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All of our activities, projects, and research are made possible through partnerships. We are committed to working closely with our partners and widely sharing the results to further promote collaboration.
Our engagement strategy is based on our Community of Practice and Knowledge Mobilization strategy. We are building a pan-Canadian network of partners and stakeholders to encourage collaboration, the exchange of ideas, and sharing of knowledge and best practices. We will also ensure that our work is accessible to all Canadians and that knowledge is available in the right form, at the right place, at the right time.
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Future Skills Centre invests $7.6M in 35 projects
Content from: Canadian Manufacturing
June 16, 2025 by Canadian Manufacturing Staff
The new projects include both early-stage innovations and ready-to-launch programs.
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Seizing Canada’s moment: Future Skills Centre announces $7.6 million investment in building skills and workforce resilience
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.
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Gen Z is facing the worst youth unemployment rate in decades. Here is how it’s different
Content from: CBC News
June 11, 2025 by Jenna Benchetrit
Youth unemployment a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for broader labour market troubles
In the Media
Future Skills Centre invests $7.6M in 35 projects
Content from: Canadian Manufacturing
June 16, 2025 by Canadian Manufacturing Staff
The new projects include both early-stage innovations and ready-to-launch programs.
News
Seizing Canada’s moment: Future Skills Centre announces $7.6 million investment in building skills and workforce resilience
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.
In the Media
Gen Z is facing the worst youth unemployment rate in decades. Here is how it’s different
Content from: CBC News
June 11, 2025 by Jenna Benchetrit
Youth unemployment a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for broader labour market troubles
In the Media
Neurodiversity in Canadian postsecondary education
Content from: UniversityAffairs.ca
May 15, 2025 by Sparrow McGowan
Despite increased access to postsecondary education, neurodivergent students remain underrepresented in Canadian institutions and less than half disclose their identities and diagnoses, according to a recent report by The Conference Board of Canada and the Future Skills Centre. Neuroinclusive policies and practices can promote student retention and success, says the report, but they need to be integrated and centralized.
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DATA in a New WaY: colleges connect rural learners to tech training
Content from: DiscoverEstevan.com
May 14, 2025 by Larissa McEwen
Southeast College and Suncrest College have partnered to launch DATA In a New WaY (Digital and Tech Access for Indigenous, Newcomers, Women and Youth), a new computer science and workplace training initiative set to begin in June 2025.
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Canada’s Biomanufacturing Sector Faces 16,000-Worker Talent Gap
Content from: TechTalent.ca
May 12, 2025
Canada’s growing ambitions to lead in vaccine and biologics manufacturing face a serious bottleneck: a shortage of skilled workers.
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Winnipeg Hosts its First ECONx Summit at the RBC Convention Centre
Content from: Radio Canada
April 29, 2025
On Tuesday, Winnipeg is hosting its first ECONx, an economic summit focused on its future, at the RBC Convention Centre. Noel Baldwin, executive director of the Future Skills Centre, explains that the goal is to discuss and design Winnipeg’s future.
In the Media
Overskilled and Underused? What PIAAC Reveals About the Canadian Workforce
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.