Canada Digital Service

Canadian Digital Service.

"Where there's a need there's a way" 

Canadian Digital Service is a company that was born from a need that the Canadian citizens had when it came to the governmental services offered to them. It was created “to accelerate efforts” in the responsibility to deliver world-class services as “we make the switch, both technically and culturally, to agile digital delivery models”.

The Canadian Digital Service comes from experienced individuals that wish to enhance the services offered and really make a positive change in the community. They have partnered up with many different federal departments and they have made significant changes to the way the services are offered, since the world has been changing to a digital world the need to change everything around us to cover the digital age has become more and more noticeable to users.

The company is not necessarily clear about where in Canada they have locations, but since they work with the government it is understandable that they have different locations. They team up with federal departments and agencies that will put people's needs at the centre of the services the government offers.

As of right now, they have around 70 workers and the partnerships with several federal departments for design services.

Founder: 

Aaron Snow in 2017.

The Canadian Digital Service is a creative and innovative work environment, the workers there are very much focused on their goals and what they need to accomplish, managing their time and being organized it's a huge part of the job, being discreet, resourceful and being able to work in groups with many different people is a huge part of working in the Canadian Digital Service.

Learning and foster the best practices, Design, test and build simple and easy to use services to improve the experience that the users will have.

CDS connects with the federal government to share progress via public platforms.

Values & Ethics:

• Passionate.
• Accessibility.
• Multidisciplinary teams.
• Organization.

It is not clear if there are ways of growing inside the company or what benefits it might have, but since it is a part of the government it should have good benefits and opportunities for its workers to expand their knowledge and increase their value as workers.

One of the reasons why working on this company is such a huge goal for me is that fact that it worries about what the users need, and how they can deliver it in the easiest way possible to understand, it also might be one of the best resources the Canadian government might have especially when it comes to fighting crime and what can it achieve as a "helpful-hand" and there are so many possibilities where it can go and grow. It's a project and a part of the government that can accomplish so much, and by the way, they talk about it and the work they do you can truly see how passionate they are about helping users, being honest and truly improve what the government can do for its people.

The Canadian Digital Service has also partnered with the Canadian Mounted Police in cybercrime, making it easier for victims of cybercrime to report on and know what they should do next. Thinking about it from a security point, this service and this partnership can be taken into a lot of “branches” for crime, and it becomes one of the most fascinating aspects of what the CDS can do, and with what it can do to help user, meaning the partners and citizens alike,  to be an auxiliary to solving crimes, not they are necessarily involved in solving the crimes, but they can be one of the entry points for victims and Detectives and Police. This is one of the many reasons why this company is such an amazing place to work and expand in, since it can have so many different jobs, depending on the partner they are working with and depending on the project they are working on at the moment.