AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Invest in Canada REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT

In accordance with subsection 94(2) of the Access to Information Act, subsection 72(2) of the Privacy Act and section 20 of the Service Fees Act, institutions are required to table an Annual Report on the administration of each Act in both the House of Commons and the Senate covering the reporting period of April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2024 (regardless of the institution’s financial year). 

Organization: Invest in Canada | Investir Au Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Commissioner of the Environnent and Sustainable Development before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the Report 1—Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, of the 2022 Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development  – 7 June 2022

Briefing Package for the hearing on Report 1—Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, of the 2022 Reports of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 7 June 2022

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Report 2—National Shipbuilding Strategy, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada –  25 May 2021

Package for the hearing on Report 2—National Shipbuilding Strategy, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 25 May 2021

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 14—Regional Relief and Recovery Fund

This audit focused on whether selected regional development agencies and the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario (under Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada) designed, delivered, and managed the Regional Relief and Recovery Fund program effectively and efficiently to support businesses and organizations through the pandemic, and whether they reported on the program’s results.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 13—Health and Safety of Agricultural Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada during the COVID-19 Pandemic

This audit focused on whether Employment and Social Development Canada managed the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to protect agricultural workers from COVID‑19 in 2020 and 2021. We focused particularly on the amended Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations and the department’s inspections, which were meant to verify whether employers followed the COVID‑19 regulatory requirements. These requirements came into force in April 2020 and were in place for the duration of our audit. We also examined whether Agriculture and Agri‑Food Canada verified that the recipients it funded under two of its COVID‑19 support programs met program terms and conditions. These programs were intended to help protect the health and safety of workers on farms and support their ability to quarantine safely.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 12—Protecting Canada’s Food System

This audit focused on whether selected federal organizations protected Canada’s food system during the COVID‑19 pandemic by effectively designing, delivering, and managing programming to help reduce food insecurity in Canada through the Emergency Food Security Fund, the Surplus Food Rescue Program, and the Nutrition North Canada subsidy program; and to support the resilience of food processors in the agriculture and agri‑food and the fish and seafood sectors through the Canadian Seafood Stabilization Fund and the Emergency Processing Fund.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Health Canada - Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic - Minister Briefing Binder - Emergency Meeting - HC - Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic (COVI) - Minister Briefing Binder - Emergency Meeting

Briefing binder for the Minister of Health’s appearances at the Special Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic (COVI) – Week of January 17 2022

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Fees Report for fiscal year 2020–21

The report, which is tabled under section 20 of the Service Fees Act and subsection 4.2.8 of the Directive on Charging and Special Financial Authorities, contains information about the fees that the OAG had the authority to set in the 2020–21 fiscal year.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Canada’s First State of Youth Report: For Youth, With Youth, By Youth Engagement Data

Primary qualitative data from State of Youth Report Engagement sessions and individual response forms. The data was collected from 857 youth 13-36 from across Canada from August 2020 to May 2021. For additional details on the methodology or on the engagement sessions please refer to the Information on the Dataset Resource or contact: jeunesse-youth@pch.gc.ca.


Organization: Canadian Heritage | Patrimoine canadien
Briefing package - Appearance of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Report 5—Follow-up Audit on Rail Safety—Transport Canada, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada –  6 May 2021

Briefing Package for the hearing on Report 5—Follow-up Audit on Rail Safety—Transport Canada, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 6 May 2021

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Office of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Report 4—Canada Child Benefit, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada –  4 May 2021

Briefing Package for the hearing on Report 4—Canada Child Benefit, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 4 May 2021

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Indigenous Advisory Committee Minutes (2019)

The Indigenous Advisory Committee provides the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (the Agency) with expert advice for the development of key policy and guidance on the new impact assessment system.

Nominations for the Committee were sought from August 21 to October 7, 2018. Members were selected in April 2019. The Committee's membership is made up of First Nations, Inuit and Métis individuals. Representation from all three distinct Indigenous peoples helps ensure that the Committee provides a broad and inclusive perspective reflective of the unique rights, interests, priorities and circumstances of the Indigenous peoples in Canada.

Organization: Impact Assessment Agency of Canada | Agence d'évaluation d'impact du Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Report 3—Access to Safe Drinking Water in First Nations Communities—Indigenous Services Canada, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada –  29 April 2021 

Briefing Package for the hearing on Report 3—Access to Safe Drinking Water in First Nations Communities—Indigenous Services Canada, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 29 April 2021

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Accessibility Action Plan 2022-2025

Accessibility Action Plan of Women and Gender Equality Canada

As a federal organization, WAGE is committed to fulfilling the requirements set out in the Act and to playing an active role in creating a barrier-free Canada by 2040.

Here is our Accessibility Action Plan to identify, remove, and prevent barriers to accessibility and contribute to an inclusive, accessible, and barrier-free Canada.

