Laura McDonough is the Associate Director of Insights & Knowledge Mobilization at the Future Skills Centre, where she has been leading the Centre’s insights and knowledge mobilization strategy for the past two years. She works to ensure high-quality research and data are shared across Canada’s skills ecosystem to support evidence-informed policy and practice.

Before joining FSC, Laura led research and evaluation initiatives at United Way Greater Toronto, focusing on community well-being and inclusion. She holds a Master’s in Immigration & Settlement Studies from Toronto Metropolitan University and is a credentialed evaluator with the Canadian Evaluation Society.

Laura is passionate about making research accessible and actionable, bridging data with lived experience to support more equitable and responsive workforce development.

Laura is available for interviews with members of the media. She is an expert in:

• Non-profit sector
• Equity, diversity and inclusion
• Evaluation and learning

Skills and training for underrepresented groups