General
The B.C. Public Service is divided into ______. Each _______ is responsible for a specific area of public policy, government function or service delivery.
Ministries/ministry
SDPR
What is Social Development and Poverty Reduction
Recorded information, in any format, created or received by a ministry in connection with government business.
What is government information?
A description of an image that a screen reader picks up.
Alternative text (alt text)
The overarching value of the public service
OHS
What is Occupational Health and Safety
Any intentional act to deceive others, resulting in the government suffering a loss and/or the perpetrator achieving a gain.
What is fraud?
This type of accessibility barrier is when an organization's policies and procedures are not inclusive.
What is systemic barrier?
Social Development and Poverty Reduction's intranet – webpages only applicable to our employees
PSA
What is the Public Service Agency
The point of contact for privacy in your ministry. They are privacy experts and can help you understand and resolve privacy issues including support to help you complete your privacy impact assessments (PIAs) by coordinating resources, sharing their expertise and helping you through the process.
What is your Ministry Privacy Officer (MPO) ?
The most popular view of disability in many countries. This model describes disability as a problem that exists within the body.
What is the medical model of disability?
The central agency that supports the BC Public Service and its ministries.
The BC Public Service Agency (PSA)
FOIPPA
What is Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act?
The BC Public Service's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategy.
What is the “Where We All Belong” strategy?
This legislation was enacted in 2021 to support people with disabilities to meaningfully participate in their communities and workplaces, including the BCPS.
What is the Accessible British Columbia Act?
A group of employees who share a common goal, problem or passion
For example, a group of hiring managers who meet for people to talk about issues during the hiring process.
What is a Community of Practice (CoP)?
EFAS
What is Employee and Family Assistance Services?
Government information of temporary usefulness that's needed only for a limited time to complete a routine action or prepare a final record.
What is Transitory information?
Employers (including the BC Public Service) have a ___________ employees and clients. This means changing rules, practices, and systems to meet the needs of an employee and/or client. Up to the point of __________.
duty to accommodate/ undue hardship
The 4 Occupational Health and Safety Basic Rights
What is:
- The right to know
- The right to participate
- The right to refuse unsafe work
- The right to protection against prohibited actions