Organization: Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada
Maps of biogeochemistry and soil properties for use as indicators of site sensitivity to logging residue harvesting

This publication contains thirteen (13) maps of different biogeochemical and soil properties of forest ecosystems of Canada’s managed forest. A scientific article gives additional details on the methodology: Paré, D., Manka, F., Barrette, J., Augustin, F., Beguin, J. 2021. Indicators of site sensitivity to the removal of forest harvest residues at the sub-continental scale: mapping, comparisons, and challenges. Ecol. Indicators.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Report 7—Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada –  22 April 2021

Briefing Package for the hearing on Report 7—Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 22 April 2021

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Report 8—Pandemic Preparedness, Surveillance, and Border Measures, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada –  20 April 2021

Briefing Package for the hearing on Report 8—Pandemic Preparedness, Surveillance, and Border Measures, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 20 April 2021

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Report 6—Canada Emergency Response Benefit, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada –  15 April 2021 

Briefing Package for the hearing on Report 6— Canada Emergency Response Benefit, of the 2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on 15 April 2021

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Standing Committee on Health (HESA): Supplementary Estimates (C), 2020-21: Votes 1c and 5c under Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Vote 5c under Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Votes 1c and 10c under Department of Health and Votes 1c, 5c and 10c under Public Health Agency of Canada

Briefing binder for the Minister of Health’s appearances on Supplementary Estimates (C), 2020-21: Votes 1c and 5c under Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Vote 5c under Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Votes 1c and 10c under Department of Health and Votes 1c, 5c and 10c under Public Health Agency of Canada

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
Soil organic carbon bioreactivity in the spruce feathermoss forests of Quebec (Canada)

This database contains the data set described in Andrieux B. et al. (in preparation) about soil organic carbon bioreactivity in Quebec's spruce feathermoss forests. The soil carbon bioreactivity has been evaluated with long-term lab incubations. Carbon density in different soil functional reservoirs is available at the plot scale (n = 72): total C stock in the O layer (FH horizon), total C stock in the mineral soil (0 to 35 cm), total bioreactive C stock, total acid-insoluble C stock. Ancillary biophysical data includes climate variables, species occurrences in the moss mat, time since fire, and some soil properties.

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Access to Information User-Experience Survey

Between July–August 2021, a User Experience (UX) Survey was conducted to gather feedback on the process of submitting an Access to Information (ATI) request for government records.  
The survey was comprised of 4 sections, with a total of 32 questions , organized as follows:
1.	Submitting a request (Q1-Q11) 
2.	Contact with an ATIP Officer (Q12-Q18) 
3.	Proactive Publication (Q19-Q24) 
4.	Demographic information (Q25-Q31)
The questions and the distribution of responses can be found below. Please note: 
•	Some survey questions were mandatory and others were optional, impacting the total number of responses received per question. 
•	Similarly, some questions allowed for respondents to select all options that applied, which increased the number of total responses received for a question.
•	Each of these instances have been noted below. 


The survey had 294 respondents. 13% (39 respondents) indicated that they had never submitted an ATI request. Given this was a user experience survey, the survey ends there for those respondents.  On average, respondents who had submitted an ATI request indicated having submitted 3 requests overall and 2 in the last 2 years. 62 respondents who had submitted a request indicated having encountered difficulties finding out how to make the request. When asked what difficulties they encountered, most respondents indicated issues with the ATI process itself and not the platform. Results of the survey are aligned with what we have heard through public engagement. Key themes include:
•	Expanding the right of access
•	Increasing the amount of information released
•	Reducing delays
•	Strengthening proactive disclosure
•	Improving the capacity of the access to information system


Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Deputy Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the Special Examination—Public Sector Pension Investment Board  – 15  February 2022 

Briefing Package for the Public Accounts hearing on the Special Examination—Public Sector Pension Investment Board  – 15 Febraury 2022 

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2022 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 7—Cybersecurity of Personal Information in the Cloud

This audit focused on whether the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, Shared Services Canada, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Communications Security Establishment Canada, and selected federal departments had adequate and effective governance, guidance, and tools in place to prevent, detect, and respond to cybersecurity events that could compromise Canadians’ personal information in the cloud. For national security reasons, this report does not name the selected federal departments. We also looked at whether the federal government met its commitments to the environment and sustainable development in its procurement of cloud services.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing Package for the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on the 2022 CESD Report 3— Hydrogen’s Potential to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

Briefing Package for the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on the 2022 CESD Report 3— Hydrogen’s Potential to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
2021 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 10—Securing Personal Protective Equipment and Medical Devices

The audit focused on whether the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada, before and during the COVID‑19 pandemic, helped to meet the needs of provincial and territorial governments for selected Personal Protective Equipment (N95 masks and medical gowns) and medical devices (testing swabs and ventilators). The audit also focused on whether Public Services and Procurement Canada provided adequate procurement support to the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development before the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on Fossil Fuel Subsidies – 5 April 2022 

Briefing Package for the hearing on Fossil Fuel Subsidies before the Standing Committee on Environement and Sustainable Development on 5 April 2022

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Climate Change Adaptation Workshop for Cultural Heritage Places: Report Series

Parks Canada Agency led a series of climate change adaptation workshops across Canada from 2017 to 2019, with support from the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Culture and Heritage Table. The workshops aimed to identify the pressing impacts of climate change on cultural resources at select heritage places, and to develop potential adaptation options.

