What we are doing design pattern: Canada.ca design
We are decommissioning the what we are doing pattern. We do not recommend adding this pattern to your pages.
What we are doing is a pattern that presents links to content that provides background or explanations of GC activities in support of creating or improving public policy.
When to use this pattern
- Use this pattern to provide relevant links to content that falls within the program and policy development user-need category
- Use when the primary purpose of the page is to provide navigation choices
How to use this pattern
Content requirements
- Label the heading “What we are doing”
- Organize links by content type; label subheadings only using content type names (see Content types for Canada.ca )
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Provide links to only the following content types:
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from the Research, statistics and data category:
- assessments
- datasets
- research
- statistics
- surveys
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from the Consultations and engagement category:
- consultations
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from the News, promotions and public awareness category:
- backgrounders
- news releases
- speeches
- statements
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from the Corporate information category:
- program results
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from the Government-wide reporting category:
- audits
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from the Research, statistics and data category:
- With the permitted types above, only include links to content that provides a view into the work that the government is doing to evaluate, improve or change programs, policies and services; for example, only a news release that announces a new funding program (whereas a news release that announces funding being awarded under and existing program would not be included here)
- Only include links that are relevant to the page on which this pattern appears
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Never provide links to content types that fall under the following content type categories:
- services, like forms or service initiation (instead, place links to this content under services and information or most requested)
- contact us, such as emergency contact or find an office (instead, place links to this content under the appropriate contact page or pattern, or most requested, if a high-demand task)
- policy and guidance (instead, place links to this content under services and information, most requested or corporate information)
- treaties, laws and regulations (instead, place links to this content on the transparency page under corporate information, services and information or most requested, if a high-demand task)
- navigation and administration like navigation pages, website terms and conditions
Presentation requirements
- When there are more than 3 subheadings, continue on a second row
- A minimum of 2 links per subheading is required
- A maximum of 4 links per subheading is allowed
- When the number of links exceeds 4, provide a link to “All related [content type name]”
Working example
Example
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