Learning
Register Now for the Quantitative Impact Assessment (QIA) Workshop!
The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) is hosting a five-day virtual workshop on Quantitative Impact Assessment (QIA) methods for program evaluation—at no cost!
Workshop Schedule (9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. ET):
- February 2 – Session 2: Cost-Benefit Analysis
- February 9 – Session 3: Research Methods I
- February 16 – Session 4: Machine Learning Methods
- February 23 – Session 5: Research Methods II
If you have any questions, please contact dsrd-sdrd@tbs-sct.gc.ca.
Health Data User Webinar Series
Join Statistics Canada on February 4, 2026 for an insightful session designed to help health data users understand the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). Participants will discover recent health insights, learn how to access CHMS data and get practical tips and resources to help you make the most of the CHMS data in current and future cycles. Complete the registration form.
Using Artificial Intelligence to Automate Tasks
From the Canada School of Public Service: This article provides guidance and key considerations for public servants on using AI to automate repetitive tasks and improve processes.
Opportunities to participate
Participate in the 2026 Data Conference Questionnaire
This quick questionnaire asks about your interests, challenges, and expectations for the GC Data Conference 2026. Your feedback will guide discussions and make the event more relevant to you. Please respond by February 6, 2026. Thank you for sharing your input!
Community of Practice on Data and Information
The Community of Practice on Data and Information (CDPI) seeks to optomize 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 Working Group and Communities of Practice meetings
Visit the Health Infobase booth at the Health Canada Science Forum in Ottawa on February 9th!
The 2026 edition of the Health Canada Science Forum is just around the corner. On Monday February 9th, visit the Health Infobase booth at the in-person session of the Forum in Ottawa to learn more about the 180+ data visualization products on the award-winning Health Infobase website, and how we can help bring your data story to life. For more information contact infobase@phac-aspc.gc.ca or scienceforum-forumscientifique@hc-sc.gc.ca.
Employment opportunities
MSc - Large-scale Data-Driven Mineral Prospectivity Mapping - Research Affiliate Program
Closes on March 27, 2026. Natural Resources Canada
AS-03 Data Analyst Reporting Officer (Anticipatory)
Closes March 31, 2026. Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Census jobs
Statistics Canada is now hiring for approximately 32,000 census jobs across Canada. Apply now!
What caught our attention
EH Sayers Episode 30: GDP Explained Without Putting You to Sleep (We Promise!)
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.
In case you missed it
Tune into: Understanding the Coming Artificial Intelligence Revolution and Seizing Its Opportunities (sign-in required)
This event recording features Joel Blit, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Waterloo and a leading voice on innovation and technological change, who explores how AI is reshaping productivity, labour markets, and public service delivery.
Watch:The Trust Series: Promoting Information Integrity by Strengthening Public Trust
This event recording features Alicia Wanless, PhD, an expert in information integrity and public policy, who examines how massive shifts in the flow of information are pressing governments to rethink how they communicate and engage with the public.
Watch: Reflections by Kate Tarling
This video features Kate Tarling, a globally recognized expert in service transformation and author of The Service Organization, who reflects on how governments can improve public services by defining them end to end, aligning policy with delivery, and organizing around user-centred outcomes.
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