Canadian Digital Achievements Repository

In recent years, the Government of Canada began recognizing the benefits a digital government, taking pivotal/meaningful steps to a more digitally-driven public service.There is a vast amount of digital projects being championed by Canadian governments across the country. In light of this, the Chief Information Officer of the Government of Canada invited jurisdictions across Canada to share their innovative digital projects. The response was positive and far-reaching, with submissions emerging from federal, provincial and municipal bodies. Considered digital wins, the initiatives have been mapped to the following themes: Blockchain, Digital Economy, Digital Well-Being, Artificial Intelligence/Automation, Digital Identity, Open and Digital Government and Digital Security. Canada appreciates and encourages all digital initiatives assisting its public servants in producing first-rate products and services.

	Government	Level	Title	Initiative Title	Digital Theme	Summary Description	Breadth and Reach
1	Government of Canada	Federal	Treasury Board Secretariat, Chief Information Officer Branch	GC Web Renewal	Open and Digital Government	The GC Web Renewal completed targeted migration and overall improvement work for the web content of 4 government departments.	Citizen and Business Facing
2	Government of Canada	Federal	Treasury Board Secretariat, Chief Information Officer Branch	Policy and Enablement of IT Project Review and Oversight	Other	Evaluation to address senior managementès need for information on the relevance and performance of oversight and enablement of high-risk, complex IT-enabled projects.	Business Facing
3	Government of Canada	Federal	Treasury Board Secretariat, Chief Information Officer Branch	IM/IT Strategic Plan	Other	The IM/IT Strategic Plan sets the information management (IM) and information technology (IT) direction for the Government of Canada and identifies enterprise-wide priorities and key activities for departments.	Business Facing
4	Government of Canada	Federal	Treasury Board Secretariat, Chief Information Officer Branch	Cloud Security	Digital Security	Cloud Security initiative supports GC departments and agencies in understanding existing TBS security policy requirements in the context of cloud computing.	Business Facing
5	Government of Canada	Federal	Treasury Board Secretariat, Chief Information Officer Branch	Digital Collaboration	Open and Digital Government	Digital collaboration launched new features to facilitate development opportunities for improved employee and student opportunities and integration into government.	Business Facing
6	Government of Canada	Federal	Statistics Canada	Measurement of Cannabis Statistics	Digital Well-Being / Digital Economy	The Measurement of Cannabis Statistics uses anonymous crowdsourcing application as data collection tool to capture consumption and pricing information.	Citizen and Business Facing
7	Government of Canada	Federal	Statistics Canada	Transition a Low Carbon Economy	Digital Economy	The Transition to a Low Carbon Economy engages in rapid data acquisition, application of data integration and data analytics leading to a horizontal review of the effectiveness of government programs in the Clean Tech sector.	Business Facing
8	Government of Canada	Federal	Statistics Canada	Canadian Housing Statistics Program	Digital Economy	The Canada Housing Statistics program experiments with new administrative data sources instead of traditional survey-taking methods followed by linking them to Census data using state of the art record linkage techniques respecting privacy controls.	Citizen and Business Facing
9	Government of Canada	Federal	Statistics Canada	Measuring Growth in International Visitors	Artificial Intelligence/Automation	This initiative applies artificial intelligence techniques to new types of data sources to generate expenditures and finer geographic level data on the activities in the tourism sector.	Business Facing
10	City of Toronto	Municipal		The Enterprise Geospatial Environment	Open and Digital Government	This environment ensures that client divisions as well as outside stakeholders are able to access critical geospatial information in a centralized, maintained service.	Citizen and Business Facing
11	City of Toronto	Municipal		Payment Service Provider - Transition	Digital Economy	This successful and seamless transition occurred from one payment service provider (Global Payments) to another payment service provider (Moneris).	Internal and Business Facing
12	City of Toronto	Municipal		Vehicle for Hire	Other	Vehicle for Hire establishes new standards for taxi operation and legalizes Private Transportation Companies (PTCs), such as Uber and their drivers.	Citizen and Business Facing
13	Government of Quebec	Provincial	Chief Information Office	Données Québec	Open and Digital Government	This website contains data and applications aimed at promoting enlightened decision making by all Quebecers and Québec enterprises. It also allows for the development of new ideas for improving government policies.	Citizen and Business Facing
14	Government of Quebec	Provincial	Chief Information Office	IGO (for Open GIS Infrastructure)	Open and Digital Government	IGO (for Open GIS Infrastructure) is a Free Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) developed in a joint effort by several Quebec government departements.	Citizen Facing
