Indigenous Peoples
Project
Yukon skills research and engagement
This research will examine and support Yukon as it recovers from the economic impact of COVID-19 while fostering resilience to prepare for future shocks.
Project
Minimizing gaps in Indigenous early learning
This project aims to find solutions to the shortage of trained Indigenous early learning and child care workers for Micmac communities.
Project
Empowering young moms in Northern Manitoba
Young mothers benefit from career exploration, development and skill building.
Project
Digital marketing for small business
Small business owners will enhance their digital marketing capabilities to address these vital skill gaps and build resilience.
Project
Tools and resources for gaming and digital media entrepreneurs
Founders of interactive digital media or game studio businesses who are racialized, BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ benefit from a toolkit and program that makes entrepreneurship in this sector accessible to more Canadians.
Research
Rising Skills: A Toolbox Talk on Social and Emotional Skills in the Construction Trades
This report looks at the social and emotional skills that construction tradespeople will need to participate in an industry that is becoming increasingly multi-generational and diverse.
Research
Indigenous STEM Access Programs: Leading Post-Secondary Inclusion
This Issue briefing discusses the impact of current programs for Indigenous learners in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in post-secondary education. They are one approach to increase Indigenous inclusion in these fields.
Research
Scoping Paper: Skills for the Post-Pandemic World
This paper contributes to the development of a post-pandemic skills agenda by clarifying broad changes and continuities in the economy and society that could have implications for skills and identifying a set of key themes on which further research is needed to better understand the challenges and opportunities which we face
Research
Learning Together: STEM Outreach Programs for Indigenous Students
In Learning Together: STEM Outreach Programs for Indigenous Students, we were interested in free STEM programs, not run by the formal education system, that target Indigenous children in Kindergarten to Grade 12. We surveyed these programs across Canada to learn more about how they reach Indigenous youth.