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Performance Reporting in the Investment Monitoring and Reporting Tool (IMRT) for Missions
The goal of this information session is to provide guidance to employees who will need to produce Investment Performance Reports (IPRs) and/or Management Summary Reports (MSRs) out of the Grants and Contributions System (GCS).

Policy Analysis and Development 201: The Art of Briefing
This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. Well-crafted and strategic briefing materials equip senior officials and ministers with concise material and expert advice to inform their decision making and interactions with key stakeholders. Participants will receive practical guidance and engage in activities to strengthen their written and oral briefing skills.

Policy Analysis and Development 202: Evidence-Based Decision Making
This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. This course will help participants learn how to make better use of evidence and data to make strong and supported policy recommendations. It will introduce a data analytics methodology using specific examples and then follow up with a practical component including group work designed to solve a real-life problem that the department is facing.

Policy Analysis and Development 204: Foresight
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.

Policy Dialogue to Advance Canada's Feminist Foreign Policy
This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. The course will allow participants to discuss with stakeholders to find common ground between Canada’s Feminist Foreign Policy and other countries’ contexts. It will increase participants’ capacity to design and implement policy dialogues informed by

Positive Space
The training aims to foster a safer, more welcoming and inclusive work environment for everyone, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and two-spirit individuals and others of diverse sexual orientations and gender identit
Next session: May 03, 2023

Pre-Posting Practice Camp For MCO and DMCO
This pre-posting practice camp will allow participants to apply the learning they acquired during the first phase of the management consular officer (MCO) pre-posting training and will provide an opportunity for participants to self-evaluate their kn

Pre-Posting Session: Care of Elderly Parents While Abroad
Many employees and spouses may be preparing an international move while at the same time having to anticipate the care of elderly parents who will be remaining in Canada. This workshop will provide participants with hands on strategies on how to ensu
Next session: May 08, 2023 | 1 more dates

Pre-Posting Session: Introduction to the Foreign Service Directives
This course is designed to provide an overview of the Foreign Service Directives (FSDs) and their application and interpretation. This course is highly recommended for those who have never been on posting before or who have not been on posting in sev
Next session: Apr 17, 2023 | 2 more dates

Pre-Posting Session: Medical Planning and Health Awareness for a Posting Abroad - Staying Healthy Abroad (Pre-Posting and Return from Posting)
This course will help you prepare for a posting. It will address some of the medical issues faced by employees and their families during a posting and explain how to access available resources upon return from posting. It will be most useful for thos
Next session: Apr 11, 2023 | 2 more dates