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AI initiative registry
ID	AI Initiative	Stage	Description	Sector	Region	AI Bucket	SME
15	MyGCHR Phoenix analysis	Ideation	MYGCHR Phoenix analysis tool (Mark Jarvis) to flag incorrect records and recognize future incorrect entries to help cleanup pay files	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Automation and Decision Support	Gardner, Leigh
16	P&C General Chatbot	Ideation	P&C General Chatbot (Mark Jarvis) to guide employees to P&C services instead of using the intranet	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Interaction and Engagement	Gardner, Leigh
17	Recruitment and staffing tools	Ideation	Recruitment and staffing tools (Mark Jarvis) (existing agents created by Microsoft to be explored further)	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Automation and Decision Support	Gardner, Leigh
18	Classification AI	Ideation	Classification AI (Mark Jarvis) to help with the creation of job descriptions/tasks and analyze job descriptions to help with SoMCs	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Cognitive and Generative AI	Gardner, Leigh
33	Machine-learning-assisted Benthic Marine Life Annotation Tool	Ideation On hold On hold	The goal of the project is to improve the efficiency of the image annotation process to reduce manual efforts of the benthic science team an...	Strategic Policy	National Capital Region	Perception and Understanding	Wang, Yuchen
35	AI-assisted Solution to Detect Ghost Gear from Side Scan Sonar Images	Ideation On hold On hold	The goal of the project is use AI to automate data analysis in detecting Ghost Gear. Client: Ghost Gear Program	Strategic Policy	National Capital Region	Perception and Understanding	Petrovic, Marina
2	Change Management and AI	Ideation	We wish to leverage AI for the change management group. this will leverage copilot for now or more elevated tools, but it will, consolidate...	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Cognitive and Generative AI	Tsang, Paul
4	Database Scripting Automation	Ideation	i would like to be able to review the scripts the DBAs run to ensure that we can automate and reduce the administrative workload. if possibl...	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Automation and Decision Support	Jeanveau, Denis
7	Virtual ITSD agent for clients	Ideation	The next phase for ITSD involves deploying a client-facing chatbot. This virtual assistant will allow DFO employees to interact directly wit...	Chief Digital Officer	Quebec	Interaction and Engagement	Miousse, Gaétan
258	Establishing a Standardized National Biotelemetry Data Pipeline	Development	Development of a national biotelemetry platform that standardizes the processing of acoustic animal tracking data. Automated workflows that...	Ecosystems and Oceans Science	Ontario and Prairie	—	Bzonek, Paul
256	AI-Enabled UX Design and Content Workflows	Development	AI-enabled capabilities to help UX and content designers deliver digital work faster and more consistently. This includes supporting early i...	Chief Digital Officer	Not region specific	—	Matheson-Fitchett, Ariel
250	DFO Data Centre Chatbot	Development	• Faster access to Data Centre information and processes • Reduced dependency on SMEs and email-based support • Improved staff onboarding...	Strategic Policy	National Capital Region	Interaction and Engagement	Tran, Tan
252	DFO AI Hub	Development	The DFO AI Hub is a centralized digital platform that demonstrates the application of artificial intelligence technologies to fisheries and...	Strategic Policy	Not region specific	Interaction and Engagement	Tran, Tan
249	AI Platform	Development	Build a secure, scalable AI platform that extends the Enterprise Data Hub (EDH) and enables DFO teams to develop, deploy and govern AI solut...	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Infrastructure and Enablement	Esper, George
247	NECTR - Power Apps Solution - AI Copilot integration	Development	We would like to integrate copilot into power apps to be able to help users find and identify data in the database. This will save time for...	Strategic Policy	Not region specific	Interaction and Engagement	Pennie, Colin
245	Object, Classification, Tagging, Organization, and Pattern Understanding Solution (OCTOPUS)	Development	This initiative leverages AI technologies to build an Object, Classification, Tagging, Organization, and Pattern Understanding Solution (OC...	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Perception and Understanding	Ibrahim, Omar
240	The Current	Development	Don't let your harvested data get stuck in still water. Navigate new data streams with AI automation, augmentation and information enableme...	Fisheries Management	Not region specific	Perception and Understanding	Bird, Tom
134	LLM Document Chatbot	Development	Large language model that can help users ask questions to document sets and get answers, summarize key information, and find data with citat...	Ecosystems and Oceans Science	National Capital Region	Interaction and Engagement	Winegardner, Amanda
165	AIMMS (Artificial Intelligence for Marine Mammals in Survey imagery)	Development	The AIMMS project develops a platform to automate and accelerate the interpretation of aerial imagery for marine mammal population assessmen...	Fisheries Management	National Capital Region	Perception and Understanding	Mosnier, Arnaud
55	Natural Language Process (NLP) Chatbot using retrival-augmented-generation (RAG) on DFO PAC Site	Development	A chatbot that allows users to search DFO PAC website using natural language and return reponses not only on data it was trained on but also...	Programs Sector	Pacific	Interaction and Engagement	Quan, Eric
53	LLM Document Chatbot	Development	Large language model that can help users ask questions to document sets and get answers, summarize key information, and find data with citat...	Programs Sector	Pacific	Interaction and Engagement	Quan, Eric
20	IM Chatbot	Development	Chatbot to answer Information Management related questions, based on information available on the IM intranet site. This is a work in progr...	Chief Digital Officer	National Capital Region	Interaction and Engagement	Mojgani, Susan
12	P&C AI Chatbot for Pay	Development	AI Chatbot for Pay to assist with pay questions and errors in LoO (PSPC led) DFO Pilot with PSPC Concierge Chatbot for HR & pay information...	—	National Capital Region	Interaction and Engagement	Gardner, Leigh
6	ITSD internal chatbot	Development	ITSD is currently implementing a simple chatbot leveraging Copilot, to streamline access to its knowledge base for our agents. This initiati...	Chief Digital Officer	Quebec	Interaction and Engagement	Miousse, Gaétan
248	Analyse des tracés AIS en mer Not translated · original: French	Pilot	Analyse des tracés AIS en utilisant l'IA: un IA a été créé pour analyser les tracés de bateau et déterminer si des activités de pêche ont li...	Conservation and Protection	Quebec	Automation and Decision Support	Beauchamp, Sébastien