15	Government of Quebec	Provincial	Chief Information Office	Orientations en infonuagique	Digital Government	Orientations en infonuagique made changes to regulation of procurement and creatied a cloud broker, with the cloud strategy couvre l'ensemble des organismes publics.	Business Facing
16	Government of Quebec	Provincial	Chief Information Office	Adoption prochaine de la Stratégie pour une administration publique numérique (APN)	Open and Digital Government	The adoption of digital strategy is for the purpose of providing focus on the person, taking a digital culture and accelerating transformation.	Citizen and Business Facing
17	Government of New Brunswick	Provincial		Digital New Brunswick (transformation strategy)	Open and Digital Government	This transformation strategy places citizens and businesses in New Brunswick at the centre of everything the provincial government does.	Citizen and Business Facing
18	Government of New Brunswick	Provincial		Cloud Services Policy	Open and Digital Government	The New Brunswick Government requires departments to consider the use of cloud services when updating or acquiring new IT solutions	Internal
19	Government of New Brunswick	Provincial		Digital ID	Digital Identity	Digital Identity is a single reliable, accurate method for validating proof of New Brunswick citizenship.	Comprehensive
20	Government of New Brunswick	Provincial		MyLabs	Open and Digital Government	Mylabs is a multi-platform mobile application for citizens to view their lab test results online.	Citizen Facing
21	Government of New Brunswick	Provincial		Open Data Portal	Digital Economy	Open Data Portal deals with data sets of high value and operates software as a service (SaaS)	Comprehensive
22	Government of New Brunswick	Provincial		Education and Early Childhood Development (EECD) Business architecture	Digital Well-Being	This architecture is a business capability model for early childhood development services.	Comprehensive
23	Municipality of Durham	Municipal	Department of Finance	100% virtualization of ERP and cloud based disaster recovery of Regional Government HCM System	Digital Economy?	This initiative virtualized the entire Enterprise Resource Planning System & Introduced Cloud based disaster recovery capabilities for the Human Capital Management (HCM) components.	Internal
24	Government of Canada	Federal	Canada Revenue Agency PSSDC	Linked eAccounts	Open and Digital Government or Digital Economy	Linked eAccounts establishes a convenient link between the CRA’s My Account for individuals and ESDC’s My Service Canada Account (MSCA), to which Canadians can login once to access services within a single secure session.	Citizen Facing
25	Government of Canada	Federal	Canada Revenue Agency PSSDC	Direct Deposit and Address Sharing Initiative (DAISI)	Other	DAISI ensures that the process to update client information such as direct deposit banking information and address changes, takes less time, is consistent and less confusing.	Business Facing
26	Government of Canada	Federal	Canada Revenue Agency PSSDC	Auto-fill my return	Automation?	The Auto-fill my return service automatically fills in parts of an individual or business tax return making filing online easier.	Citizen and Business Facing
27	Government of Canada	Federal	Canada Revenue Agency PSSDC	ReFILE	automation? Other? Digital government?	ReFILE is a new CRA service that allows electronic filers to submit adjustments through their certified software	Comprehensive
28	Government of Canada	Federal	Canada Revenue Agency PSSDC	UX – My BizApp	digital economy	UX - mobile web application for small business owners and sole proprietors, allowing users to access financial information and perform transactions	Business Facing
29	Government of Canada	Federal	Canada Revenue Agency PSSDC	UX – Secure Portals Reengineering	Digital Security	This initiative seeks to modernize the existing secure portals: My Account, My Business Account and represent a client by building a single, improved, user-friendly portal that can support existing and future Agency digital services.	Citizen and Business Facing
30	Government of Canada	Federal	Canada Revenue Agency PSSDC	Verified.Me	Digital Identity	Verified.me is a pilot project that would allow users to share attributes of their digital identity in a secure environment by obtaining verifiable information from banks, telecommunications and other participating institutions.	Comprehensive
31	Government of Canada	Federal	Veteran Affairs OSD	Earnings Loss Benefit, and Career Transition Services	Digital Well-being	This initiative is Digital Service Design is designed with the user at the centre of the process and is fully user tested with Veterans.	Citizen Facing
32	Government of Canada	Federal	Veteran Affairs OSD	‘Pension for Life’	digital economy? Well-being?	The Government of Canada is modernizing the financial package that Veterans receive in compensation for their service-related pain and suffering: ‘Pension for Life’	Citizen Facing
33	City of Montreal	Municipal		Présence numérique	NA	Deployment of 180 services, digital focused users.	Citizen Facing
34	City of Montreal	Municipal		Politique sur le logiciel et le matériel libre	NA	Adoption of a policy and related directives.	Internal
35	City of Montreal	Municipal		"Application d'inspection mobile de cadenassage"	NA	A safe process opening and closing of equipment, which is aldo a free solution.	Internal
