Find our collaborative learning initiatives that extend beyond the public service.
Advanced Policy Analyst Program
The Advanced Policy Analyst Program (APAP) is a challenging three year professional and leadership development program designed to develop economic and public policy analysts. It offers recent master's level graduates an unparalleled opportunity in the federal public service.
Advanced Policy Analyst Program
Deputy Minister University Champion Initiative
The Deputy Minister University Champion Initiative is aimed at strengthening linkages between the Government of Canada and Canadian universities. The strategy is designed to support robust and relevant public administration education and research so that the federal public service has access to leading ideas and theories, a new generation of public administration scholars and new employees who are well-educated in modern public management.
Deputy Minister University Champion Initiative
GC Data Community
The GC Data Community was created to connect, engage and support the growing community of data practitioners across the federal government.
GC Data Community
National Student Paper Competition on the Future of the Public Service
Launched in 2013, the first edition of the National Student Paper Competition on the Future of the Public Service focused on ideas and research related to the Blueprint 2020 vision. Since then, the competition has continued inviting master's and PhD students to submit their ideas for improving the federal public service and Canada's future.
National Student Paper Competition on the Future of the Public Service
Public Servant-in-Residence Initiative
The Public Servant-in-Residence Initiative (PSIR) places mid-career public servants in Canadian universities to conduct research and/or teach in areas linked to departmental objectives and broader Federal Public Service priorities. These assignments may be undertaken on either a full- or part-time basis and require an Interchange Canada Agreement.
Public Servant-in-Residence Initiative