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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.
In the Media
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.
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Indigenous Peoples in the Workplace: Examining Employment, Discrimination, Training and Artificial Intelligence Use Report
The Indigenous Peoples in the Workplace: Examining Employment, Discrimination, Training and Artificial Intelligence Use Report builds on previous Diversity Institute research by using data from Wave 8 of the Survey on Employment and Skills, which was conducted by the Environics Institute for Survey Research, in partnership with the Future Skills Centre and the Diversity Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University.
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Nunavut does not have its own immigration pathway, despite acute labour shortages
Every other Canadian province and two of the three territories select their own economic immigrants. Nunavut doesn’t — and the reasons have more to do with Inuit employment and a small, strained labour market.
In the Media
AI skills gap in Canada widens as worker confidence fails to keep pace
New TD research exposes critical AI skills gap in Canada, with one in three workers admitting to overstating abilities
In the Media
Is the AI training gap dulling your transformation edge?
Canadian organizations are deploying artificial intelligence (AI) faster than they’re preparing their people to use it – and the cost of that gap is becoming impossible to ignore, according to a report.
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The people side is the real AI barrier: experts
Canadian HR leaders should overhaul how they hire and train for artificial intelligence — treating AI as a technology that redesigns existing jobs and building AI fluency across the entire workforce rather than acquiring a handful of technical specialists, according to experts.
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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.
In the Media
Canada’s AI boom is about to collide with a major labour shortage
In Canada, AI isn’t the only boom in town. Across the country, demand for skilled labour is soaring as everyone from property magnates to pipeline developers, mining firms and technology companies rush to secure the skilled workers needed to build projects big and small.