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Is A University Education Worth the Cost? Canadian and U.S. Perspectives

Is a university education worth the cost? Is it worth it, even if you have to borrow money to pay for it? What do Canadians think? To find out, we decided to ask the same question that Pew Research posed in the U.S., which we did in the latest wave of the Survey on Employment and Skills.
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A Tough Job Market for Young People, and a Chance to Rethink the Path Forward

For many young people entering the workforce today, landing that first job feels harder than ever. W
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It’s Going to Take More than Doctors and Nurses to Fix our Healthcare Problems

When we talk about Canada’s healthcare challenges, the conversation often begins and ends with one question: How do we hire more people?
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AI Isn’t Just Changing Technology. It’s Changing Work.

When we talk about AI, the conversation often jumps to one big question: Will it replace jobs? From what we’re seeing across Canada’s labour market, the more relevant question is: How will AI change the way we work?
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Preparing Young People for the Future of Work

When people talk about the future of work, the conversation almost always starts with artificial intelligence. And that’s understandable. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming industries, reshaping jobs, and changing the way we work at an unprecedented pace.
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The ‘missing work’ of coordination in Canada’s skills ecosystem

Canada is intent on building things: more roads, pipelines, homes, and large infrastructure projects. To do so, we require coordinated investments from government and private capital in critical drivers such as technology and infrastructure.