36	City of Montreal	Municipal		Positionnement sur le sourçage	Other	* Principes directeurs * Standardisation	Internal
37	City of Montreal	Municipal		Positionnement sur le géospatial	Other	* Principes directeurs * Standardisation	Internal
38	City of Montreal	Municipal		"Positionnement sur la livraison des services numériques"	Other	* Principes directeurs * Standardisation	Internal
39	City of Montreal	Municipal		Positionnement sur l'infonuagique	Other	* Principes directeurs * Standardisation	Internal
40	City of Montreal	Municipal		Positionnement sur la gestion de portefeuille	Other	* Principes directeurs * Standardisation	Internal
41	City of Montreal	Municipal		Positionnement sur la sécurité de l'information	Other	* Principes directeurs * Standardisation	Internal
42	City of Montreal	Municipal		Positionnement sur l'intelligence d'affaires	Other	* Principes directeurs * Standardisation	Internal
43	City of Montreal	Municipal		Positionnement sur les infrastructures	Other	* Principes directeurs * Standardisation	Internal
44	City of Montreal	Municipal		Catalogue de standards ouverts	NA	Standardisation, technical criteria obligations, and non-mandatory.	Internal
45	City of Montreal	Municipal		"Programme de recherche et développement appliqués en TI"	NA	"* minimum 10 M$ sur trois ans * Sécurité de l'information * Intelligence d'affaires (prédictive et prescriptive) * Intelligence artificielle * Tous les rapports, programmes, algorithmes libérés sous, licences libres"	Internal
46	City of Montreal	Municipal		"Standards ouverts pour les objects communicants"	NA	* Projet de R & D avec McGill * Caméras urbaines, radars, etc. * Méthodes optimales de déploiement et de maintenance * Standards de résistance environnementale * architectures des réseaux IdO (IoT)	Internal and Citizen Facing
47	City of Montreal	Municipal		Méthodes de vigies de marchés standardisée	NA	* application de standards ouverts * application du principe de neutralité technologique * application du principe d'interopérabilité * application du principe d'interchangeabilité * application positionnement sourçage * contrôle des relations avec les fournisseurs * + de 100 depuis 2016	Internal
48	City of Montreal	Municipal		Matrice d'analyse d'impacts	NA	* matrice d'analyse d'impacts (sécurité) * la matrice est liée à des critères technologiques * la matrice est liée à des clauses contractuelles * la matrice comprend toutes les clauses contractuelles liées aux solutions infonuagiques	Internal
49	City of Montreal	Municipal		Politique sur les données ouvertes	NA	NA	Internal and Citizen Facing
50	City of Montreal	Municipal		*BROKEN LINK	NA	NA
51	City of Montreal	Municipal		Divulgation des contacts avec les fournisseurs	NA	"* Divulgation des contacts (entrants et sortants) des fournisseurs potentiels en TI avec l'administration * Mesure de transparence (Open Contracting) * Contrôle du lobbyisme"	Citizen Facing
52	City of Montreal	Municipal		Programe institutionnel de sensibilisation à la sécurité de l'information	Digital Security	Comprend notamment de capsules de formation en ligne.	Internal
53	City of Montreal	Municipal		Réseau wi-fi	NA	* réalisée par un organisme communataire (ZAP)	Citizen Facing
54	City of Montreal	Municipal		"Standards ouverts en TI pour l'approvisionnement"	NA	Plus de 300	Internal
55	Government of Alberta	Provincial		"MyAlberta Digital ID and MyAlberta Verify (id.alberta.ca)"	Digital Identity	MyAlberta Digital ID is an enterprise online identity management program that provides secure way for citizens organizations and businesses to access government services online	Citizen and Business Facing
56	Government of Alberta	Provincial		MyAlberta Evacuation Payment System	Digital Well-being	The system showcases the transformative potential of MyAlberta Verify, which is being leveraged to provide a fast and convenient way to receive evacuation payments during a disaster.	Citizen Facing
57	Government of Alberta	Provincial		MyAlberta eServices	Digital Economy	Single secure online market; website provides an easy way to pay for government services online such as FOIP reuqests, fines, Alberta Parks passes, and various events, permits and licenses	Citizen and Business Facing
58	Government of Quebec	Provincial	Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity	Fichier d’immatriculation des armes à feu	Automation?	With this initiative, the registration of a firearm is done through the registration of prescribed information in a file held in the form of a record.	Internal and Citizen Facing
59	Government of Quebec	Provincial	Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Solidarity	Zone Enterprise	Digital Economy? Other?	La Zone entreprise se veut la porte d’entrée unique des services gouvernementaux transactionnels en ligne.	Internal and Business Facing
60	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		MyHealthNS (Department of Health & Wellness)	Digital Well-being	The goal of the project was to find out what changes can be made to improve TIENET and PowerSchool	Comprehensive
61	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		Ask the User – Education (Joint project between Service Nova Scotia, Internal Services and Education	Other?	The Council to Improve Classroom Conditions has identified the iNSchool software systems TIENET (Technology for Improving Education Network) and PowerSchool as having a major impact on teachers. The goal of the project was to find out what changes can be made to improve TIENET and PowerSchool.	Internal and Citizen Facing
