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Resilient Workforce Working Table

The Resilient Workforce Working Table is a pan-Canadian initiative from the Future Skills Centre that convenes skills development experts, employer and labour representatives, and policy leaders to provide insights on building a more resilient Canadian workforce.

The table explores how Canada can navigate labour market disruptions and seize new opportunities through innovation, collaboration, and inclusive workforce planning—developing practical, evidence-based solutions and approaches to help workers, employers, and communities adapt and thrive.

Co-Chairs

Rob Fleming
Former British Columbia Minister of Education and Transportation and Infrastructure

Monte McNaughton
Former Ontario Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training, and Skills Development

Jennifer Robson
Associate Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in Political
Management
Carleton University

Noel Baldwin
Executive Director
Future Skills Centre

Tricia Williams
Director of Research, Evaluation and Knowledge Mobilization
Future Skills Centre

Members

Bridgitte Anderson
President and CEO
Greater Vancouver Board of Trade

Stephen Beatty
Former VP
Toyota Canada Inc.

Loleen Berdahl
Executive Director
Johnson-Shoyama Graduate Policy School

Tyler Downey
President
SEIU Healthcare

Matthew Foss
Vice President
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

Graham Fox
Vice President, Public Affairs, External Relations and Communications
Hydro Quebec

Jean-Pierre Giroux
President
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC)

Jennefer Griffith
Executive Director
Food Processing Skills Canada

Anna Jahn
Senior Director, Public Policy and Inclusion
Mila

Audrey Murray
Présidente-directrice générale
Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ)

Adrienne Oldford
Executive Director
The McKenna Institute

Suhayl Patel
Associate Dean, Centre for Workforce Development
Bow Valley College

Sean Strickland
Executive Director
Canada’s Building Trades Unions

Penny Walsh-McGuire
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in the Life Sciences (CASTL)

FSC’s Consortium Members

Michael Burt
Vice-President
The Conference Board of Canada

Wendy Cukier
Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Ted Rogers School of Management, Founder, Diversity Institute
Toronto Metropolitan University