General
Public Service Acronyms
Mandatory Courses
Accessibility and Accommodations
Guest presentations
100

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

100

SDPR

What is Social Development and Poverty Reduction

100

Any intentional act to deceive others resulting in the government losing something and the perpetrator gaining something.

What is fraud

100

A description of an image that a screen reader picks up.

Alternative text (alt text)

200

The overarching value of the public service 

What is Integrity?
200

OHS

What is Occupational Health and Safety 

200

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) ?

200

This type of accessibility barrier is when an organization's policies and procedures are not inclusive.

What is systemic barrier?

300

Social Development and Poverty Reduction's intranet – webpages only applicable to our employees

What is The Loop?
300

PSA

What is the Public Service Agency 

300

The most common type of cyber attack occurs through these type of emails. These type of emails attempt to trick employees into clicking on malicious website links or attachments in email. 

What is phishing? 

300

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?

400

The central agency that supports the BC Public Service and its ministries.

The BC Public Service Agency (PSA)

400

FOIPPA

What is Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act?

400

The BC Public Service's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Strategy.

What is the “Where We All Belong” strategy?

400

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?

500

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)?

500

EFAS

What is Employee and Family Assistance Services?

500

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?

500

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

500

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