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Project

Digital marketing for small business

Small business owners will enhance their digital marketing capabilities to address these vital skill gaps and build resilience.
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Project

Cook to connect

Cook to Connect supports newcomers’ transition into the workplace through an innovative program that provides employment support and skills for the food service industry.
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Project

Georgian College: Digital transformation strategy

This project will increase knowledge, skills, comfort, and use of extended reality technologies.
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Project

Leadership development for Indigenous communities

Indigenous communities will be empowered through a national Indigenous leadership program with links to industry and career development opportunities.
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Project

Students’ soft skills at CCNB

To ensure students experience a successful transition from their post-secondary education to the work market, CCNB is accompanying them in the development of interpersonal and soft skills, thus contributing to meet New Brunswick’s employers’ expectations of well-qualified future workers.
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Research

Rising Skills: Digital Upskilling for Advanced Manufacturing Workplaces

Tradespeople need 21st-century digital skills to adapt to today’s more technologically advanced manufacturing sector. This summary looks at ways to strengthen training in Canadian manufacturing.
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Research

Focus on the future of skills and work in a digital economy

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and FSC sponsored a stream of labour market research reports on Skills and Work in the Digital Economy.
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Research

Economic Equality in a Changing World: Removing Barriers to Employment for Women

Action is needed to alleviate gender barriers. This report summarizes existing research and prevailing issues surrounding gender inequality, including those exacerbated by COVID-19, and points to further research that needs to be done on initiatives to reduce gender inequalities.
August 31, 2020 27 minutes
Podcast
Season 1 | Episode 2

Addressing Inequalities in the Workplace

Driven by an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens, the Future Skills Centre recognizes the competitive advantage that comes from fostering innovative solutions which address the...

Featuring: Heather McIntosh, Maya Roy, Ed Ng , Jordan Wapass