GAC Learning Catalogue

This online course is mandatory for employees who require access to the secure network to transmit classified information up to the SECRET and PROTECTED C level. Successful completion of a final exam is required prior to obtaining a SIGNET-C account.

In this course, participants will learn to grow their social networks and online presence, create targeted content and engage with a broader audience. This course examines Facebook, Twitter and Instagram platforms, as well as tools such as HootSuite, to highlight Global Affairs Canada’s activities around the world.

This course provides participants with the knowledge and hands-on skill practice of some of the following subjects: emergency scene management, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automated External Defibrillation (AED), dealing with various injurie

Part II of the Canada Labour Code governs the health and safety of employees for workplaces under federal jurisdiction. This course will allow you to acquire general knowledge on the Code and its application.

This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. This course introduces strategic foresight and how to contemplate future challenges and opportunities to improve the appreciation of the potential evolution of complex political and strategic issues. We will explore a variety of tools/methods for thinking creatively about the future of technology, security, intelligence, geopolitics, and governance in Canada and abroad.

Strategic Analysis and Report Writing provides guidance and practical activities that provide approaches to targeting issues of importance, developing evidence-based analysis, and strengthening writing skills in order to craft strategic and focused reports for senior management.

This course addresses subjects such as the role of a supervisor, strategies to build strong relationships, performance management and best practices to work in an intercultural environment.

This course provides LES supervisors with the knowledge and strategies they need to carry out their work. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: • Strengthen intercultural effectiveness by taking into accou

The information session provides an overview of Global Affairs Canada (GAC)’s Talent Management Program and will help Canada-based staff (CBS) and managers become familiarize with the program.

This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. This course discusses how changes in global commerce, technology and geopolitical power are affecting Canada, and what this means for our long-term policy priorities. It analyzes the role of SMEs, global value chains, services and FDI in our relations with the rest of the world. It also discusses the implications for trade and investment agreements.

This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. The course will give trade officers, particularly those who have not taken the Core Training Program, greater insight into how work being conducted in trade and geographic divisions in Ottawa supports the Trade Commissioner Service (TCS). It will assist trade officers in understanding their own roles and that of the broader TCS network in achieving the Government of Canada’s international business development objectives and give HQ-based officers a better understanding of how the TCS serves Canadian clients in Canada and abroad.

The course gives returning employees and their spouses an opportunity to explore the rewards and challenges of their experience living abroad in personal and professional terms and to develop tools and strategies for effective reintegration.