Trending Technology

Immersive Technologies Explained

Immersive technologies reside along a continuous scale ranging between the completely real and the completely virtual world, which encompasses all possible variations and compositions of real and virtual objects.

Trending Technology

Using Large Language Models (like ChatGPT) in the Federal Public Service

Large language models like ChatGPT make predictions based on patterns they observe in the data. Specifically, these models try to predict which words are likely to come next in a conversation or written passage. With enough training data, LLMs can produce responses that seem natural and coherent.

Design

Behavioural Insights: Taking Service Design to the Next Level

The behavioural insights (BI) approach integrates principles taken from psychology, cognitive science and social science into the policy-making process.

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5G Explained

Preceded by 1G, 2G, 3G and 4G, 5G is the fifth generation of cellular networks. Since 2019, 5G has started transforming how people live, work and play.

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Dialing Down the Heat with Machine Learning

More recently, experts have adapted ML algorithms in the fight against climate change.

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Robotic Process Automation Explained

Robotic process automation (RPA) is a technology that uses software robots to automate manual and repetitive tasks.

Security

Level Up Your Cyber Security Skills: Stay Ahead of Evolving Threats!

Cyber security breaches can have critical consequences for organizations, including identity theft, financial losses, data theft, damage to national security, reputational damage, and legal liability, to name only a few.

Trending Technology

Demystifying Web3

Web3 (Web 3.0), as its name suggests, refers to the third generation of the evolution of the Internet (the Web) and is based on the decentralization model.

Design

Design Thinking for Impactful Solutions

Design thinking is an intentional process that involves a team investigating their users’ challenges and concerns, recognizing the complexity of anything touching human behaviour, and framing problems in a way that inspires creative thinking.

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Demystifying Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a technology of the future. It’s here, and it’s changing the way we live, work, and interact with the world.

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NFTs Explained

NFT stands for non-fungible token. Non-fungible essentially means that it’s unique and irreplaceable.

Trending Technology

OpenAI's ChatGPT Explained

Built by Open AI, a California-based AI research organization, ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot programmed to produce original content, synthesize information, and generate realistic conversations with human users.

Agile

Adopting Agile Methods in the Public Service

Agile has emerged as a promising practice and is increasingly making its way into the public sector’s approach to program and service delivery.

Security

Don’t Be a Character in an Espionage Thriller

Surveys on behaviours and attitudes towards cyber security paint a worrisome picture, with a surprisingly high proportion of people who feel they are least responsible for protecting workplace information

Digital Transformation

Exploring Low-and No- Code Tools

In recent years, low-code and no-code platforms have seen an increase in both popularity and use. These platforms allow users to gain higher productivity as a lot of the tasks they normally perform can be done in a visual editor and the platform itself generates the code.

Discover Series

Learning Path: Discover Cyber Security

Employ cyber security best practices to protect Government of Canada (GC) data, information, systems, and reputations.

Security

Fake News and Clickbait: Identifying Disinformation and Misinformation

The audience of disinformation is people, like you and I, using online platforms and tools. In this episode, we’re going to define disinformation and misinformation with examples.

Digital Transformation

Show Me Your Digital ID, Please

We’re focusing on how the concept of digital identity is evolving: from where we started, to where we are, and to where we are going.

Security

Cyber Security Tips to Protect Yourself

Cyber isn't only about IT. As public servants, we have the added responsibility of practicing consistent cyber safe behaviour to help protect government data and systems.

Data

The Importance of Evidence Informed Decision Making

Data doesn’t always include an analysis, this means that when you’re looking for evidence, you may have to interpret raw data by looking at sample sizes, algorithms, approaches etc.

Discover Series

Learning Path: Discover Cloud

Get familiar with the opportunities, applications and limitations of cloud computing.

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Learning Path: Discover Human-Centred Design

Get familiar with human-centered design principles and as a result, speak confidently to your colleagues about it and become curious to learn more.

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Learning Path: Discover Digital Leadership

Develop some shared understanding as to what "a digital government" means and the leadership that is required to enable it in the Public Service.

Discover Series

Learning Path: Discover Data

Get familiar with data concepts, terminology and practices, and gain an understanding of the changing citizen expectations of government.

GC Data Demos

Data Partnerships: Unleashing the value of IRCC Data to inform public policy

At IRCC, we leverage our data assets through building strategic data partnerships, which significantly increase our policy relevance evidence base and fill important data gaps.