Information is an important asset of any organization. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat issued the Directive on Recordkeeping in 2009 to add rigour to federal departmental recordkeeping programs and to increase the consistency of information management (IM) practices across government. Other government-wide IM priorities, such as the Email Transformation Initiative and GCDocs, are fundamentally changing how employees […]
Aids to Navigation are devices or systems, external to a vessel, which assist mariners in determining position and course, dangers or obstructions, and/or the location of the best or preferred route. Sheil Communications conducted an environmental scan of new aids to navigation technologies that could efficiently replace traditional aids, including an assessment of the benefits […]
The Federal Framework for Aboriginal Economic Development was announced in June 2009. To support the communication of this strategy, Sheil Communications researched and wrote a series of Indigenous economic development success stories which highlighted key factors for success and the role of departmental programs. The stories were written in consultation with regional offices and First Nations […]
The Government of Canada committed to consult with Canadian parents to improve the way nutritional information is presented on food labels in the 2013 Speech from the Throne. Sheil Communications developed the engagement strategy to support the department’s on-line and in-person consultations with parents, consumers, and stakeholders over several phases. Following the first phase of […]
Part III of the Canada Labour Code establishes and protects the rights of workers in federally regulated enterprises to fair and equitable conditions of employment. A number of amendments came into effect on April 1, 2014 to make compliance easier for employers and to reduce the department’s cost to administer the legislation. This included a […]