62	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		Innovation Garage (1st in Canada)	Other?	The Garage is a place to bring a problem and have access to people and tools to solve the problem…a place to take something that is broken; a place to tune-up; a place to create new and better.	Internal and Business Facing
63	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		Public Health System (Panorama) – Cloud Service	Digital Well-Being	Built for and by all Canadian jurisdictions and IBM, the system is an Industry Leading Communicable Disease Surveillance and Management System for Public Health Professionals.	Citizen and Business Facing
64	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		Procurement E-bidding	Digital Economy	E-bidding is a process in which suppliers submit electronic bids to open and/or invitational competitions.	Internal and Business Facing
65	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		Nova Scotia Open Data Portal Enhancement	Open and Digital Government	Program seeks to enhance open data portal and hopes for outcomes to further support transparency and accountability, public engagement, economic growth and create opportunities.	Citizen and Business Facing
66	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		Nova Scotia Login Service	Digital Identity	The service includes a trusted credential for citizens and next steps include evolving digital identity as a platform, providing higher levels of assurance for identity validation.	Citizen and Business Facing
67	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		Business Start-up Bundle	Other	The bundle is a digital service designed to make it easier for individuals to understand the requirements to start a business in Nova Scotia and for the process to be easier and clearer.	Citizen and Business Facing
68	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		Heating and Rebate Assistance Program Digital Service	Other	Applied a human centred service design approach to transformation	Citizen Facing
69	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial		Open Government supported by Digital Delivery and overhaul of Access and Privacy Services in Nova Scotia	Open and Digital Government	This initiative offers access to information from start to finish though an online portal; Nova Scotia merged the access and privacy services scattered across departments into one corporate unit.	Comprehensive
70	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Education and Early development	Homework Hub	Open and Digital Government or Other	A technology-based learning resource and service to strengthen the Nova Scotia Mathematics Strategy, to help close the achievement gap, as well as provide homework support for high school mathematics, for both students and parents.	Citizen Facing
71	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Department of Community Services	Disability Support Program (DSP) (Flex Independent Program)	Digital Well-being	The funding through this program provides a participant with the flexibility to create, self-direct and manage their individual support plan based on assessed need.	Citizen Facing
72	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Open Data Contest	Open and Digital Government	In partnership with Dalhousie, the contest invited youth to innovate using data available through the portal.	Citizen Facing
73	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	IT Service Management (Client Self-Service)	Open and Digital Government or Other	online client self-service portal as a new service that allows clients to request --products, services, or report problems--using an online service as another option to calling and emailing.	Business Facing
74	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Service Nova Scotia	Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) Customer Wait Time Improvements	Other	The improvements are meant to reduce the time associated with the care and control of serialized vehicle permits.	Internal and Citizen Facing
75	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	MyPATH	Other	Student Assistance’s Personal Assistance Tracking & History- student portal that offers greater self-service, more information, and which eliminates paper moving in and out of the office.	Internal and Citizen Facing
76	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	Case Management Process Framework “CM Framework”	Other	The CM Framework was instrumental in breaking down the siloed approach to case management, achieving a unified and effective approach to managing matters coming before the Board.	Internal
77	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	Nova Scotia Works	Digital Economy	The initiative provides a suite of employment services, under one common brand, that would help Nova Scotians understand, prepare for and attach to employment, while helping businesses find, recruit, hire, manage and develop the talent needed to be more productive in a global economy.	Comprehensive
78	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	Atlantic Apprenticeship Harmonization Project	Digital Economy?	The goal of the project is to have ten Red Seal trades harmonized throughout the region (by 2017) and to develop a shared Information Technology (IT) system (by 2019). The AAHP is also implementing common policies and processes across the board for consistency in apprenticeship training and certification requirements.	Citizen and Business Facing
