Programs and series

Public service managers and executives must have a solid understanding of their roles, responsibilities, and accountabilities within the federal government. Authority Delegation Training (G110) is an online self-paced course providing learners with the essential information they need to successfully obtain and execute their delegated authorities as managers or executives. Learners will gain knowledge of the core legislation, regulations, policies, and guidelines that govern their roles and responsibilities within the federal public service. The areas covered include the management of human resources, finance, procurement, information, and related fields.

Authority Delegation Training

The Supervisor Development Program offers a practical, hands-on approach to the core functions of the supervisory role. Assuming supervisory responsibilities is the first major transition point in a public service career. The School offers a comprehensive program to help you succeed in this new role, giving you the skills you need to supervise the day-to-day performance of individual employees and small teams.

Supervisor Development Program

The Manager Development Program gives you the basic knowledge to meet the demands of your new management role. As a manager, not only are you responsible for managing people and performance, you also have a key role in ensuring that your employees are engaged and highly productive in serving Canadians. To manage people and processes effectively, you must understand your role, practice accountability and know what is expected of you.

Manager Development Program

The Aspiring Directors Program targets employees who have been identified through their departmental/agency talent management process as having the potential to assume an executive role within the next two years. The program emphasizes the importance of self awareness and personal reflection. Participants are encouraged to think about who they are as leaders and how they lead others.

Aspiring Directors Program

The New Directors Program helps you better understand your new role and what is expected of you as an executive in today's environment. You will improve your skills as an executive leader to effectively lead change and achieve results.

New Directors Program

The Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) for EX-01 to EX-03 gives senior public servants an opportunity to deepen their leadership role in enabling innovation, fostering collaboration and delivering results for Canadians. Participants are exposed to real-world experiences and issues, with guidance from senior leaders.

Executive Leadership Development Program for EX-01 to EX-03

The Directors General Program provides a platform of learning activities for both newly promoted and experienced directors general. The program leverages the collective strengths of the director general community and the support of senior leaders, and focuses on building personal strategies to navigate the current and evolving context of a director general in the public service.

Directors General Program

The Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) for EX-04 and EX-05 is a unique opportunity for participants to deepen their personal leadership in a trusted and well-integrated community of their peers. This is accomplished through interactive and experiential learning, both as a cohort and in small groups where various experts and leaders from public, private, non-governmental and academic sectors share their experiences and their perspectives on current issues.

Executive Leadership Development Program for EX-04 and EX-05

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

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

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

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

The Briefing Series is always growing to meet your needs! New topics and courses are added on a regular basis so be sure to check back with us to get the latest news.

Briefing Series

A suite of foundational courses designed to introduce new mindsets, skills and techniques to help public servants succeed in the digital era.

Discover Series

As a public servant, the information you produce in your work belongs to the Government of Canada. When you receive an access to information and privacy (ATIP) request, you are required to provide that information immediately. However, you also have a duty to properly manage personal information for privacy purposes.

Essential Series: Essentials of Access to Information and Privacy

What are government communications all about? Aside from dealing with media and managing publishing activities, what else do they do? Explore this page to better understand the roles and responsibilities of communications within the Government of Canada.

Essential Series: Essentials of Communications

The government's money is taxpayers' money. As a public servant, you are responsible for properly managing public funds. Explore some of the fundamental principles of finance, such as the delegation of authorities, expenditure planning, budget management and financial performance reporting. Learn how these principles ensure sound financial management in the federal public service.

Essential Series: Essentials of Finance

Human resources (HR) is everywhere in your work, so better understanding it will benefit you throughout your career in the federal public service. Take the time to explore the many facets of human resources!

Essential Series: Essentials of Human Resources

Information has value, which is why information management (IM) is so important. As an employee of the Government of Canada, you are responsible for effectively managing the information you work with. Learn more about your roles and responsibilities in this area.

Essential Series: Essentials of Information Management

Information technology (IT) is everywhere in the workplace and influences the way you work. As a public servant, you have a range of tools available to help you better understand it. Learn more about these tools and discover how better understanding IT will have a positive impact on your work!

Essential Series: Essentials of Information Technology

GCTools such as GCconnex and GCpedia allow public servants to work smarter and more effectively by facilitating engagement, collaboration, information sharing and innovation.

GCTools

Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+) is an analytical tool used to assess how diverse groups of women, men and gender-diverse people may experience policies, programs and initiatives. The "plus" in GBA+ acknowledges that GBA+ goes beyond biological (sex) and socio-cultural (gender) differences. We all have multiple identity factors that intersect to make us who we are; GBA+ also considers many other identity factors, like race, ethnicity, religion, age, and mental or physical disability.

Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+)

The Indigenous Learning Series at the Canada School of Public Service provides learning opportunities for all federal public servants to increase their cultural competency and awareness about First Nations, Métis and Inuit in Canada and the Government of Canada's roles and responsibilities.

Indigenous Learning Series

The School offers a number of free online self-assessment and learning tools, in English and in French, to help you improve or maintain your languageskills.

Language Maintenance Tools

People around the world are increasingly demanding more transparency, accountability and engagement from their government. Countries are responding in ways that are consistent with their respective national priorities and circumstances to transform into open governments.

Open Government

Understanding the performance management annual cycle. Performance management is an ongoing process that involves planning, developing, coaching, providing feedback and evaluating employee performance. Some performance management requirements are time-specific: at the beginning of the fiscal year, when performance expectations are established; at mid-year, when performance is reviewed; and by year-end, when performance is assessed.

Performance Management Cycle

Project management is the method of systematically planning, organizing and controlling allocated resources to accomplish identified project objectives and outcomes. Project management is normally reserved for focused, non-repetitive and time-limited activities that have some degree of risk, and for activities that are beyond the usual scope of program (operational) activities. It comprises the critical series of activities that transform resources into concrete results for Canadians.

Project Management Series

Congratulations! You have just joined the largest employer in the country, the Public Service of Canada. Whether you are here full time, part time, as a student or as a term employee, wherever you are working from coast to coast to coast, your work is important—it touches the lives of Canadians daily. There is a lot to do and to learn when you start your new job in the public service! We are here to support you in better understanding your role and learning how to navigate your career.

Public Service Orientation

To ensure that the Government delivers on its commitments, a new results and delivery approach has been implemented that includes the establishment of the Cabinet Committee on Agenda, Results and Communications, chaired by the Prime Minister, and a Results and Delivery Unit, housed in the Privy Council Office.

Results and Delivery

A virtual classroom series for leaders at all levels, where we explore change and resilience, employee engagement, empowering yourself and others, and the evolution of work. Journey through this learning series as we discover individual, leader, team and organizational strategies to thrive during change.

Thrive Series