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The Public Service Commission (PSC) is responsible for the administration of the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP). As part of this program, it manages, among other things, a general inventory of students for which it manages the applications received as well as student referrals to...

Part 7 (Political Activities) of the Public Service Employment Act and its Regulations provide a regime for governing the political activities of public servants, while recognizing the need to balance their rights to engage in political activities with the principle of an impartial public...

Ministerial staff are hired by ministers pursuant to section 128 of the Public Service Employment Act. Section 35.2 of the Act allows eligible former ministerial staff to apply to advertised internal appointment processes that are open to employees of the federal public service for a period of...

From December 14, 2022, to March 31, 2023, the Government of Canada consulted Canadians on how regulation affects ocean innovation, regulatory barriers to environmentally sustainable growth and ways to develop agile regulations to address concerns of future-oriented ocean industries. Targeted...

Applicant data refers to information on selected characteristics (e.g. geographical area and educational profile) for applicants to externally advertised processes, via the Post-Secondary Recruitment program (PSR), the Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP) and general external...

The Public Service Commission’s (PSC) Priority Entitlement Program supports the referral and placement of persons with a priority for appointment in the public service, as outlined in the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA) and the Public Service Employment Regulations (PSER). Under this legal...

The report provides an annual overview of activities undertaken by SSHRC program portfolios, and incorporates feedback from committee members and observers. Point-in-time data on applications adjudicated and awarded during the 2021-22 fiscal year is included to inform and support SSHRC's Programs...

The report provides an annual overview of activities undertaken by SSHRC program portfolios, and incorporates feedback from committee members and observers. Point-in-time data on applications adjudicated and awarded during the 2019-20 fiscal year is included to inform and support SSHRC's Programs...

The Survey of Staffing (SOS) is a tool that the Public Service Commission of Canada (PSC) uses to monitor employees’ perceptions of staffing activity within the federal public service and to gauge awareness of their legal rights and responsibilities regarding political activities.

The Staffing Audit Tool is a Microsoft Access database application designed and developed by the staff of the Public Service Commission’s audit function. The database application was used to manage and analyze data from the compliance assessment of appointment records. The information was...