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What is PIAAC and Why Does It Matter?
Skills provide an essential foundation for employment, health, individual and community well-being, economic growth, and active and informed citizenship.
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What is PIAAC and Why Does It Matter?
Skills provide an essential foundation for employment, health, individual and community well-being, economic growth, and active and informed citizenship.
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Is unemployment a public health issue?
In case you missed it, there’s a new report on unemployment in Canada from the Survey on Employment and Skills looking at the reasons why some people fall out…
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Paying for skills training: Why employers need to act more strategically
At a time of rapid change in the workplace, access to skills training is key to workers’ success. Workers cannot expect that the knowledge and…
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The Role of Newcomers in the Path to Recovery for the Accommodation and Food Industry
The accommodation and food sector was hit hard by the pandemic and is still struggling to recover. According to the Canadian Tourism Labour Market Snapshot,…
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Young adults disproportionately affected by COVID-19
One in ten Canadian adults is missing work or school due to long COVID. Happy New Year! I hope you found time for some rest…
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Proving the case: Career development as a lever for poverty reduction
More than two decades ago, policymakers from 14 countries at the inaugural International Symposium for Career and Public Policy challenged the career development community to…