Network
The Future Skills Research Network is an expanding and diverse group of scholars, experts, practitioners and other stakeholders actively engaged in research on future skills and the future of work. This national network is helping to inform and advance the Future Skills Centre’s research agenda by providing access to network members’ deep experience with skills development and their subject matter and methodological expertise. The Future Skills Research Network is also designed to help facilitate knowledge sharing and spark collaborations between members, both as a part of the Centre’s work as well as the wider future skills research agenda.
Dr. Marvin Washington
Associate Dean of Executive Education; Professor of Strategic Management and Organization
Alberta School of Business
Dr. Marvin Washington is the Academic Director in the Executive Program and the Alberta Health Services Executive Leadership program with the Executive Education Faculty at the Alberta School of Business. Dr. Washington’s research, teaching, and consulting focus is on processes of organizational...
Dave Drewery
Research Coordinator
Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-operative Education (WatCACE), University of Waterloo
David Drewery is Research Coordinator, WatCACE, at the University of Waterloo. His research centers on three themes: (1) the “quality” of work-integrated learning experiences, (2) lifelong learning (its conceptualization, measurement, and relevance to the future of work), and (3) students’...
Dr. Dana Church
Manager, Research
Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-operative Education (WatCACE), University of Waterloo
Dr. Dana Church is the Manager, Research, for the Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-operative Education (WatCACE) at the University of Waterloo. During her years with WatCACE she has collaborated on a number of research projects on work-integrated learning that have subsequently been...
Emna Braham
Senior Economist
Labour Market Information Council
Emna Braham is a senior economist for the Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) where she leads and conduct forward-looking research on the Canadian labour market. She collaborates with stakeholders, including governmental partners, to assess the current state of labour market information and...
Dr. Judene Pretti
Director
Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-operative Education (WatCACE), University of Waterloo
Dr. Judene Pretti is the Director of the Waterloo Centre for the Advancement of Co-operative Education (WatCACE). She is a graduate of the University of Waterloo (BMath ‘97, MMSc ’09, PhD ‘19) and Queen's University (BEd ’97). Her leadership of WatCACE involves oversight and contributions...
Stephen Harrington
National Lead, Workforce Strategy
Deloitte Canada
Stephen Harrington is Deloitte’s National Lead – Workforce Strategy, and has been a writer and speaker on the future of work and the workplace of the future since 2011. With 18 years’ experience in Consulting, Stephen leads transformations in talent strategy that enable Deloitte clients to...
Dr. Max Nathan
Associate Professor; Deputy Director; Research Fellow
CASA, University College London; What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth; IZA
Dr. Max Nathan is Associate Professor in Applied Urban Science at the University College London and is a Deputy Director of the What Works Centre for Local Economic Growth. He is an economic geographer with a background in public policy. His research focuses on urban economic development, in...
Dr. Dan Samosh
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy, Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto
Dr. Dan Samosh is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy and the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in Organizational Behaviour from Queen’s University, his MSc in Strategy from...
Dr. Ross Finnie
Full Professor; Director
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs; Education Policy Research Initiative, University of Ottawa
Dr. Ross Finnie is a Full Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Education Policy Research Initiative at the University of Ottawa. Professor Finnie works in various areas of labour and public economics. His current interests are focussed on post-...
