In the Media

Content from: HigherEd Strategy, Alex Usher | April 24, 2025 Today my guest is the CEO of Canada’s Future Skills Centre, Noel Baldwin. Over the past decade, both in his roles at FSC, his previous ones at the Council Minister of Education Canada, he’s arguably been one of the country’s most dedicated users of PIAAC data. As part of Canada’s delegation to the OECD committee in charge of PIAAC, he also had a front row seat to the development of these tests and the machinery behind these big international surveys.

Content from: Betakit, Jacqueline Loganathan | March 13, 2025 Artificial intelligence has quietly moved from behind the scenes to the front lines of hiring. Companies are now relying on AI to sift through résumés, rank candidates, and forecast job performance, sometimes before humans even get involved. Speed and automation now help dictate who gets a foot in the door.

Content from: thefutureeconomy.ca By: Brynn Bourke and Noel Baldwin | February 18, 2025

While Canada gets decent grades in numeracy, literacy and problem-solving, the country is not a superstar performer.

Contenu provenant de : lapresse.ca | 15 janvier 2025 Comme toutes les nouvelles technologies, l’arrivée de l’intelligence artificielle dans nos vies fait craindre des pertes d’emplois dans plusieurs secteurs d’activité. Au Québec, 810 000 personnes, soit 18 % de la main-d’œuvre totale, occupent un emploi vulnérable au développement de l’intelligence artificielle, selon une étude de l’Institut du Québec.

FSC Executive Director Noel Baldwin chats with Stefano Scarpetta and Lynette Plett about the recent OECD PIAAC survey.

Content from: CBC.ca | January 16, 2025 Experts say while artificial intelligence could replace some jobs, it can also be a useful tool for others. Nevertheless, a new study says it will have an effect on a large portion of the province’s workforce, hitting specific demographics harder than others.

Content from: National Observer, Cloe Logan | December 12, 2024 Shane Mullins cranks his neck backwards to see the top of the wind turbine he’s about to climb – a tower specifically for training. While it’s not as tall as the structures that run beside roads and stand parallel in fields, it’s inarguably high. It hits the same altitude as a 10-storey building, about half the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Catherine Charron, les affaires | Decembre 11, 2024 RHÉVEIL-MATIN. Au cours de la deuxième moitié de la décennie 2030, on devrait compter au Canada près d’un million de postes vacants au pays chaque année. L’un des principaux facteurs? L’inadéquation entre les compétences des travailleurs et les besoins des employeurs. Tout n’est pas perdu, si la société joue bien ses cartes, estime deux économistes du Conference Board of Canada, l’organisme qui tire la sonnette d’alarme.