Sectors
Labour market trends such as technology, shifting demographics and climate change are leading to rapid change in key sectors of our economy. Workers and employers will require support from the skills ecosystem to successfully manage these transitions.
Project
Level Up Skills Evolution: Scaling Up Sectoral-Based Microcredentials
The Level Up Skills Evolution project begins with a unique premise – what if employers were more in the lead for designing microcredentials? The project therefore aimed to address workforce challenges by developing and scaling sector-based micro-credentials to help employers navigate technological change, labour shortages, and training gaps.
Research
Training for Tomorrow
Transitioning to a low-carbon economy will bring changes to the Canadian workforce.
The Conference Board of Canada, on behalf of the Future Skills Centre, is researching how measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will affect demand for skilled tradespeople in construction and how education and training programs can prepare to meet this demand.
Research
Digital Technologies and the Big Data Revolution in the Canadian Agricultural Sector
Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan’s Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives reviewed the literature to examine the response in Canada and elsewhere by farmers, agribusiness firms, agricultural organizations and governments to the emergence of big data generated by the use of the IoT in agricultural production processes.
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Rapid Reskilling to Support Nature-Based Solutions and Green Infrastructure Projects in Canada
The project aimed to retrain workers from the oil, gas, forestry and mining industries, enabling them to transition into roles that support environmental restoration and sustainability through nature-based solutions (NBS).
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Development of a National Agriculture and Agri-Food Workforce Strategy
This project set in motion a series of initiatives aimed to generate the necessary insights and evidence required to develop a national workforce strategy for the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector.
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Advancing Women in the Information and Communications Technology Workplace: A Review of Leading Practices
This report examines barriers faced by women in the ICT sector and devises strategies to improve representation, advancement and inclusion.
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The Study Buddy Program
The Study Buddy program connected families, children in grades K–12 and teacher candidates. It had three objectives: skills development among children and youth, particularly Black, Indigenous, racialized and newcomer populations; skills development among post-secondary students (tutors); and (3) skills and capacity development among parents and guardians.
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Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation in Indigenous Tourism Development in Northern Canada
The project aimed to understand the challenges facing northern Indigenous women in tourism post-COVID and to co-create recommendations to support them.
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Best Practices for Advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Manufacturing
While research underscores the challenges in the manufacturing sector, considerable gaps exist in our understanding of the representation and barriers women and other equity-deserving groups face. This report draws upon Statistics Canada data, surveys, industry reports and publicly available resources to provide an overview of the current state and strategic challenges, and their intersection with EDI issues.