Learning catalogue - Health Canada & the Public Health Agency of Canada

This course provides a glimpse into a day in the life in the Planning group in the Health Portfolio Operations Centre.

Learn from Dr. Arlene Laliberté, Psychologist, as she examines history to help us better understand Indigenous mental health and wellbeing. Explore allyship, empowerment, and how to help create a more culturally safe environment.

The Indigenous Peoples and Reconciliation Training is a full day, English webinar, delivered in two parts: Part 1 • Indigenous Awareness Training (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) • A three-member team of effective, qualified and professional First Nations, Métis and Inuit presenters who have significant experience delivering Indigenous awareness training will deliver the course. Each of our presenters knows, understands and comes from their respective cultures and communities. Part 2 • Reconciliation • What is it, what does it mean, how might it happen in Canada and what role can you play? • Following the Indigenous awareness training, a senior presenter who has significant experience in reconciliation will lead a 45-minute discussion, reflection and a working group session with participants.

This presentation details the best practices for finding, storing, and organizing information.

Bargaining agents are unions or associations that represent you, the public servant. They ensure that your wages, hours, and working conditions are in your best interest. As such, employees from Health Canada (HC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) are invited to take part in an information session with bargaining agents.

A job aid meant to provide inspectors with an overview of inspection and site risk assessment.

ROEB inspectors and analysts participating in this live virtual course will acquire the tools needed to mitigate the risks associated with doing inspections in the field. In this learner-centered course, delivered by experienced Health Canada inspectors, participants will be shown how to create a pre-inspection plan, use their situational awareness during an inspection, and report any hazardous occurrences after an inspection. This course is recommended in the first 6-12 months of employment.

This overview module defines intellectual property (IP) and the most common forms of IP protection used at PHAC. It introduces IP requirements for public servants, including maintaining Crown copyright, invention disclosure, and protecting confidential information. This module is a prerequisite for all other intellectual property modules. Topics Include: What is Intellectual Property? Copyright Patents Public Servants Inventions Act Trade Secrets Other Forms of Intellectual Property

The Copyright module provides more detail about copyright, Crown copyright, and how we manage both within PHAC. It describes Creative Commons open licenses and some best practices to legally use copyrighted materials in our work. It highlights the process to maintain Crown copyright when we publish in journals and touches on IP rights in procurement.

Inventions, inventors and the Public Servants Inventions Act. Review Form 1 and factors that influence the decision to protect an invention.

The Legal Agreements module describes agreements that protect PHAC’s IP, among other things, when staff transfer materials, exchange data, or collaborate with someone who is not employed by the Agency. It outlines the purpose of these agreements, when they are used, and their general requirements. It sets out the information OIPMBD typically needs to develop agreements and a brief overview of our process. The module also highlights federal resources to assess potential security concerns in research collaborations.