Annual Report 2008-2009 - National Gallery of Canada

• Installation of remote surveillance for the art storage
warehouse;
• Replacement of roofing at the Canada Pavilion in Venice,
Italy; and
• Raising the guardrail and adding a handrail to the ramped
stairwell in the Concourse.
In addition to these, the Gallery began Phase I of an extensive
window replacement at the main facility at a cost of approximately
$3.6 million. This phase included skylights in public
areas, including the Concourse and some gallery spaces. At the
same time, high-access equipment in these spaces (skylight
trolleys and lifelines) are being refurbished and upgraded.
These projects in public areas added new elements of risk
to our staff and visitors. To mitigate these risks and continue
public operations during the implementation of these projects,
the Gallery also installed extensive hoarding and overhead
protection in these spaces. Additionally, new door plugs were
designed and installed that will continue to be used to isolate
gallery spaces from public circulation within the building when
undergoing construction activities.
The Gallery continued its general cyclical maintenance
plans and repairs in gallery spaces, which included the Garden
Court, Water Court, a European gallery, and the Canadian galleries.
Restoration and treatment of granite tiles at the main
facility continued with the Garden Court, Concourse and
Rotunda completed.
The ongoing concrete monitoring program continued with
the annual inspection and condition report completed as
planned, with no significant changes or deterioration of the
extensive concrete elements at the NGC.
Program Activity 4:
corporate management
Corporate Governance; Administration
and Revenue Generation
Corporate Governance
The Gallery employs sound and efficient governance and stewardship
practices that facilitate the alignment of resources
with priorities and full accountability to Canadians for
results.
Priority: Strengthen governance.
Information Technology
The Gallery’s ability to access and use its IT resources was
enhanced in 2008–09 through the successful implementation
of the planned replacement of all the network hardware,
improvements to the efficiency of the backup processes, and
the life-cycle replacement of three central servers.
Policies, Procedures, and Systems are in Place to Operate in an
Efficient and Effective Manner
In 2008–09, the Gallery participated in an initiative with the
Department of Canadian Heritage and the other national
museums to develop a stronger performance measurement
framework. The result was an outline that reflects the different
mandates and provides some common outcomes and performance
indicators. The initiative, which will continue over
the planning period, will help demonstrate value for Canadians
and the importance of ongoing public funding to the national
museums.
Access to Information and Privacy Requests (ATIP)
Various documents were developed and made available to
staff on the Intranet to raise awareness of Access to Information
and Privacy issues: Policy and Procedures for computer equipment,
email, Internet access and electronic documents, NGC
ATIP Policy and Procedures, Fact Sheet on ATIP for Government
employees, Email Etiquette, and Paper Shredding. All staff
mandatory training on ATIP was also provided to 250 of 300
staff. The number of ATIP requests received (27) surpassed the
number received last year (10). Four of these requests resulted
in the review of thousands of pages of documents.
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