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The Future Skills Centre (FSC) is pleased to announce the addition of new evaluation and learning partners. Selected through an open call in March 2025, these organizations will work closely with pilot projects to co-develop robust evaluation frameworks and assess impact, ensuring that Canada’s skills development ecosystem is guided by strong, evidence-based insights. 

The Future Skills Centre (FSC) has launched the Resilient Workforce Working Table, a pan-Canadian initiative bringing together skills development experts, employer and labour representatives, and policy leaders to develop actionable, evidence-based recommendations that will help Canada’s workforce adapt to growing economic and labour market disruption.

Last month, the Future Skills Centre (FSC) joined Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) and SkillPlan to co-host a site visit at IBEW Local 353 in Mississauga. We were honoured to welcome the Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Jobs and Families and FedNor, along with senior leaders from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC).

The Future Skills Centre (FSC) is driving innovation in skills development to help move the country forward through a $7.6 million investment funded by the Government of Canada's Future Skills program in 35 new projects to ensure Canada has a strong workforce for a resilient economy.

FSC is pleased to announce a new investment of $14.3 million to expand more than a dozen innovative approaches to skills development addressing the urgent need to ensure Canada’s workforce is resilient and prepared for the future.

FSC seeks to engage external evaluators to support its knowledge generation and evaluation objectives.

October 30, 2024 Toronto, Ontario – The Future Skills Centre (FSC) is pleased to announce the launch of Skills Horizon, two new calls for proposals...

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.

After nearly five years as head of the Future Skills Centre (FSC), Pedro Barata is stepping down from his executive director position and will be taking on a new role as President and CEO of Habitat for Humanity Canada. Noel Baldwin, FSC's government and public affairs director, is appointed interim executive director, effective June 3, 2024.