Events
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Learning Week on Artificial Intelligence
May 25 to May 29, 2026. From the Canada School of the Public Service: The Learning Week on Artificial Intelligence provides all public servants at all levels with a focused week-long opportunity to deepen their understanding of AI. Learners are encouraged to explore new AI tools and their practical applications, while also preparing for the leadership and culture shifts needed to support the responsible adoption of AI through insightful live events, interactive virtual-led sessions, and other informative self-paced learning tools.
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Turning Public Research into Public Value
May 12, 2026, 11:30 am to 1:00 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This timely event features Shiri Breznitz, the Ralph and Roz Halbert Professor of Innovation at the University of Toronto and the 2026 Jocelyne Bourgon Visiting Scholar at the Canada School of Public Service. Drawing on her research and policy experience, Shiri Breznitz will examine how intellectual property frameworks, university governance arrangements, funding mechanisms, and broader public policy environments interact to shape technology commercialization outcomes across regions and sectors.
Increasing Employee Satisfaction Through Self-Serve Solutions: A Case Study (Rebroadcast)
May 13, 2026, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This knowledge-sharing event showcases the outcomes of work done by Natural Resources Canada to enable their employees to self-serve for issues related to departmental pay, leave and benefits. Representatives from NRCan's HR Branch share their decision-making approach to finding solutions to challenges related to the availability of real-time HR support, including how to work across teams to obtain buy-in through collaboration.
Large Language Models Explained
May 25, 2026, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This event will explain how large language models are built, adapted, and used responsibly in practice, and will highlight leading Canadian research on model training, fine-tuning, guardrails, and related techniques. The event will also explain how LLMs generate outputs, how they differ from small language models, how they can support a range of work activities, and what considerations shape their effective and appropriate use.
Artificial Intelligence Horizon Series: The Rise of Agentic Artificial Intelligence (Rebroadcast)
May 26, 2026, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This event explores the current state of agentic AI, including its use cases, potential value, risks, opportunities, and challenges. Panellists examine the emergence of agentic AI, share real-world implementation examples, and address the considerations involved in its deployment.
Enterprise AI and Digital Sovereignty
May 27, 2026, 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This informative event will explore the different forms of AI, from agentic models to generative systems, and examine how organizations can build and deploy sovereign AI architectures. Through practical examples, the speakers will discuss methods for integrating policy mandates into digital systems and highlight how international rules, platform dynamics, and geopolitical shifts are influencing the global AI landscape.
New Tools for Generative AI in the Government of Canada (FR)
May 28, 2026, 10:30 am to 12:00 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This event will explore how the Government of Canada is advancing its adoption of artificial intelligence through Shared Services Canada’s AI Program, highlighting how secure, sovereign AI foundations are enabling trusted solutions across the public service, including the latest developments in CANChat, the government’s new generative AI assistant tool.
New Tools for Generative AI in the Government of Canada (EN)
May 28, 2026, 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (ET). From the Canada School of Public Service: This event will explore how the Government of Canada is advancing its adoption of artificial intelligence through Shared Services Canada’s AI Program, highlighting how secure, sovereign AI foundations are enabling trusted solutions across the public service, including the latest developments in CANChat, the government’s new generative AI assistant tool.
Releases
Health Infobase - Recent Publications
Visit the Health Infobase landing page for multiple new and updated products released in April 2026, as part of a growing inventory of 180+ interactive and accessible Canadian health data visualization products from across the Health Portfolio and beyond. Contact infobase@phac-aspc.gc.ca for information on publishing Canadian health data on Health Infobase.
Canada-Finland Joint Statement on Sovereign Technology and AI Cooperation
Read the Joint Statement for details on advancing cooperation on sovereign AI and advanced technologies.
Artificial Intelligence
Canada to launch hybrid AI weather model to strengthen forecasting for severe weather
This spring, Environment and Climate Change Canada will launch a groundbreaking hybrid weather forecasting model that combines the power of artificial intelligence (AI) with the strengths of traditional forecasting methods.
Using Generative AI for Research
From the Canada School of the Public Service: This article explores how generative AI can support research, how to evaluate the quality of AI-generated information, and how to use these tools responsibly.
Learning.