These workshops should be seen as part of an ongoing discussion regarding the impacts of climate change on cultural resources, bringing better understanding of climate change risks and feasible/effective climate change adaptation measures for National Historic Sites and other heritage places. In time, follow-up workshops should be considered, not only to expand the understanding of climate change risks at these heritage places, but also to continue the exploration of adaptation measures that might be implemented to help protect these heritage places from the effects of climate change.

The site reports provide an overview of how climate change is affecting some of Canada’s cultural assets and to summarize the discussions that took place at the various Climate Change Adaptation Workshops across the country.

The Program Overview document is meant to be used as a companion resource to the six separate case studies that document the eight workshops carried out between 2017 and 2019 for selected parks and historic sites.

Organization: Parks Canada | Parcs Canada
Briefing package - Appearance of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance on Recent Reports (2021 Reports 6 to 15 and 2022 Report 1

Briefing package - Appearance of the Auditor General of Canada before the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance on Recent Reports (2021 Reports 6 to 15 and 2022 Report 1 

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Separation Trends for Employment Equity Designated Groups from Organizations Subject to the Public Service Employment Act for Fiscal Year 2020–2021

An analysis of all separations from indeterminate and term positions between April 1, 2020, and March 31, 2021, is presented in this report with the aim of examining the departures of employment equity group members from the public service.


Organization: Public Service Commission of Canada | Commission de la fonction publique du Canada
Canadian Space Agency 2018–19 Departmental Results Report

Departmental Performance Reports (DPRs) are individual department and agency accounts of results achieved against planned performance expectations as set out in respective Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPP). These Performance Reports, which cover the most recently completed fiscal year, are tabled in Parliament in the fall by the President of the Treasury Board on behalf of the ministers who preside over the appropriation dependent departments and agencies identified in Schedules I, I.1 and II of the Financial Administration Act.

Organization: Canadian Space Agency | Agence spatiale canadienne
Briefing package - Appearance of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development before the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on the 2021 Fall CESD Reports 4 and 5 – 3 March 2022 

Briefing Package for the hearing on the 2021 Fall CESD Reports 4 and 5 before the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on 3 March 2022

Organization: Office of the Auditor General of Canada | Bureau du vérificateur général du Canada
Briefing package for the Minister of Natural Resources’ appearance at the Standing Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources (ENEV) on Bill S-3 (February 9, 2021)

Briefing binder used by Hon. Seamus O’Regan before the Standing Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources concerning Bill S-3, An Act to amend the Offshore Health and Safety Act on February 9, 2021

Organization: Natural Resources Canada | Ressources naturelles Canada
Residential Attached Garage Intervention Study Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) Dataset

A residential indoor air quality study was conducted by Health Canada in 2014, in collaboration with the National Research Council Canada, in Ottawa, Ontario.  A range of air parameters typically found in and around residences and their attached garages was measured for four 48-hour periods over two weeks during the winter. Among the different pollutants measured, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were collected using Summa™ canisters.  The sample canisters were analyzed for 193 polar and non-polar VOCs. This dataset presents a summary of the 48-hour VOC statistics obtained as part of this study and is intended to provide relevant Canadian information on exposure to VOCs found indoors, outdoors, and in attached garages. 

Organization: Health Canada | Santé Canada
GC Mainframe Strategy 2.0

For many, the word 'mainframe' conjures images of antiquated technology employing large spools of magnetic tape for data storage and punch cards to execute commands in COBOL, the same programming language your uncle used. While this is no longer the mainframe's reality, given its reputation, it would surprise some to find out that many of the GC's critical business applications supporting security and financial transactions are all mainframe-based. The GC is not unique in this regard. The banking and insurance sectors still rely heavily on mainframes to help day-to-day banking, shopping, and credit card transactions.
Despite their dependable service history, the mainframe suffers from a growing risk; a shrinking pool of skilled IT professionals supporting this technology and a small market of companies still supporting and innovating on mainframe platforms. For that reason, with the fullness of time, it is not a question of if the GC will stop using mainframes, but a question of when. That may come in a few years for some organizations, but it may be decades for others.
Technological advancement has also made it possible to process mainframe workloads with the same or more significant computing power through modern and alternative technology. Further research is required regarding the security of those platforms and the subsequent cost effectiveness.
The first version of the GC mainframe strategy provided an overview of the mainframe's status as technology across other industry sectors and then looked at their usage within the GC. It presented the risks associated with operating mainframes that the GC would need to manage continuously. The most pernicious of those was a workforce with mainframe skills.
The second version of the strategy provides a migration approaches path for GC departments and makes recommendations to SSC and departments to incrementally approach migration, from discovery to architecture planning.
The strategy will outline questions each department should be asking themselves as they consider their mainframe applications' future. The key to this is the question of fit for purpose. Given the strategic direction of your organization, do your mainframe applications continue to support that course? If not, what migration options exist?
Finally, the strategy provides recommendations to improve the stewardship of mainframes and the applications they host.

Organization: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada