GAC Learning Catalogue
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Consular Training for Program Managers (Pre-posting)
This course will help participants become familiar with core consular functions at Mission. Topics covered will include: International and Canadian legal framework, case management and program management considerations.
Next session: Jun 05, 2023 | 1 more dates

Core Training Program for Senior Trade Commissioners
This course is an integral part of the program which aims to provide the knowledge, strategies, working tools and resources for leading teams in the delivery of value-added services to the Canadian business community. It features interYes peer-Lea
Next session: May 08, 2023

Core Training Program for Trade Commissioners and Assistants
This course aims to provide participants with the knowledge, strategies, working tools and resources for the delivery of value-added, proactive and strategic services to the Canadian business community. The course features interactive peer-Learning and reinforces the practical elements of client service excellence.
Next session: Apr 24, 2023 | 1 more dates

CPTPP Virtual Capacity-Building Platform for Trade Commissioners
This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. The course covers the core benefits of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), including: market access for goods, cross-border trade in services, government procurement, investment, temporary entry, and inc

Creating Brave Spaces: Bystander Intervention Training
The course aims to increase the skills and confidence of employees to intervene when witnessing inappropriate behaviours, including those that could lead to harassment and discrimination. This course is intended for all employees who have an interest in equity, diversity and inclusion.
Next session: Mar 29, 2023 | 2 more dates

Data Visualization and Storytelling
This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. In this course, participants will learn how to communicate useful, evidence-based messages and ideas.The course will focus on how to use dashboards, reports and and other visual tools to convey descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive insights to decision-makers.

De-escalation Techniques For Consular Officers
This course, by invitation only, aims to build employee capacity to de-escalate hostile and crisis situations through the teaching and training of specific client-service techniques. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, participants

Decision Making Process of Canadian Small or Medium-Sized Enterprises Investigating Foreign Market Opportunities
This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. The course aims to help Trade Commissioners better serve small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more efficiently and effectively both in Canada and around the world. It will help commissioners understand the mindset of smaller companies and the scope of business decisions that these companies face when exploring new opportunities. It will also guide commissioners on asking the right questions in order to better understand the client’s business environment and impediments to export success.
Next session: Jan 30, 2024 | 2 more dates

Diplomacy 101: The Art of Cultivating Networks and Influencing
This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. This course will introduce learners to the art of diplomacy in a global context and discuss how technology and ideologies are impacting diplomatic practices. Topics covered will include various forms of diplomacy, influencing and networking, and prov
Next session: Apr 17, 2023 | 2 more dates

Diplomacy 201: Diplomacy in the Digital Era
This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. This course is for learners wanting to deepen their understanding of how diplomacy in the digital era has evolved by examining the ways in which governments are using the Internet and emerging technologies to gather information, share ideas and build national identities on the domestic and international stage. The course will also map out how technology impacts human rights, trade and security dimensions of diplomacy while drawing on the power dynamics in foreign policy that play out through technology.
Next session: Mar 27, 2023

Diplomacy 205: Culture
This course is available to other government department employees on a cost-recovery basis. The projection of Canadian culture abroad happens both in controlled and uncontrolled ways through interactions between Canadians and non-Canadians. Public Diplomacy, the act of engaging audiences in a dialogue with the view of informing and influenc
Next session: May 10, 2023 | 2 more dates
