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<div align="center" style="font-size:40px">'''The DCD Newsletter'''</div>

<div align="center" style="font-size:40px">'''The DCD Newsletter'''</div>

<div align="center" style="font-size:30px">Updates to the GCTools, featured groups, events, and more.</div>

<div align="center" style="font-size:30px">Updates to the GCTools, featured groups, events, and more.</div>

<div align="center" style="font-size:20px">June 21, 2018</div>

<div align="center" style="font-size:20px">July 6, 2018</div>

<div align="center" style="font-size:20px">24^th Edition</div>

<div align="center" style="font-size:20px">24^th Edition</div>

<div align="center" style="font-size:20px">'''5 minute read'''</div>

<div align="center" style="font-size:20px">'''5 minute read'''</div>

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The Digital Collaboration Division (DCD, sometimes known as the GCTools) will develop an integrated network of accessible digital services that enable government and partners to share information and work together to create a better future for the people we serve. This transition will make it easier for employees, teams, organizations and partners to work together and reach their goals by providing the best access to the people, data, information and tools they need to do their jobs with excellence. Note that we are rebranding! Watch for a new look and feel, as we phase out Project Meerkat and GCTools branding.<br>

The Digital Collaboration Division (DCD, formerly known as the GCTools) will develop an integrated network of accessible digital services that enable government and partners to share information and work together to create a better future for the people we serve. This transition will make it easier for employees, teams, organizations and partners to work together and reach their goals by providing the best access to the people, data, information and tools they need to do their jobs with excellence. Note that we are rebranding! Watch for a new look and feel, as we phase out Project Meerkat and GCTools branding.<br>

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'''<span style='color:#545454; font-size:150%'>OADW Updates</span>'''

'''<span style='color:#545454; font-size:150%'>OADW Updates</span>'''

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*Message is the GC's new instant-messaging platform, and it has gone international! Join the [https://message.gccollab.ca/channel/gov-as-a-platform #Gov-as-a-platform] conversation to chat live about the OADW and related projects (including your own - we want to hear from you).

*Message is the GC's new instant-messaging platform, and it has gone international! Join the [https://message.gccollab.ca/channel/gov-as-a-platform #Gov-as-a-platform] conversation to chat live about the OADW and related projects (including your own - we want to hear from you).

*Shout out to Michael Karlin from [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sn-qBZUXEUG4dVk909eSg5qvfbpNlRhzIefWPtBwbxY/edit Canada’s AI Team] for testing Message with us. First impression? “It had all the functionality my team needed right away … it’s a really good messenger app. Awesome job, team!”

*Shout out to Michael Karlin from [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Sn-qBZUXEUG4dVk909eSg5qvfbpNlRhzIefWPtBwbxY/edit Canada’s AI Team] for testing Message with us. First impression? “It had all the functionality my team needed right away … it’s a really good messenger app. Awesome job, team!”

*The DCD team is testing WeKan, an open source Kanban board application for project management. Learn more on our [https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki wiki]. If you are testing project management tools, let us know in the [https://message.gccollab.ca/channel/gov-as-a-platform #Gov_as_a_platform] chat on Message.

*The DCD team is testing WeKan, an open source Kanban board application for project management. Learn more on our [https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki wiki]. If you are testing project management tools, let us know in the [https://message.gccollab.ca/channel/gov-as-a-platform #Gov_as_a_platform] chat on Message.

*Our latest UX session was at the [https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/campaigns/2018-blueprint-2020-innovation-fair.html GC's Innovation Fair], testing out icons for the future workspace. Read about the [https://wiki.gccollab.ca/DCD_Blogs/Icon_Testing UX team's experience] and [https://wiki.gccollab.ca/Digital_Collaboration_Division_(GCTools)#Objectives learn more about the team].

*Our latest UX session was at the [https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/campaigns/2018-blueprint-2020-innovation-fair.html GC's Innovation Fair], testing out icons for the future workspace. Read about the [https://wiki.gccollab.ca/DCD_Blogs/Icon_Testing UX team's experience] and [https://wiki.gccollab.ca/Digital_Collaboration_Division_(GCTools)#Objectives learn more about the team].

*We are looking for a new name! If you want to work with us on rebranding the open and accessible digital workspace (which is no longer called Project Meerkat), please contact [mailto:Heather.Laird@tbs.sct-gc.ca  Heather.Laird@tbs.sct-gc.ca] or [https://twitter.com/hslaird @hslaird].

*We are looking for a new name! If you want to work with us on rebranding the open and accessible digital workspace (which is no longer called Project Meerkat), please contact [mailto:Heather.Laird@tbs-sct.gc.ca  Heather.Laird@tbs-sct.gc.ca] or [https://twitter.com/hslaird @hslaird].

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Launched this month, the DCD has a new blog to share stories of success, failure, and what we're working on right now. Read our latest blogs on user experience (UX) icon testing at the 2018 Innovation Fair and lessons learned when leading design projects.