15
MyGCHR Phoenix analysis
MYGCHR Phoenix analysis tool (Mark Jarvis) to flag incorrect records and recognize future incorrect entries to help cleanup pay files

Ideation Chief Digital Officer Automation and Decision Support
16
P&C General Chatbot
P&C General Chatbot (Mark Jarvis) to guide employees to P&C services instead of using the intranet

Ideation Chief Digital Officer Interaction and Engagement
17
Recruitment and staffing tools
Recruitment and staffing tools (Mark Jarvis) (existing agents created by Microsoft to be explored further)

Ideation Chief Digital Officer Automation and Decision Support
18
Classification AI
Classification AI (Mark Jarvis) to help with the creation of job descriptions/tasks and analyze job descriptions to help with SoMCs

Ideation Chief Digital Officer Cognitive and Generative AI
33
Machine-learning-assisted Benthic Marine Life Annotation Tool
The goal of the project is to improve the efficiency of the image annotation process to reduce manual efforts of the benthic science team and reduce time-to-insight from underwater surveys. Further development is prevented by DFO's IT infrastructure. There are ongoing discussions with CDOS to resolved this but the project is on hold in the meantime. Client: Quebec Region/Pacific Region - Oceans and Ecosystem Sciences Division

Ideation On hold Strategic Policy Perception and Understanding
35
AI-assisted Solution to Detect Ghost Gear from Side Scan Sonar Images
The goal of the project is use AI to automate data analysis in detecting Ghost Gear. Client: Ghost Gear Program

Ideation On hold Strategic Policy Perception and Understanding
2
Change Management and AI
We wish to leverage AI for the change management group. this will leverage copilot for now or more elevated tools, but it will, consolidate the meeting notes, and leverage a sharepoint site to gather related information. we would also like it to be able to review the impact and provide an unofficial assessement We would only need readyness and support to look into it.

