Digital Talent/Digital Skills


Defining and developing digital skills for all public servants

As part of the President of the Treasury Board’s Mandate Letter, the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer (OCHRO) is developing a long-term, government-wide Public Service Skills Strategy to ensure that the public service has capacity to support Canadians in an increasingly changing world. This includes a strong emphasis on increasing modern digital skills for all public servants.

At OCIO, we are supporting this commitment by defining and supporting the development of digital skills all public servants need in a modern workforce.

Digital Competencies for all Public Servants

Digital competencies will define the necessary digital skills, knowledge, attributes, and behaviours required in a modern public service, and in turn, ensure all public servants and their leaders can work efficiently in the digital age.

Learn more about the Digital Competencies for All Public servants in this presentation:

Digital Competencies - for all public servants PowerPoint title slide

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💬 We'd love to hear what you think! Fill out our feedback survey on the 6 Digital Competencies.

Join an activity

In the coming months, we will host workshops and online activities to answer key research and discovery questions to better understand:

  • How are digital skills defined?
  • How should digital skills-related data (e.g. inventory of digital skills) be managed
  • What are some of the best learning resources to learn digital skills?

Please let us know if you would like to get involved in a workshop or activity.

Our other key services

If you'd like more information on any of our other key services for the Digital Community please feel free to contact us: