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In its commitment to science excellence, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has launched the '''Strengthening the Voice of Science''' (VoS) initiative, a whole-of-agency, phased approach to break down barriers to excellence in public health science, and support building and sustaining PHAC science capacity in the short, medium and long term.

In its commitment to science excellence, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has launched the '''Strengthening the Voice of Science''' (VoS) initiative, a whole-of-agency, phased approach to break down barriers to excellence in public health science, and support building and sustaining PHAC science capacity in the short, medium and long term.

[[Strengthening the Voice of Science at PHAC : What we heard|Preliminary engagement]] with PHAC’s scientific community has outlined needs and challenges in five areas, to sustain and strengthen PHAC’s position in delivering world-class science:

Preliminary engagement with PHAC’s scientific community has outlined needs and challenges in five areas, to sustain and strengthen PHAC’s position in delivering world-class science:

* People & Culture focuses on cultural and workforce elements required to attract, hire, train and retain the best public health expertise and become an “employer of choice” for scientists from diverse disciplines and backgrounds.

* People & Culture focuses on cultural and workforce elements required to attract, hire, train and retain the best public health expertise and become an “employer of choice” for scientists from diverse disciplines and backgrounds.