Welcome to the 2023 edition of Be the Duck: Succeeding in Canadian Federal Government Competitions, part of a planned series of publications I like to call “PolyWogg Guides to Government”. Let me start by introducing both myself and the origins of my guide. I started working for the Government of Canada as a co-op student in 1993 at what was then the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (aka DFAIT), but my journey started before then. Introducing PolyWogg My real name is Paul Sadler, and polliwog was my nickname as a kid, courtesy of my sister. I’ve tweaked the … Continue reading Introduction