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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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AI Isn’t Replacing Jobs, It’s Rewriting Them: Experts Map Out Canada’s AI Readiness
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how people work far more than it is eliminating jobs, according to experts who spoke at a recent Future Skills Centre webinar on the future of work in Canada.
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Future Skills Centre invests to turn PIAAC skills data into Canadian workforce insights
Canada’s productivity and prosperity depend in part on how effectively the country uses the skills of its workforce. To strengthen this foundation, the Future Skills Centre (FSC), funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Program, announced the selection of 10 research projects to tap into the potential of the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) dataset.
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From Crisis to Solutions: How Canada Can Strengthen Its Healthcare Workforce
Canada’s healthcare system is under growing strain, with long wait times, staffing shortages, and burnout continuing to impact workers and patients across the country. But during a recent Future Skills Centre webinar, healthcare leaders shared a more hopeful message: there are practical, innovative solutions already making a difference.
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Innovation at Scale: Why Replicating Proven Models Is Key to Closing Canada’s Skills Gap
Future-proofing Canada’s labour market means investing in ongoing skills development. Too often, successful pilot projects remain local, and evidence sharing, on its own, takes too long to impact real-world policy and practice.
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Implantation de l’IA: les travailleurs se sentent loin de la table de décision
Les travailleurs qui ne se sentent pas écoutés « sont généralement plus nerveux à l’idée d’utiliser l’IA au travail; plus mal à l’aise si l’IA doit être utilisée dans leur poste; plus prompts à se sentir paranoïaques à l’idée d’utiliser l’IA au travail; et plus craintifs que l’IA ne remplace leurs compétences »
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Taking Stock: Trends in Canada’s labour market
Amanda Lang discusses trends in Canada’s labour market with Noel Baldwin, executive director of the Future Skills Centre.
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Skills-first hiring and training key to staffing Canada’s $192B in major projects: report
Future Skills Centre recommends defining skills required for role rather than relying on degrees or job titles
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Electrification is happening, and these jobs are already hot, industry says
When Laura Tyrrell was a teenager in Alberta, she sometimes accompanied her father on jobs wiring condos.
“I loved it,” she recalled. “Going to work with him was fun.”
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New Data Shows the Majority of Canadians Are Navigating an AI-Shaped Labour Market on Their Own
PathPilot, a career navigation platform built for a changing labour market, officially launched on September 17, 2026. Built within GuruLink Inc., an operating recruiting firm, PathPilot gives job seekers personalized, readily available guidance on skills, job matching, resumés, and interview preparation, and provides the career professionals who support them with a shared view of caseloads, activity, and outcomes.
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Justice-Impacted Entrepreneurs Launch New Businesses in Toronto
On Saturday, September 12, new businesses created by graduates of Street Entrepreneurs 3.0 will open their doors to the public at the University of Toronto Schwartz Reisman Innovation Campus, 108 College Street. The founders are graduates of a sixteen-week business incubator run by Toronto’s Urban Rez Solutions Social Enterprise for formerly incarcerated and justice-impacted persons and their families. Every founder is now open for business.
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Why more new grads are skipping entry-level gigs to start their own business
When Jaiya Varshney graduated with a commerce degree from the University of British Columbia in 2023, she dutifully sent out resumes, hoping to land a job working in sustainability.