Positive Risk Taking Posted June 26th, 2024
“Positive risk-taking” has become something of a buzzword. At our Resilient Institutions conference about Canada’s institutional response to the COVID-19…
Managing in Complexity – A Governance Conversation Posted May 28th, 2024
“Government is inherently complex because you have so many different interests, perspectives and timelines that you have to take into…
Government Science and Innovation in the New Normal (GSINN) Posted May 1st, 2024
Canada needs a new relationship with government science and innovation that reflects our time. Our findings are now available. The…
Distrust and Disinformation Posted March 28th, 2024
Distrust in public institutions and disinformation – two aspects of the current Canadian political fabric that are of great concern…
Governance Challenges revealed by COVID-19 Posted March 28th, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic laid bare a number of fundamental governance challenges with respect to intergovernmental collaboration, public communications, information sharing,…
Collaborative Governance and Accountability Posted March 28th, 2024
Many of the policy challenges we face as a country will not be solved without collaboration from all orders of…
Generational Shift in the Federal Public Service Posted March 28th, 2024
A recent Statistics Canada report showed that, for the first time, millennials now outnumber baby boomers in Canada. This generational…
Case Study: Evaluating Proposed Amendments to Maritime Legislation Posted March 18th, 2024
Summary: The IOG was engaged to provide a governance assessment of proposed amendments to a proposed piece of maritime legislation…