Launched this month, the DCD has a [https://wiki.gccollab.ca/DCD_Blogs new blog] to share stories of success, failure, and what we're working on right now. Read our latest blogs on [https://wiki.gccollab.ca/DCD_Blogs/Icon_Testing user experience (UX) icon testing at the 2018 Innovation Fair] and [https://wiki.gccollab.ca/DCD_Blogs/7_Things_I_Learned_from_Leading_a_Design_Project lessons learned when leading a design project].

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All blogs are hosted on the Collab Wiki, and are available for all to read and share.

All blogs are hosted on the GCcollab Wiki, and are available for all to read and share.

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The Canada-Indigenous Relations group is a space for sharing stories and highlighting opportunities to learn more about Indigenous governance, policy, and nation-to-nation relationships. More recently, as part of the 2018 Innovation Fair, a live digital brainstorming session took place on GCcollab on Indigenous approaches to policy and evaluation, an Indigenous GBA+ lens, and digital transformation in the way that federal departments and agencies use online platforms to work for and with Indigenous peoples. The brainstorming collected as many considerations and solutions as possible to employ a decolonizing strategy for conducting research and co-creating knowledge.

[https://gccollab.ca/groups/profile/718/canada-indigenous-relations-creating-awareness-fostering-reconciliation-and-contributing-to-a-shared-future-relations-canada-et-peuples-indigenes-promouvoir-la-sensibilisation-favoriser-la-reconciliation-et-contribuer-a-un-avenir-partager The Canada-Indigenous Relations group] is a space for sharing stories and highlighting opportunities to learn more about Indigenous governance, policy, and nation-to-nation relationships. More recently, as part of the 2018 Innovation Fair, a live digital brainstorming session took place on GCcollab on Indigenous approaches to policy and evaluation, an Indigenous GBA+ lens, and digital transformation in the way that federal departments and agencies use online platforms to work for and with Indigenous peoples. The brainstorming collected as many considerations and solutions as possible to employ a decolonizing strategy for conducting research and co-creating knowledge.

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The ideas generated from the brainstorming session will feed into the wider transformation engagements taking place at ISC & CIRNA and advance the development of a CIRNA Indigenous evaluation framework and approach. The findings from these sessions will also inform a department-wide Indigenous Co-Creation Framework for delivering respectful, meaningful and culturally sensitive collaboration with Indigenous partners and clients developed by the 2018 Audit and Evaluation Summer Internship Team.

The ideas generated from the brainstorming session will feed into the wider transformation engagements taking place at Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) & Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs (CIRNA) and advance the development of a CIRNA Indigenous evaluation framework and approach. The findings from these sessions will also inform a department-wide Indigenous Co-Creation Framework for delivering respectful, meaningful and culturally sensitive collaboration with Indigenous partners and clients developed by the 2018 Audit and Evaluation Summer Internship Team.

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June is Indigenous History Month and Thursday, June 21, marks National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a special day to celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada. Learn more and join the Canada-Indigenous Relations group on GCcollab.  

June was Indigenous History Month - a special month to celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding achievements of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples in Canada. Learn more and join the Canada-Indigenous Relations group on GCcollab.  

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Learn more at the Canada-Indigenous Relations and Blueprint 2020 Live Digital Transformation groups.

Learn more at the [https://gccollab.ca/groups/profile/718/canada-indigenous-relations-creating-awareness-fostering-reconciliation-and-contributing-to-a-shared-future-relations-canada-et-peuples-indigenes-promouvoir-la-sensibilisation-favoriser-la-reconciliation-et-contribuer-a-un-avenir-partager Canada-Indigenous Relations group] and the [https://gccollab.ca/groups/profile/703842/blueprint-2020-innovation-fair-live-digital-transformation-brainstorm Blueprint 2020 Live Digital Transformation group].

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With partners in Canada and around the world, the Digital Collaboration Division is here to help governments and their partners work together, in the open, to create a better world. How? By developing an accessible digital workspace – with open source solutions, open standards, and light-weight partnerships to help us get it right.

With partners in Canada and around the world, the DCD is here to help governments and their partners work together, in the open, to create a better world. How? By developing an accessible digital workspace – with open source solutions, open standards, and light-weight partnerships to help us get it right.

The world is networked, but in many ways, governments are still working in silos. And that’s an barrier for many groups who want to solve the tough challenges that affect us all.

The world is networked, but in many ways, governments are still working in silos. And that’s an barrier for many groups who want to solve the tough challenges that affect us all.

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'''<span style='color:#545454; font-size:150%'>So Many Opportunities To Come!</span>'''

'''<span style='color:#545454; font-size:150%'>So Many Opportunities Coming Soon!</span>'''

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Our team is actually a network of many teams – at the Government of Canada, the Government of the Netherlands, the Centre for Social Innovation, and more.

Our team is actually a network of many teams – at the Government of Canada, the Government of the Netherlands, the Centre for Social Innovation, and more.

The core stewardship team is hosted by the Government of Canada. Currently, the core stewardship team is hiring

The core stewardship team is hosted by the Government of Canada. Currently, the core stewardship team is hiring:

*Storytellers

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*Technical developers

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*Facilitators / Project managers

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More details will be shared on the GCcollab Career Marketplace very soon!

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