79	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	Shared Apprenticeship Management Solution Project Team	Open and Digital Government or Other	In working together with the five provinces (Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island) and ESDC, the provinces will be able to receive a new, state-of-the-art system for a fraction of that cost.	Internal and Business Facing
80	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Health and Wellness (DHW)	DHW Redesign Team	Digital Well-being or other	The DHW Redesign Team conducted a review of effective use of resources, an assessment of current state and future capacity needs in new areas such as advanced analytics with a purpose of ensuring the internal focus, functions, resources and structures were aligned to reflect and enable Minister's governance role and core functions.	Internal
81	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Health and Wellness (DHW)	Proof of Concept Project – Data Warehouse	Other	This initiative's team researched leading practice in modern data warehousing and assessed new tools relative to their requirements.	Internal
82	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Category Management (Procurement)	Other	The Government of Nova Scotia Internal Services transformed its organization to a category management approach; a process that relies on cross-functional teamwork to produce procurement outcomes that meet clients’ (IWK and NSHA) needs.	Internal and Business Facing
83	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services and Health and Wellness	Contract Management Framework	Other	The groups championing this initiative developed a Contract Management Framework (CMF) and associated Toolkit. The CMF and toolkit are guideposts, to assist contract management at a high level, that is adaptable to many contract contexts.	Internal and Business Facing
84	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Sysco, HealthPRO, Internal Services, IWK	Nova Scotia Food Program	Other	NSHA and IWK now access contracts with national volume which resulted in cost savings and rebates and did not require ISD to duplicate the work of tendering 100+ contracts.	Internal
85	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Go Paperless- Risk Management	open and digital government?	Move to paperless claims submissions from all government departments and ABC.	Internal
86	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Combined Janitorial Services	Other	To combine the procurement of janitorial services for multiple provincially owned buildings near each other. Janitorial services contracts that were originally tendered for three separate provincially-owned building were tendered in one combined RFP with the option to award to multiple successful proponents.	Internal and Business Facing
87	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Business Relationship Management Program	Other	BRM provides ICT Services with insight around Business Partner departmental priorities and upcoming initiatives.	Internal
88	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Continuous Improvement Committee (CIC)	Other	In place to identify and prioritize concerns, and relevant information-collecting process	Internal
89	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	TeamMate (Electronic Audits at Internal Audit Centre)	Open and Digital Government?	TeamMate is a software that eliminates the barriers associated with paper-filled binders and disconnected electronic files, driving efficiencies into all facets of the internal audit workflow.	Internal
90	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Fraud Management Committee	Other? Could apply to blockchain?	The Nova Scotian Government Identified need for a provincial Fraud Policy, which provides employees with clear direction around fraud prevention and detection practices.	Internal
91	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	IAC- Analytics	Other	IAC is supporting the use of data analytics to interpret and measure business processes and controls, deliver insight and add value to client department	Internal
92	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services, Office of Service Nova Scotia, ICT Services	Identify and Credential Access Management	Digital Identity?	The notion of this initiative is to allow a member of the public (citizen, business) to establish a “login identifier” that can be used to access any government service. The service can be scaled up to provide increasing levels of identity assurance	Comprehensive
93	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Quality Assurance and Improvement Program	Other	This program is a formalized process providing periodic evaluation of the IAC’s conformance with the International Internal Audit Standards and an evaluation of whether the IAC applies the Code of Ethics.	Internal
94	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Internal Audit Staff Development and Training Framework	Digital Economy?	The Government of Nova Scotia's Internal Services developed a framework aimed at maximizing staff competency, knowledge, and consistency with applicable Institute of Internal Auditor Standards.	Internal