Article: A Primer on Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference
From the Canada School of the Public Service: This article provides an introduction to foreign information manipulation and interference, its nature, the actors involved, the motivations behind it, and the role public servants play in identifying, mitigating, and countering its impacts.
Article: Explaining Digital Public Infrastructure
From the Canada School of the Public Service: This article presents an overview of digital public infrastructure, its foundations, benefits, challenges, and potential to transform how Canadians experience public services.
Course : Leading Artificial Intelligence Adoption and Culture in the Workplace
From the Canada School of the Public Service: This course serves as a virtual and interactive seminar for executives on what it takes to adopt new AI technologies and take the actions required to enable an AI culture change in the workplace.
Course: Information Integrity Scenarios: Misinformation and Disinformation
From the Canada School of the Public Service: This course presents three short scenarios that demonstrate how to effectively identify and manage misinformation and disinformation in the workplace. Participants will learn about the importance of information integrity, how to navigate a rapidly evolving information environment, and best practices for responsible information management.
Job aid: Information Integrity Concept Hub
From the Canada School of the Public Service: This job aid describes common terms and concepts that relate to information integrity. It brings together ideas and perspectives from different sources, sectors and disciplines to provide a shared foundation meant to encourage reflection and discussion.
Opportunities to participate
Plastics Data Community of Practice
The next Plastics Data Community of Practice (CoP) meeting will take place on May 12, from 10:30–12:00 (ET). The Plastics Data CoP brings together public service employees to share information, collaborate, and learn about plastics data challenges and solutions. This session will feature:
To join the Plastics Data CoP, complete the registration form Join the data CoP! / Joignez-vous à la CdP en matière de donnée or contact Joanne.Chidley@ec.gc.ca or plastiques-plastics@ec.gc.ca. Past meeting materials are available online, and members receive the Federal Plastics Newsletter quarterly with updates, summaries, and upcoming events.
Community of Practice on Data and Information
The Community of Practice on Data and Information (CDPI) seeks to optomize the value of data and information as strategic assets by providing a forum for community members to discuss key data and information issues and contribute through policy, advice, research, and professional development. All federal digital, data, and information practitioners at any level are welcome to attend community meetings.
CPDI Working Group and Communities of Practice meetings
Employment opportunities
AI/ML Researcher for Autonomous Aerial Systems
Closes on May 11, 2026. National Research Council Canada.
AI/ML Research Officer Materials & Process Optimization
Closes on May 11, 2026. National Research Council Canada.
Senior AI Actuarial Specialist
The competition will remain active until filled. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
What caught our attention
Eh Sayers Episode 31: Canada's Happiness Crisis (And Why It's Not All Doom and Gloom)
Listen to the Eh Sayers podcast to meet the people behind the data and explore the stories behind the numbers. Join us as we meet with experts from Statistics Canada and from across the nation to ask and answer the questions that matter to Canadians.
Data governance in the era of Artificial Intelligence
Read the Internet Sectoral Review from the Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br), which monitors the adoption of information and communication technologies in Brazil. This edition features articles on data governance in the era of artificial intelligence.
In case you missed it
Watch: Enterprise AI and Digital Sovereignty, with Tom Jenkins and Major-General (Retd) David Fraser
From the Canada School of the Public Service: This event recording explores the rise of artificial intelligence, including agentic AI, generative AI and artificial general intelligence, and offers perspectives on how international rules, competitive pressures, platform architectures, and geopolitical shifts are shaping the AI industry and Canada's role in it.
Watch: Building Artificial Intelligence-Ready Leadership in the Public Service
From the Canada School of the Public Service: This event recording explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the work of the Government of Canada, the evolving role of public service leaders, and the skills needed to lead through technological change while maintaining a people-centred approach to decision-making and service delivery.
Watch:Trade, Technology, and Canadian Sovereignty: Governing in the New Strategic Economy
From the Canada School of the Public Service: This event recording features Professor Barry Appleton, FCIArb, LLM, JD, Co-Director and Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for International Law at New York Law School and Managing Partner of Appleton & Associates International Lawyers LP, who shares forward looking insights on how international trade law, digital governance, and geopolitical shifts are reshaping Canada's policy autonomy, regulatory authority, and long term competitiveness.
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