The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL) | September 24, 2024 Study finds 74% of employers plan to hire in the next three years, with 50% of new hires expected to fill manufacturing/production and laboratory technician roles.

Alex Binkley, National Newswatch | September 24, 2024 Ottawa-Nearly one-third of the jobs in agriculture and one-fifth of those in food and beverage manufacturing could be taken over by automation within the next decade, which will require the development of new skill sets in the sector, says a report from the Conference Board of Canada.

Nicole Edwards, The Globe and Mail, September 20, 2024 Canada’s skilled worker shortage continues to plague the Canadian economy. By 2028, some 700,000 skilled workers will enter retirement, and according to Statistics Canada, 56 per cent of Canadian businesses are already seeing the skills gaps in their work force. This attrition may uniquely impact Canada’s goal to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, as ‘green skills’ become increasingly important in the effort to keep Canadian industries poised to reach this target.

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Myer Siemiatycki, Andrea Noack, Asmita Bhutani, Sophia Ricciardone, Mackenzie Agard Contributors , Toronto Star | August 20, 2024 An alarming new study by the Toronto Foundation highlights deepening adversities faced by young people in Toronto aged 18 to 29. These include deteriorating mental health and widespread financial insecurity. This is a generation whose trajectory has been most negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the subsequent economic shock waves.

CASTL has launched a national biomanufacturing skills and training study to gather critical labour market information and future training priorities specific to Canadian biomanufacturing.

The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is pleased to announce that researcher Dr. Moein Manbachi of the Smart Microgrid Applied Research Team (SMART) has been awarded $230,000 in funding from Future Skills Centre. This funding will support the expansion of the Virtualized Experiential Learning Platform (VELP), developed to meet the growing demand for skilled professionals in the green energy sector.

Kelowna, BC – Today, the Hon. Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages of Canada joined leaders from Canada’s Building Trades Unions, Provincial Building Trades Councils, and workforce development partners SkillPlan, Future Skills Centre, Magnet, and SRDC to announce $5.5 million in investments supporting apprenticeships, and national-scale recruitment, assessment, and training to help underrepresented workers find well-paid careers in the skilled trades.

We have worked with the Future Skills Centre (FSC) for a little while now. There is something about their appreciation of what it takes for innovation to flourish that has been truly supportive of our approach.