95	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Electronic Storage and Retrieval of Financial Transactional Documents	Open and Digital Government or Other	This initiative allows the process of retrieving an individuals' documents to be quicker as all records management is now electronic.	Internal
96	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Flex-Able Work	Open and Digital Government or Other	Flex-Able Work enables all staff using existing technologies and the introduction of portable technology, amending some workplace practices and minor business process changes.	Internal
97	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Procurement Training Plan	Open and Digital Government or Other	The Government of Nova Scotia Internal Services developed a proactive Procurement Training Plan to improve training service and increase buyer and supplier knowledge of procurement processes and opportunities.	Comprehensive
98	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Information Access and Privacy (IAP) Consolidation and implementation of Access to Information Account (on-line submissions) and Disclosure Log	Open and Digital Government	IAP services from across government were consolidated into the Department of Internal Services in an online format increasing transparency and accountability, with a new FOIPOP case management system implemented to support operations	Internal
99	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Internal Services	Remote Payment Processing	Digital Economy	The Payroll Accounting and Tax Compliance grup and the Payment Processing group have enabled their respective teams to initiate and conclude their payment runs from off-site locations using secure connections and VPN accounts.	Internal
100	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	Early Mediation of Labour Board Matters	Open and Digital Government	Nova Scotia identified a creative way to bring greater resources, expertise, and options for resolving issues to Nova Scotians who access the Labour Board process, with early indicators suggesting that this approach will serve as an effective means for resolving issues in a timely manner.	Internal and Citizen Facing
101	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	Western Valley REN LMI Dashboard	Digital Economy?	The dashboard is structured to present key regional data using population statistics from Census Canada and provides a “data visualization” of the region in terms of labour market and workforce development	Internal and Business Facing
102	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	The Small Business Safety Toolkit	Digital Well-Being	A collaborative process with business and industry to understand, then address the salient needs of small businesses in making their workplaces safer.	Internal and Business Facing
103	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education (LAE), Department of Community Services	Adult High School Co-op Program	Other?	LAE expanded experiential and credit options available to Co-op students at the Adult High schools (AHS) in West Hants and Kings Country. The additions to the program include credits in Food Technology and Food Preparation, and Food and Hospitality, with the intent to add a Food Service component in a future iteration.	Citizen Facing
104	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	LaMPSS for Business	Digital Government	A partnership was formed to undertake a major renovation of LaMPSS, a system that government clients use to apply for, and interact with, provincial government wage subsidy programs.	Citizen and Business Facing
105	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	Forestry Sector Training Program	Other? Digital Government? Digital Well-being?	There is a need to facilitate greater access to forestry machine operator training programs for forestry contractors and Nova Scotia seeks to mediate this with The START program, which encourages employers to hire Nova Scotians requiring work experience.	Citizen and Business Facing
106	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	LEAN Program Review of the Cooperative Education Incentive	Other?	A LEAN Program Review was conducted prior to transitioning into Labour Market Programs Support System (LaMPSS), involving data-driven decision making.	Citizen and Business Facing
107	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Education and Early development	Working Differently with Teacher Teams	Open and digital government?	used Google Apps for Education during the design process for the renewed 4-6 curriculum.	Citizen and Business Facing
108	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Labour and advanced education	Competency Based Assessment	Other?	A standardized training program that focuses on measuring and making judgments about whether an individual’s actual skills and knowledge can be used in particular work environments.	Internal
109	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency, Nova Scotia Community College, Communications Nova Scotia	Joint Stewardship Initiative	Digital Economy	Improving apprenticship processes and associated programs	Citizen Facing
110	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Department of Community Services	Sexual Violence Strategy	Other?	Innovative and creative public awareness campaign supported receiving international recognition, with online training develioed supporting survivors of sexual violence.	Citizen Facing
