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Christine Lau

@ceelau.bsky.social
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Eternal optimist #GCDigital #GCServices #GC #PublicService #Accountability #Results #Ottawa

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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
On our way to Tremblant (on highway 5) and the sun was like an egg yolk. #outaouais #gatineau
View of highway with pine trees on each side of the road and an orange sun coming up in the horizon
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Ian Austen @ianausten.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Montreal's distinctive circular payphone booths live on at Central Station although they have been purged from the airport (Hasselblad SWC, Zeiss 38mm f4.5 Biogon, Kodak Tri X)
Two ribbed aluminum cylinders with cut outs for payphone. One is illuminated and has a sign that reads Bell and a handset pictograph. In the background is a large waiting room and train arrival and departure board. Steamers of lights are hanging down as Christmas decorations.
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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books
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Mekka Okereke @mekka.mekka-tech.com · 21/01/2025
Pour one out for the US Digital Service. This amazing team was founded during the Obama administration. They convinced some of the best and brightest minds in tech, to give up wealth and RSUs and free lattes, to dedicate their professional lives to service.♥️👍🏿 It just got renamed to DOGE.
Healthcare dot gov Time magazine cover.

The cover is all red with the words code red written in all caps as a subtitle. The caption underneath the subtitle reads "Inside the nightmare launch of healthcare.gov and the team that figured out how to fix it."

Below that is a photograph of us digital service founders, including Mikey Dickerson.
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Muting all the bad words
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Crème brûlée stout from Beau's. I don't drink beer but this seems interesting. #beer #food #Ontario
Crème brûlée stout from Beau's
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Pat Murphy 🇨🇦 @noparticularname.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Un petit -18°C à Gatineau ce matin. Bonne journée. #ottawa #gatineau #photography #weather #stormhour #shareyourweather #sunrise
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Level: very hard
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Interesting. "Some organizations, she says, have tried to tackle the Peter Principle problem by focusing less on a worker's past performance and more on their potential. " #leadership ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/...
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Born in Vancouver, the Peter Principle explains why your boss is incompetent. Here’s why it still resonates | RCI
Principle named after B.C. educator was created as satire but has long been part of business lexicon
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
I made a lot of sandwiches for NYE!
1.5 rows of ham sandwiches and 1.4 row of egg sandwiches
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Whiteness is a credential. But these folks have used propaganda and force to convince lots of people that this result is "meritocracy."
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Richard Pope @richardpope.org · 10/12/2024
Good stuff in the Pat McFadden speech about public sector reform. Test and learn / accepting uncertainty in particular. But 'tour of duty' construct is deeply unhelpful for anyone looking to build a career in government, as I wrote pre-election about my experience: richardpope.org/blog/2024/03...
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Digital talent and precariousness in government
Digital talent and precariousness in government - Richard Pope
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
We are so behind in supporting women in the workplace www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Why work-life balance still isn't working for women, especially moms | CBC News
A new poll provides fresh numbers to illustrate what many exhausted working women have been reporting for decades — work-life balance isn't exactly working out for them. The U.S. report that mirrors Canadian data suggests competing demands of work and home are part of the problem.
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Tom Loosemore @tomski.com · 08/12/2024
Australia government trials verifiable credentials. www.linkedin.com/posts/jordan...
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Jordan Hatch on LinkedIn: New trial to allow Aussies to prove identity without handing over…
Last week, we held our first user research sessions to test verifiable credentials in the myGov app, at a real medical practice in Brisbane. Proud of Aaron…
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
I love a good #Christmas market. #Ottawa #Lansdowne
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Gordon Ross 🇨🇦 @gordonr.ca · 08/12/2024
Been thinking a lot about material theories of technological change in govt of late. Going to dig more into this. via @vgr.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/contrapt...
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As Above, So Garage
Hermetic tinkering in unstable times
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This explains a lot. I used to have great memory but it can only do so much www.livescience.com/technology/i...
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'It explains why our ability to focus has gone to hell': Screens are assaulting our Stone Age brains with more information than we can handle
Modern technology has fundamentally changed how our ancient minds work.
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
This can only be sold in #Ottawa 🤣 #GC
A card that says: You are essential. I mean, to me. Not to the government.
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
This is very good. Highly recommend. #vino
Bottle of Chateau Teyssier, Montagne Saint-Énillion, 2020
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Kathleen O'Grady 🇨🇦 @kathleenogradyca.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Morning #graffiti #Ottawa
Graffiti in black spray paint on a white wall that says EQUALITY with a heart
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Accidental picture looks like an action pic. Hanoi bun at Queen Street Market fare. #Ottawa #OttawaFoodies
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Gwen Snyder is uncivil @gwensnyder.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
It is exhausting having to research and figure out everything from black plastics to best ventilation practices to COVID vaccine schedules, I know this is a wild idea but have we thought about creating publicly funded government bodies that could manage and regulate this stuff on our behalf
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Beer
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Pat Murphy 🇨🇦 @noparticularname.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
C’est sombre en bébitte ce matin. Feels like December! Bon dimanche. #ottawa #gatineau #weather #photography
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Christine Lau @ceelau.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Hello! First post here. I am on #mastodon as clau@mstdn.ca which I like for its lack of drama. Initially hesitant to join another media but hearing some of you #GCDigital folks are hanging out here.
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