Innovation at ISC
Results Based Innovation Network (RBIN)
The Results Based Innovation Network (RBIN) seeks to build connections both, internal and external to ISC, with the intent to come together to share, showcase projects and respective work currently and/or formerly underway, and learn together with respect to various innovative projects and initiatives taking place across the country.
Background
The TBS Directive on Experimentation, (found in the Departmental Evaluation Plan 2020-21 to 2024-25 below), requires that Departments test new approaches, and measure impact, to instill a culture of measurement, evaluation, and innovation in program and policy design and delivery.
ISC Mandate
Policy on Results
Departmental Evaluation Plan 2020-21 to 2024-25
Purpose and Intent of Network:
To foster a communal space for employees and partners to identify and prioritize opportunities for Results Based Innovation at ISC.
To provide Sectors with non-human resources and non-budgetary resources (i.e., mentorship, engagement with partners, relationship building, among other opportunities) to support innovative initiatives and projects underway across the country.
To provide an opportunity to learn alongside of network members to discuss what Results Based innovation means for Indigenous Services Canada, internal and external partners, and the type of partnerships and collaborative opportunities as a result of the growing Network.
Foster | Monitor | Report |
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Network Leadership | |||
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The Associate Deputy Minister | The Assistant Deputy Minister of the Strategic Policy and Partnerships Sector | ||
Membership | |||
All sectors at Indigenous Services Canada | Regions | Indigenous partners | Interested employees |
Membership Expectations
Network members are expected to:
Indigenous Services Canada Employees
Each Sector at Indigenous Services Canada must identify a representative at the management level for distributing information from the Network to their Sector. The employee will be responsible for distributing information from the Network to their Sector. Other employees of all levels are also encouraged to attend.
Representation
The Network will strive to have an inclusive, diverse, and accessible membership with key focus on Gender Based Plus Analyses
Meeting Occurrence
Monthly
Innovative Tools and Methods Starter Kit
- User-centered design
- Behavioral insights
- Open policy-making, including co-creation approaches to develop policy, programs, and services with stakeholders, civil society, citizens, and other governments;
- Staged funding approaches to enable scaling
- Outcomes-based and pay-for-performance funding, including social and development finance and Social Impact Bond-like instruments
- Gamification
- Data analytics and modeling
- Investing in pooled funds that use these tools and methods
- Toolkit Navigator - Observatory of Public Sector Innovation
- The System Innovation Initiative
Former Results-Based Innovation Network Presentations
Date | Topic | Contact | Links |
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September 16, 2021 | Indigenous Data Sovereignty | Erin O'Sullivan | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/103937503
https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/103939739 |
October 6, 2021 | Digital Accelerator & Innovative Solutions Canada Program | Canada School of Public Service & Jacob Tummons LED | CSPS Digital Academy/CSPS Digital Accelerator |
October 21, 2021 | COVID-19 Communications with Indigenous Peoples | Communications Branch | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/103935006
https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/103943002 |
November 17, 2021 | Indigenous Knowledges and Data Governance Protocol | Marissa Hill & Sara Wolfe | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/103939736 |
January 26, 2022 | AI-powered IP Innovation for Underrepresented Canadian Communities | Dr. Giuseppina (Pina) D’Agostino | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/103940356 |
February 23, 2022 | Dare to Meet the Bear - a project to apply Indigenous and decolonizing methodologies | Land and Economic Development Sector, Elizabeth MacDonald | https://gccollab.ca/groups/profile/2293903/daring-to-meet-the-bear-applying-indigenous-measurement-and-methodology-in-government |
March 16, 2022 | Relational Systems Thinking /Transformative Systems Change | Melanie Goodchild | https://indigenousinnovate.org/discover-i3/resources/indigenous-knowledges-and-data-governance-protocol?lang=en |
April 20, 2022 | Ta’n Etli-tpi’tmk and the Mi’kmaq Social Governance Initiative | Dale Syliboy, Brian Arbuthnot, Jean Knockwood &
Mathilda Googoo |
https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/103940675 |
June 22, 2022 | Results of the RBIN Scan | Marc Fonda & Monty Moudgil | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/106728434 |
July 14, 2022 | Deconstructing Colonial Practices in the Federal Public Service | Jolene Head | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/103941493 |
September 22, 2022 | Deconstructing Colonial Practices in the Federal Public Service | Jolene Head | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/110224799
https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/110218165 |
October 27, 2022 | Beyond Innovation Heroics | Honey Dacanay | Enabling conditions, not just heroics | by Honey Dacanay | Medium |
November 24, 2023 | Rebuilding First Nations Governance Project | Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3ci) | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/107467204 |
January 26, 2023 | On the Land Intiative | OTL Innovation Committee - Diane Bain | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/110488373 |
February 23, 2023 | Transformational Approach to Indigenous Data | Erin O'Sullivan | https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/110490199
https://gcdocs.intra.pri/aanc-inac/llisapi.dll/Overview/110490109 |
RBIN Scan - Results - Innovation Projects and Initiatives (All Sectors) Comprehensive Collection
The Strategic Policy and Partnership Fund
The Strategic Partnership Fund (SPF) allows the Strategic Policy and Partnership Sector (SPPS) to advance the transfer of services to Indigenous-led organizations, and support Indigenous policy and evaluation capacities. The fund’s approach is intended to enable an expansion of partnerships, bring new voices to the table beyond traditional actors, and support innovation and capacity-building across the Indigenous public sector. SPF will strengthen ISC’s role in supporting the Department’s legislated priority to implement the gradual transfer of departmental responsibilities to Indigenous organizations.
The fund’s outcomes are different from other ISC policy programs because, unlike the other programs, this fund’s focus is to work with Indigenous partners to change ISC’s service delivery, internal policies, and begin to devolve services to those recipients. Other programs primarily focus on policy capacity of Indigenous partners for their own ends or for supporting ISC lead policy initiatives.
Project funding is intended for opportunities that support a path towards substantive equality for Indigenous peoples, the advancement of service delivery transfer, and support for Indigenous-led evaluation functions, while respecting the distinct needs of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. SPF seeks projects that support cross-cutting initiatives that can benefit more than one program, region or activity, integrate co-development initiatives (Indigenous world view/knowledge) in policy and evaluation, and support innovation and capacity building across the Indigenous public sector.
Strategic Policy and Partnership Fund Objectives and Outcomes
Strategic Policy and Partnership Fund | ||
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Funding | Objective Result | Outcome |
Partnership and Innovation | Partnerships and Innovations funding, as a part of the SPP fund, will be allocated to support horizontal and cross-linked projects in partnership with Indigenous partners. | PID funding will be used to advance the transfer of services to Indigenous-led organizations, and support Indigenous policy and evaluation capacities. |
Results Based Innovation at ISC Placemat
Innovation at ISC
Newsletters: ISC Innovates
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SPP Contacts
- Kathleen Lemire
Program Lead, Partnerships and Innovation Directorate
- Pierre Lecours
Social Policy Advisor, Partnerships and Innovation Directorate
- Monty Moudgil
Social Policy Analyst, Partnerships and Innovation Directorate
- Shelby Loft
Social Policy Analyst, Partnerships and Innovation Directorate