Evidence and Insights Archive
The heart of the matter: Understanding hiring demand for social and emotional skills
This briefing looks at the hiring demand for social and emotional skills across the country for different industries and occupation levels.
Social and emotional skills in the workplace: Insights from Canadian employers
This briefing presents findings on recruiting for social and emotional skills based on interviews with human resources professionals as well as analysis of Canadian knowledge-based job postings data.
Employers’ insights on social and emotional skills
This executive summary introduces insights into recruiting for social and emotional skills based on interviews with human resources professionals as well as analysis of Canadian knowledge-based job postings data.
Using behavioural insights to increase post-secondary and career services participation
This project, through the execution of a number of randomized control trials, tested how best to inform, empower, and engage Canadians when it comes to making decisions about work.
Can social and emotional skills be taught?
In this research, we explore the challenges of teaching and learning social and emotional skills in the classroom. Based on interviews with 40 college instructors and...
Valuing skills in Canada: A statistical approach
In this research, we examine the relationship between skills and income, considering which skills have a strong positive association with earning and which have a...
On the other side of the screen: Nurse educators’ perspectives on online experiential learning during the pandemic
In this research, we analyze the findings of our interviews with 20 nurse educators from across Canada to explore the challenges, opportunities, and innovations related...
Planning When You Can’t Predict: Strategic Foresight and the Future of Work
This report introduces strategic foresight, a discipline that helps organizations and individuals think about and plan for the future in a context of radical uncertainty involving disruptive political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental changes.
