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Mar 24, 2026

Applications are now being accepted for spring term training offered through the Joint Career Development Program. Funding for this training was secured by ACFO-ACAF in the CT Collective Agreement so you can participate at no cost!

Here’s what is being offered this spring and how you can apply. Please read to the end for important information about program and lottery eligibility.

NCR Interchange

The NCR Interchange Program takes a group of CTs who live and work outside of the National Capital Region to Ottawa-Gatineau for a week to help them better understand the realities and challenges of working in a national headquarters or central agency.

Members selected for this program will have all travel and accommodation expenses covered while they participate in the interchange.

A spring offering of the NCR Interchange will take place from June 8 to June 12.

This training is being allocated via random lottery so please confirm your availability and approval with your manager then apply. Applications close at 11:59 pm ET on April 26.

Atlantic Region Interchange

The Regional Interchange Program takes a group of CTs who live and work in the National Capital Region out to a region for a week to help them better understand the realities and challenges of working in a regional office.

As with the NCR Interchange, members selected for this program will have all travel and accommodation expenses covered.

A spring offering of the Regional Interchange will take place in Moncton, NB, from June 15 to June 19.

This training is also being allocated via random lottery so please confirm your availability and approval with your manager then apply. Applications close at 11:59 pm ET on April 26.

Apply for a spot in an interchange today!

CT Academy: Management Track

Building on a successful pilot offering last year, we’re pleased to be able to offer our popular CT Academy: Management Track program in an intensive format this spring, with participants spending a week together onsite in Ottawa working through the program.

Participants will need to be available to attend training onsite in Ottawa from June 8 through June 12 inclusive. Travel support will be provided for up to six participants from outside the NCR. Participants need to complete some additional work before and after the training but timing is more flexible.

The CT Academy: Management Track is for members who are new in supervisory roles or those about to take on such responsibilities. Typically, these are members at experienced CT-FIN or CT-IAU-02s or CT-EAV-04s, or they are newly-appointed CT-FIN or CT-IAU-03s or CT-EAV-05s.

Participants will take part in classroom courses, small-group discussions and self-directed exercises related to the following topics:

Communicating as a leader
Emotional intelligence for leaders
Ethical leadership
Leading for impact

Participants will also receive a personalized EQ for Leaders report and coaching session to highlight their emotional intelligence skills and areas for growth as they navigate the process of becoming a leader.

Please confirm your availability for the full week of June 8 with your manager prior to applying to this training. This training is also being allocated via random lottery.

Apply now!

Classroom training

Our sought-after ethics training is being offered this spring in both languages.

Finance and audit professionals carry a heavy burden when it comes to workplace ethics. With a direct line of sight into the financials of an organization and with access to the books that serve as the basis for reporting, it’s no wonder that integrity and ethical conduct are cornerstones of the profession.

This course explores the issues related to ethics for finance and audit professionals with a specific focus on common issues in public sector workplaces. From attestations to disclosing wrongdoing and even ethical considerations in your daily interactions with coworkers, this hands-on course covers a wide range of relevant topics and practical examples of ethical issues public sector professionals could face in their careers.

Upholding Workplace Ethics (English – in-person in Ottawa) – Tuesday, June 16
Upholding Workplace Ethics (French – online) – Tuesday, June 23

Apply now!

Eligibility

All programs being offered in the spring semester this year are open to all ACFO-ACAF public service members, with the restriction that only NCR members are eligible for the Regional Interchange and only regional members are eligible for the NCR Interchange.

For all programming allocated via the JCDP lottery, members are given an equal chance of being selected subject to the following conditions:

Members who received free training through the JCDP in the previous calendar year are deprioritized in the lottery. This doesn’t mean they can’t be selected, it only means that members who didn’t receive training at all will get first priority.
Members who have participated in an Interchange at any point, not just in the last year, will be given lowest priority for the interchange slots.
Members can only participate in the CT Academy: Management Track once.