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How Gen Z is Saying No to Corporate Culture
Work hard. Get a promotion. Work harder. Get another promotion. And climb that corporate ladder. That’s the script a lot of us grew up with. But according to a 2025 study from Deloitte, that’s not what some younger workers are interested in doing. The study found only 6 per cent of Gen Z workers want to move into a leadership position. Instead, they want things like more work/life balance. Flexibility. Mental health. We talk to Tricia Williams, the director of Research, Evaluation, and Knowledge Mobilization at TMU’s Future Skills Centre, about how young professionals are redefining the way they work.
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Building a Stronger Evidence Base for Skills: Using Linked Data to Measure Long-Term Outcomes
Most program evaluations capture short-term results, leaving long-term benefits and the return on public investment unclear. A new partnership links administrative data to track long-term outcomes, value for money, and returns to Canadians.
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Why Replication Matters: Expanding What Works Across Canada
Canada has no shortage of innovation in skills training; it has a shortage of adoption. Promising skills interventions often remain confined to a single organization, creating a landscape of siloed programs competing for the same resources. Replication offers another option.
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FSC at Sustainable Workforce Summit 2026
We’re excited to share that Alex Stephens, Director of Programs at the Future Skills Centre, will be speaking on a panel at the Sustainable Workforce Summit on March 31–April 1 in Vancouver.
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The economy is evolving rapidly, and we need a skilled workforce — and training systems — that can adapt to whatever comes next. That’s why we focus on the priorities that Canada’s prosperity depends on: pathways to jobs, technology and automation, SME adaptability, an inclusive economy, and sustainable jobs.
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The Demand for Green Skills and the Impact on the Supply and Demand for Apprentices and Certified Journeypersons in the Canadian Economy
Canada’s transition to a net-zero economy is transforming the nature of work in the skilled trades. As industries such as energy, construction, manufacturing, and transportation, adopt cleaner technologies, the demand for certified tradespeople is sharply increasing.
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The Skills Mirror: An Analysis of Trends, Tensions, and Opportunities of Proposed Projects to FSC
In late 2024, the Future Skills Centre received nearly 900 proposals across multiple funding calls. These proposals offer a unique, system-wide view into Canada’s skills development ecosystem. In partnership with the Behavioural Insights Team, this project analyzed the proposal database to surface shared priorities, emerging challenges, and common approaches to labour market innovation.
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Reimagining Career Services
RCS set out to test new models for career and employment services that respond to the needs of workers, employers, and practitioners in a rapidly changing labour market. Rather than a single intervention, RCS operates as a portfolio of innovation projects co-designed with service partners and piloted in real-world settings.
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Career Development Professional Centre
The Career Development Professional Centre (CDPC), led by the Canadian Career Development Foundation (CCDF), is testing the effectiveness of a national body to unify Canada’s career development sector by providing foundational training, fostering professionalization, and encouraging collaboration among Career Development Professionals (CDPs).
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Creating Their Own Path: Unlocking Self-Employment for Neurodivergent Canadians
Automation technologies present Canadian businesses with opportunities for improved productivity, labour efficiencies, and growth. Adopting automation technologies will change how industries operate, including the types of jobs and skills needed.
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National Survey on Skill Demands and Employment Practices in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Our research draws on first-hand experiences to better understand specific labour-related challenges facing SMEs.
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