Section 3: Core responsibility descriptions

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Internal Services

Internal Services are those groups of related activities and resources that the Federal Government considers to be services in support of programs and/or required to meet corporate obligations of an organization. Internal Services refer to the activities and resources of ten distinct services that support program delivery in the organization, regardless of the Internal Services delivery model in a department. These services are: Acquisition Management Services, Communications Services, Financial Management Services, Human Resources Management Services, Information Management Services, Information Technology Services, Legal Services, Materiel Management Services, Management and Oversight Services, Real Property Management Services.

Department of Canadian Heritage

Creativity, Arts and Culture

Ensures that a wide range of Canadian artistic and cultural content is accessible at home and abroad. Provides opportunities for Canadians to participate and engage in Canada's creative life, fostering a sense of belonging and inclusion. Fosters creativity, innovation, growth and employment opportunities in Canada's cultural sector, and in the creative economy. Support policy, legislative and regulatory measures; deliver funding programs that support creation, professional training, cultural infrastructure and arts presentation; business development and marketing initiatives; and the establishment of partnerships in Canada and abroad.

Official Languages

Supports the promotion of Canada's two official languages in Canadian society as well as the development of official-language minority communities by collaborating with voluntary organizations and provincial and territorial governments. Fosters a coordinated approach to ensure participation from across the federal government in the implementation of the Official Languages Act, and the coordination of related horizontal initiatives.

Sport

Promotes and enhances Canadian participation in sport from initial introduction to sport to the highest levels through transfer payments and policy leadership. Ensures that all Canadians have access to quality aligned sport programs in a safe and welcome environment regardless of race, gender or physical disability. Fosters the development of high-performance athletes, coaches, officials, leaders and organizations within the Canadian Sport System. Assists Canadian communities in hosting the Canada Games and international sport events.

Diversity and Inclusion

Focuses on celebrating Canada's diversity, identity and multicultural heritage, promoting resilient communities and reinforcing the rights of Canadians, as a means to foster diversity and inclusion. Supports legislation on multiculturalism. Promotes and supports domestic implementation of international human rights treaties, constitutional and quasi-constitutional rights in Canada. Works in collaboration with a variety of Governmental and non-governmental organizations to support the provision of programs and services on matters of diversity and inclusion. Supports the engagement, participation and inclusion of Canadian youth in their communities and in exchange activities. Revitalizes, preserves and promotes Indigenous languages and cultures and celebrates achievements, and strengthens Indigenous communities through investments in a variety of initiatives.

Heritage and Celebration

Offers opportunities for Canadians to participate in celebrations and commemorations of national significance, and in local festivals and heritage events. Invests in the development of learning materials and experiences that give Canadians opportunities to enhance their understanding of Canada's history. Facilitates access to heritage and provides support to heritage institutions to preserve and present heritage to all Canadians. Delivers projects, programs and services; grants, contributions and tax incentives; conducts research; provides authoritative information and expertise; and supports the implementation of heritage-related legislation.

Internal Services

See introductory text.

Canada Council for the Arts

To foster and promote the study, enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

To inform, enlighten, and entertain; to contribute to the development of a shared national consciousness and identity; to reflect the regional and cultural diversity of Canada; and to contribute to the development of Canadian talent and culture.

Canadian Museum for Human Rights

To explore the subject of human rights, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada, in order to enhance public understanding of human rights, to promote respect for others, and to encourage reflection and dialogue.

Canadian Museum of History

Enhance Canadians' knowledge, understanding and appreciation of events, experiences, people and objects that reflect and have shaped Canada's history and identity and also to enhance their awareness of world history and cultures.

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

To explore the theme of immigration to Canada in order to enhance public understanding of the experiences of immigrants as they arrived in Canada, of the vital role immigration has played in the building of Canada and of the contributions of immigrants to Canada's culture, economy and way of life.

Canadian Museum of Nature

To increase, throughout Canada and internationally, interest in, knowledge of, and appreciation and respect for the natural world by establishing, maintaining, and developing for research and posterity a collection of natural history objects, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada, and by demonstrating the natural world, the knowledge derived from it, and the understanding it represents.

Canadian Race Relations Foundation

To facilitate throughout Canada the development, sharing, and application of knowledge and expertise to contribute to the elimination of racism and all other forms of racial discrimination in Canadian society.

Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

Regulate and Supervise the Communications System

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is an administrative tribunal that is responsible for regulating and supervising Canada's communications system in the public interest. Established to develop, implement and enforce regulatory policies on the Canadian communications system, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission performs a wide range of functions, including rule making and policy development. It has the quasi-judicial powers of a superior court with respect to the production and examination of evidence and the enforcement of its decisions. As an administrative tribunal it operates at arm's length from the federal government. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission develops regulatory policies for Canada's communication system; approves mergers, acquisitions and changes of ownership of broadcasting distribution undertakings; approves tariffs and agreements for certain telecommunication services; issues, renews and amends licenses for broadcasting distribution and programming undertakings; and resolves disputes regarding certain commercial arrangements. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission intervenes specifically in situations where market forces alone cannot achieve the policy objectives set out within its legislative mandate.

Internal Services

See introductory text.