111	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Communications Nova Scotia among other departments and stakeholders	Brand Strategy	Digital Economy	A new, visual platform for all print and digital public facing government communications to ensure a consistent brand for government and help the public recognize government programs and services.	Internal
112	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Multiple departments and stakeholders	Mabou Watershed Rehabilitation	Other?	To reduce coliform levels to acceptable levels, the Coastal Resource Coordinator and Agriculture Resource Coordinator instigated a project to rehabilitate the Mabou Watershed and the oyster fisheries it supports.	Comprehensive
113	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Department of Seniors	SHIFT: Nova Scotia’s Action Plan for an Aging Population	Open and Digital Government or Other	A major two-year project to identify how Nova Scotia could build on the opportunities in its older population.	Comprehensive
114	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Department of Business (DoB)	Outcome Agreements with Crown Corporations	Open and Digital Government	DoB was mandated to develop ‘outcomes agreements’ with its five Crown Corporations. A tool was needed to clearly provide the five economic development Crown Corporations with policy-driven outcomes to guide their activities.	Internal and Business Facing
115	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Multiple departments and stakeholders	Nova Scotia Social Enterprise Strategy	Open and Digital Government or Other	Identifies the roles of both government and private sector partners in advancing the Social Enterprise Strategy in the province	Internal and Business Facing
116	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Department of Natural Resources (Head office and regional offices)	Service Delivery Engagement Process	Other	The process seeks to realign and balance mutual program issues and expectations with limited resources and doing so collaboratively engaging province-wide field staff.	Internal
117	Government of Nova Scotia	Provincial	Fisheries and Aquaculture, in collaboration with other departments and regional offices	Regional Participation in GoverNEXT AGM	Open and Digital Government or Other	Regional Participaton Governext AGM established a committee in 2016 to facilitate and implemented an approach to livestream the GoverNEXT AGM to the region, and this digital resource enabled regional staff to be included in a Halifax-based event from other locations.	Internal
118	Government of Canada	Federal	Canada Food Inspection Agency	CFSIN	Open and Digital Government or Digital Economy	TheCFSIN technical solution will leverage the GCcollab open source, cloud-based social networking tool as it has been conceived to engage with external non-Government of Canada participants in support of strengthening the ability of Canada's food safety authorities to share data and information.	Comprehensive
119	Government of British Columbia	Provincial	Chief Information Office	Verifiable Organizations Network	Blockchain?	The Verifiable Organizations Network is making use of blockchain/distributed ledger technology designed for identity among other resources to design and deliver an open, unified and trusted network of verifiable organizational data for people and services.	Citizen and Business Facing
120	Government of British Columbia	Provincial	Chief Information Office	BC Services Card	Digital Identity	BC Services Card is a multi-year project to develop smartcard credential and associated identity information management system.	Citizen Facing
121	Government of British Columbia	Provincial	Chief Information Office	Medical Services Plan (MSP)	Digital Government	The MSP digital experience is a project that enables the public to electronically submit applications for MSP enrolment and MSP premium assistance via Corporate GCPE’s Gov.bc.ca website	Comprehensive
122	Government of British Columbia	Provincial	Chief Information Office	Personalized Digital Services	Digital Economy? Other?	These services allow Government websites and apps to tailor what services are presented to people, and present guided pathways to services, based on what British Columbians decide to share.	Citizen Facing
123	Government of British Columbia	Provincial	Chief Information Office	BC Developers’ Exchange	Digital Economy (Contains Blockchain and Identity iniatives)	Continuous Service Improvement Lab (CSI Lab) provides continuous improvements to ongoing initiatives in the BC CIO, such as the the design of a digitized service for rapid procurement and contracting of vendor supplied agile teams as well as working proof of concept for blockchain enabled verified digital identity information for registered corporations.	Internal
124	Government of British Columbia	Provincial	Chief Information Office	Defensible Security	Digital Security	Defensible security is a published framework outlining minimum security requirements in an actionable way to achieve compliance level security controls.	Internal
125	Government of British Columbia	Provincial	Chief Information Office	Salesforce Canadian Public Cloud Data Centre Addendum Execution	Digital Security	This execution enables British Columbian Government to use data-sovereign Salesforce Canadian Cloud, and that the Salesforce data centre is is privacy and security compliament.	Internal