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Join us for an exclusive speaker series that addresses the critical challenges facing Canada’s modern public service. Bringing together top experts from various fields, this series offers a unique opportunity to gain insights and solutions on key issues such as workforce transformation, combating disinformation, managing reduced resources, and fostering intergovernmental collaboration.

Timing and Details:

Each session runs from 8:00 am to 10:00 am.

Enjoy a buffet-style breakfast starting at 8:00 am, with networking opportunities before the event begins at 8:30 am. Sessions will conclude by 9:45 am to accommodate participants’ schedules.

In-person at 60 George Street, Suite 203

Three Events Scheduled:

1. December 11, 2024 – Responding to Disinformation

   How can public servants maintain trust in the age of disinformation?
   Learn strategies for managing misinformation and sustaining citizen trust amidst evolving political communications.

2. January 22, 2025 – Managing Reduced Resources

   What do reduced resources mean for public service leaders?
   Gain insights on effective resource management during fiscal challenges, drawing on lessons from past government reviews.

3. February 5, 2025 – Enhancing Intergovernmental Collaboration

   How can we sustain collaboration in times of reduced political cooperation?
   Explore strategies to enhance intergovernmental collaboration on critical policy issues like healthcare and climate change.

Program Cost

Program Cost

• Single session: $75
• Two sessions: $135
• Three sessions: $180
• All four sessions: $198
  (Discounts are automatically applied at checkout.)

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Don’t miss the opportunity to connect, learn, and navigate today’s public service challenges with us!

**Discounts will be applied automatically at checkout after you select the sessions you are attending.

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Past session:

1. November 20, 2024 – Redefining Work in the Public Service

   Is today’s workplace equipped for a disrupted future?
   Explore how the public service can adapt to a post-COVID-19 environment. Key topics include hybrid work, digital transformation, and maintaining resilience.
   Panelists: Siobhan Benita (Global Government Forum), Christiane Fox (Deputy Clerk, Privy Council), Graham Flack (Former Secretary, Treasury Board of Canada).
   Moderated by Catherine Morrison, Ottawa Citizen.

Siobhan has been an executive advisor to Global Government Forum since 2020.  For the past three years, she has facilitated the Global Government Summit - a unique annual event where the world’s most senior public servants explore the challenges faced by civil services around the world - and in August 2024 she co-authored the report "Making Government Work: Five pillars of a modern, effective  civil service".  

Christiane Fox is Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet. She is concurrently serving as the Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. Prior to her appointment as Deputy Clerk, Christiane held several deputy minister roles across the public service. She is the Deputy Minister Champion of the Federal Youth Network.

Graham Flack retired from the Public Service in February 2024. He most recently served as Secretary to the Treasury Board and prior to that as Deputy Minister of Employment and Social Development Canada. He has held senior executive roles at multiple departments and was Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet at the Privy Council Office.  Graham is the founding chair of the Deputy Minister Committee on Innovation and Deputy Minister Champion for Dalhousie University.

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