Ideation Chief Digital Officer Cognitive and Generative AI
4
Database Scripting Automation
i would like to be able to review the scripts the DBAs run to ensure that we can automate and reduce the administrative workload. if possible we would then be able to provide more opporutnities for the group to do more architecturing then Administrative updates. haven'T delved this through, but i think it would be high value.

Ideation Chief Digital Officer Automation and Decision Support
7
Virtual ITSD agent for clients
The next phase for ITSD involves deploying a client-facing chatbot. This virtual assistant will allow DFO employees to interact directly with a virtual technician who can guide them to the appropriate IT services on the portal, provide links to FAQs, and offer 24/7 support for simple issues. This will enable our technical staff to focus on more complex tasks that require their expertise.

Ideation Chief Digital Officer Interaction and Engagement
258
Establishing a Standardized National Biotelemetry Data Pipeline
Development of a national biotelemetry platform that standardizes the processing of acoustic animal tracking data. Automated workflows that apply Random Forest and neural network methods to identify movement patterns, mortality events, and other biologically significant behaviours will standardize quality control, improve data interoperability, and provide self-service analytical tools for scientists and managers across multiple departments, supporting faster evidence-based decision making.

Development Ecosystems and Oceans Science
256
AI-Enabled UX Design and Content Workflows
AI-enabled capabilities to help UX and content designers deliver digital work faster and more consistently. This includes supporting early ideas, rapid iteration, drafting and revising content, creating and comparing design options (task flows, wireframes, mockups, interactions, prototypes), and producing documentation needed for handoffs and approvals while still meeting GC standards. We also want employees to build modern, transferable skills.

Development Chief Digital Officer
250
DFO Data Centre Chatbot
• Faster access to Data Centre information and processes • Reduced dependency on SMEs and email-based support • Improved staff onboarding and operational efficiency • Supports GoC digital-first and AI-enablement direction

Development Strategic Policy Interaction and Engagement
252
DFO AI Hub
The DFO AI Hub is a centralized digital platform that demonstrates the application of artificial intelligence technologies to fisheries and oceans research, management, and operations. The platform serves as an educational tool that demonstrates how AI can help addresses business needs for faster, more accurate data analysis, improved decision support, and increased operational efficiency across research, monitoring, and management functions. It enables exploratory use of machine learning, computer vision, and natural language processing to process diverse data sources (e.g., imagery, sensor data, scientific reports), automate routine analytical tasks, and generate actionable insights for policy, compliance, and conservation programs.

Development Strategic Policy Interaction and Engagement
249
AI Platform
Build a secure, scalable AI platform that extends the Enterprise Data Hub (EDH) and enables DFO teams to develop, deploy and govern AI solutions that will accelerate insights, support scientific discovery and uphold the highest standards of data quality, security, and ethical use.

Development Chief Digital Officer Infrastructure and Enablement
247
NECTR - Power Apps Solution - AI Copilot integration
We would like to integrate copilot into power apps to be able to help users find and identify data in the database. This will save time for users looking to identify and extract data from the system. We currently have almost 500 users, so enabling AI for this would save a lot of time for these employees.

Development Strategic Policy Interaction and Engagement
245
Object, Classification, Tagging, Organization, and Pattern Understanding Solution (OCTOPUS)
This initiative leverages AI technologies to build an Object, Classification, Tagging, Organization, and Pattern Understanding Solution (OCTOPUS) to enhance the analysis of video, image, and audio data, improve monitoring capabilities and support decision-making processes at DFO. The MVP will initially focus on video processing capabilities, with planned expansion to image and audio analysis in FY 2026–27. In addition, the initiative will deliver integrated data annotation and model training tools to support continuous improvement and reuse of AI models.