Library and Archives of Canada

Acquiring and preserving documentary heritage

Library and Archives of Canada acquires documentary heritage of historical value and preserves it for current and future generations, as mandated in the Library and Archives of Canada Act. Its collection is made up of documentary heritage preserved in a variety of media and formats. Library and Archives of Canada advises the Government of Canada and its institutions on the management of information and ensures that records of historical value are transferred to its collection. Through legal deposit, all materials submitted by Canadian publishers become part of its collection, as well as sampling of Internet content. Other records of national significance are acquired to document Canadian society. Library and Archives of Canada uses state-of-the-art techniques and infrastructure to restore the collection and provide optimal conditions for long-term preservation. Library and Archives of Canada also builds its capacity and expertise to ensure the availability of digital records.

Providing access to documentary heritage

Library and Archives of Canada provides access to its collection, while respecting legal, policy and contractual obligations. Using cutting-edge technologies, Library and Archives of Canada enables Canadians to access and consult its collection and enrich their knowledge of Canada's documentary heritage. Library and Archives of Canada makes digital content available through its website and social media to improve access to its collection. As well, Library and Archives of Canada provides online services and in-person services at its four service points. Library and Archives of Canada uses innovative strategies such as crowdsourcing (Co-Lab) and the Digi-Lab to complement the digital content of its collection. Library and Archives of Canada also promotes Canadian heritage by creating exhibitions that enable the public to discover its collection in cultural sites throughout Canada. Through the Documentary Heritage Communities Program, Library and Archives of Canada supports memory organizations by increasing their capacity to preserve and make their collections accessible.

Internal Services

See introductory text.

National Arts Centre Corporation

To operate and maintain the Centre, to develop the performing arts in the National Capital Region and to assist the Canada Council for the Arts in the development of the performing arts elsewhere in Canada.

National Film Board

Audiovisual programming and production

The National Film Board's mandate is to create relevant and innovative audiovisual content that interprets Canada and its diversity to Canadians and people around the world. The National Film Board works with filmmakers and artists from every region of Canada to produce exceptional documentaries, animated films, and interactive/immersive works rooted in Canadian experiences and realities. The National Film Board has long been a champion of technological and film innovation, both nationally and internationally. The National Film Board seeks to reflect the perspectives and experiences of communities that are systematically under-represented in the media and to develop innovative new storytelling forms and approaches.

Content accessibility and audience engagement

The National Film Board strives to ensure that Canadians from all regions have access to its works across a range of formats. Understanding audiences and their consumption habits, making content available on a variety of platforms, and calling attention to National Film Board productions are thus intrinsic to the organization's mandate. The National Film Board has a rich collection of over 13,000 titles that constitutes an essential component of Canada's cultural heritage. Preserving these works for the enjoyment of Canadians and people around the world, both today and in the future, falls under the mandate conferred to the National Film Board under the National Film Act.

Internal Services

See introductory text.

National Gallery of Canada

To develop, maintain, and make known, throughout Canada and internationally, a collection of works of art, both historic and contemporary, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada and to further knowledge, understanding, and enjoyment of art in general among all Canadians.

National Museum of Science and Technology

To foster scientific and technological literacy throughout Canada by establishing, maintaining, and developing a collection of scientific and technological objects, with special but not exclusive reference to Canada, and by demonstrating the products and processes of science and technology, as well as their economic, social, and cultural relationships with society.

Telefilm Canada

Funding the production of Canadian content

Telefilm supports the development and production of Canadian feature films through funding programs. Our programs fund and support, among other things, Canadian production companies that have achieved commercial, cultural and industrial success (including those with emerging talent), international coproduction projects, diversity in its many forms (including, among other things, gender parity in key creative positions, variety of genres, budget size, regions across the country, points of view, Indigenous) and innovative projects. Funding provided allows Canadian companies to produce content in Canada and reinforces the Canadian cultural ecosystem. Telefilm also assesses and recommends projects that could be recognized by the Minister of Canadian Heritage as audiovisual coproductions governed by official coproduction treaties.

Promoting Canadian talent and content

Telefilm makes Canadian culture shine, builds audience loyalty, fosters discoverability and notoriety of talent and allows the marketing of Canadian content in Canada and abroad through funding programs and promotional activities. In Canada, Telefilm financially supports the marketing of feature films as well as film festivals and other events and promotional activities to highlight Canadian identity and diversity in terms of talent and content. Abroad, Telefilm supports Canadian companies in marketing and exporting their content, mainly by establishing Canadian business centres, implementing promotional campaigns and screening sessions and networking activities. Telefilm also financially supports the presence of Canadian talent at festivals, markets and events held around the world and the marketing of Canadian feature films in foreign territories.

Internal Services

See introductory text.

The National Battlefields Commission

Conservation

Ensure the conservation and protection of the natural, cultural and heritage assets of the National Battlefields Park through the maintenance and upkeep of the grounds and infrastructure. Ensure safe public access to the Park.

Promotion of Heritage

Showcase the history of the National Battlefields Park and enable the discovery of its heritage and natural resources by organizing, through the visitor centre of the Plains of Abraham Museum, exhibitions, educational and recreational activities, and guided tours.

Internal Services

See introductory text.

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