November 22, 2023 - Updates, priorities of the week

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Meeting information

Agenda

1. Updates

2. Roundtable

Notes and action items

Digital Transformation Office (DTO) Updates

Sweet class action alerts: Please take them down on Tuesday, Nov. 28. We will send out a communication to the affected group to remind them to take it down.

Roundtable

Finance update

Thank you to everyone for helping us out with the Fall Economic Statement. It went really well. We appreciate you doing the blackout. This was the fastest launch we’ve ever had. The entire suite of products was launched in 20 seconds. There will be follow ups coming about the themes mentioned in the statement in the coming weeks.

Global Affairs Canada

• At this time, updates to Canada’s response to the crisis in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip are on hold. Potential changes might be coming later this week, but no timing at this time.

Health Canada

• GC Health Theme Partners Community (HTPC) the next meeting is scheduled Nov. 28 (2pm ET): Health Ten Top Tasks - FY 22-23 Edition

• Join GC HTPC Slack workspace - only 10 minutes involvement per week

Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

• 16 days of activism against gender-based violence 2023 https://women-gender-equality.canada.ca/en/commemorations-celebrations/16-days/16-days-2023.html

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)

• Have been working on revamping a few of our LOBs with the subway navigation format. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/visit-canada/visitor-visa.html

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)

• Shoutout to everyone who helped with the climate crisis content. You can see it at: www.canada.ca/climate-crisis

Public Safety (PJE Theme)

• We are waiting on approvals for updated Terrorism Threat Level content to highlight the threat level review schedule; no other updates.

Other updates

Canada School of Public Service Learning Events

• Service and Design Method Series: Leveraging Design Research and Qualitative Data - Nov.20 (CSPS/EFPC) FR

• How to use digital skills and data in your work - Nov.21 (Apolitical)

• Wielding the Power of the Data Strategy - Nov.29 (CSPS/EFPC) FR

• The Design Process: Design Research - online 2 hrs (CSPS/EFPC) FR
• Cross-functional teams in government - Self-directed (CSPS/EFPC) FR

• Build a More Inclusive Public Service - self-paced 2hrs( Apolitical)

Principal Publisher

• Sharing a YouTube training opportunity: Workshop: YouTube Shorts for Civic Creators (rsvp.withgoogle.com)

• December 3 is the International Day for People with Disabilities

• Check out the Interdepartmental Accessibility Community of Practice

• New analytics training Digital Analytics Community of Practice. Contact lindsay.beaudoin@servicecanada.gc.ca if you would like to be added to the invite list