Canada’s productivity and prosperity depend in part on how effectively the country uses the skills of its workforce. To strengthen this foundation, the Future Skills Centre (FSC), funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Program, announced the selection of 10 research projects to tap into the potential of the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) dataset. 

Canada’s healthcare system is under growing strain, with long wait times, staffing shortages, and burnout continuing to impact workers and patients across the country. But during a recent Future Skills Centre webinar, healthcare leaders shared a more hopeful message: there are practical, innovative solutions already making a difference.

A mix of retirements and projected economic growth mean Canada will need more than 1.4 million additional trades workers by 2033, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday, as he touted the new program at a trade union event in Gatineau.

As Prime Minister Mark Carney fleshes out his vision for how Canada might weather economic uncertainty with the government’s spring economic update, co-hosts Catherine Cullen and John Northcott speak to politicians, experts and voters from the centre of this week’s action on Parliament Hill.

The federal government wants to address worker shortages in the skilled trades. At the spring economic update they announced a 5 year plan -- worth 6 billion dollars -- to help recruit, train and hire young people into the skilled trades

Three ways smart talent deployment can help Canadian industry harness the potential of AI and deliver the economic impact the country needs.

How a Douglas College program ‘reboots’ students by helping them map paths to their dream jobs.

A new national report is putting a spotlight on a persistent issue in Canada’s labour market: many immigrants are not able to fully use their education and skills after they arrive.

Young people looking to get their foot in the labour market’s door this summer are feeling the crunch of a sluggish economy, fierce competition and fewer opportunities – a challenging situation for recent graduates and students in search of seasonal work.