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Content from: SN Impact Media via Youtube November 21, 2025 Noel Baldwin has been the Executive Director of the Future Skills Centre (FSC) since June, 2024. He brings nearly two decades of experience in leading strategic initiatives and policy development in postsecondary education, adult learning and skills development. Since joining FSC in 2019 as Director of Government and Public Affairs, Noel has provided leadership in navigating the complex skills ecosystem and working with diverse stakeholders to foster innovation in skills development that addresses the evolving needs of the workforce and promotes inclusive economic growth. FSC has successfully forged strong relationships with federal departments, provinces, territories, municipalities, and international organizations like the OECD. His efforts drove FSC’s early strategic initiatives, including targeted investments addressing critical gaps across regions and sectors.

Content from: Work and the Future Podcast November 19, 2025 There is no stopping the oncoming train of artificial intelligence, with all that that means for the workplace. At the very least, it will mean training workers with new AI skills but it also means continuously retraining them to keep up with changes in technology. It will be a mammoth task. In this episode of Work and the Future, economist and keynote speaker Linda Nazareth talks to Tricia Williams, Director of research, evaluation and knowledge mobilization at the Future Skills Centre about training and AI.

The Future Skills Centre (FSC) is inviting Canadian researchers and research organizations to apply for funding through a new open call for proposals that will tap into the potential of the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) dataset.

The Future Skills Centre invites researchers and organizations across Canada to contribute new evidence and insights that advance understanding of the country’s evolving skills and workforce needs.