Development Chief Digital Officer Perception and Understanding
240
The Current
Don't let your harvested data get stuck in still water. Navigate new data streams with AI automation, augmentation and information enablement. The Current is a cloud-hosted platform that enables users anywhere in the department to ingest large volumes of structured and unstructured documents, extract data using optical character recognition and large language models, validate and review results through human-in-the-loop workflows, and relate extracted information using shared concepts and standards. The architecture emphasizes asynchronous processing, modular extraction services, strong traceability, and governance-ready design. The platform supports configurable extraction tasks, versioned models and definitions, auditable review processes, and future discovery of related research outputs and datasets across heterogeneous sources. As the initial use-case, the Text Intelligence and Data Extraction (TIDE) Service has been developed for the Salmon Habitat Restoration (SHARE) System. TIDE is a baseline iteration of The Current that fulfills the minimum viable product requirements of SHARE. TIDE focuses on digitizing, extracting, and modeling data from large unstructured text documents. TIDE establishes the baseline architecture and demonstrates a scalable workflow in Production.

Development Fisheries Management Perception and Understanding
134
LLM Document Chatbot
Large language model that can help users ask questions to document sets and get answers, summarize key information, and find data with citations and sourcing.

Development Ecosystems and Oceans Science Interaction and Engagement
165
AIMMS (Artificial Intelligence for Marine Mammals in Survey imagery)
The AIMMS project develops a platform to automate and accelerate the interpretation of aerial imagery for marine mammal population assessments. By streamlining annotation and review, and enabling scientists to develop custom machine-learning models without advanced coding skills, the AIMMS workflow significantly reduce processing time, accelerate delivery of science advice, and lower operational costs.

Development Fisheries Management Perception and Understanding
55
Natural Language Process (NLP) Chatbot using retrival-augmented-generation (RAG) on DFO PAC Site
A chatbot that allows users to search DFO PAC website using natural language and return reponses not only on data it was trained on but also incorporating a retrieval of new information found on DFO website as it is updated Azure OpenAI GPT4o/4o mini Text-Embedding-3-Large Open Web UI Crawl4AI (AI-based webscraper)

Development Programs Sector Interaction and Engagement
53
LLM Document Chatbot
Large language model that can help users ask questions to document sets and get answers, summarize key information, and find data with citations and sourcing., including, from documents with multiple templates using prompt engineering approaches Azure OpenAI GPT4o/4o mini

Development Programs Sector Interaction and Engagement
20
IM Chatbot
Chatbot to answer Information Management related questions, based on information available on the IM intranet site. This is a work in progress.

Development Chief Digital Officer Interaction and Engagement
12
P&C AI Chatbot for Pay
AI Chatbot for Pay to assist with pay questions and errors in LoO (PSPC led) DFO Pilot with PSPC Concierge Chatbot for HR & pay information Provides personalized HR and pay guidance when visiting MyGCPay Concierge provides answers and sources for general questions

Development Interaction and Engagement
6
ITSD internal chatbot
ITSD is currently implementing a simple chatbot leveraging Copilot, to streamline access to its knowledge base for our agents. This initiative aims to further improve the speed and quality of service provided by our technicians by enabling them to quickly locate the information they need to provide support and service to clients.

Development Chief Digital Officer Interaction and Engagement
248
Analyse des tracés AIS en mer
Analyse des tracés AIS en utilisant l'IA: un IA a été créé pour analyser les tracés de bateau et déterminer si des activités de pêche ont lieu. Un pipeline pour les données AIS est en cours de création pour acheminer les données à l'AI. Les coordonnées des ZPM et zones de coraux éponges ont été fournies et si des activités dans ces zones sont détectées, l'info sera fournie à l'équipe de surveillance aérienne et maritime pour suivi

Pilot Conservation and Protection Automation and Decision Support