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This database has been compiled to provide a searchable repository on published research addressing “future skills” that will be a useful tool for researchers and individuals interested in the future of work and the future of skills.

The database integrates existing bibliographies focused on future skills and the future of work as well as the results of new ProQuest and Google Scholar searches. The process of building the database also involved consultations with experts and the identification of key research organizations publishing in this area, as well as searches of those organizations’ websites. For a more detailed explanation of how the database was assembled, please read the Future Skills Reference Database Technical Note.

The current database, assembled by future skills researchers at the Diversity Institute, is not exhaustive but represents a first step in building a more comprehensive database. It will be regularly updated and expanded as new material is published and identified. In that vein, we encourage those with suggestions for improvements to this database to connect with us directly at di.fsc@ryerson.ca.

From this database, we also selected 39 key publications and created an Annotated Bibliography. It is designed to serve as a useful tool for researchers, especially Canadian researchers, who may need some initial guidance in terms of the key references in this area.

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Future skills: Soft skills matter

What are the future skills which will be needed given the exponential growth in technology fields such as artificial intelligence (AI), augmented and virtual reality (AR, VR), data science, digital biology and biotech, medicine, nanotech, and digital fabrication, networks and computing systems, robotics, and autonomous vehicles? The rate of change is enough to make parents and educators heads’ spin but it is crucial that our employment, training, and educations systems are able to respond to this rapidly changing landscape. Having the right skills at the right time – and in the right place within Canada’s workforce – will support Canada’s ability to be competitive and prosperous.
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Main results: LMI interactive dashboard

The Labour Market Information Council has a mandate to provide Canadians with current, reliable and accessible labour market information to help facilitate their decision-making. This recent public opinion research has been used to identify the most valuable information and resources people are seeking, and how we can provide the most value to Canadians. This dashboard is constantly evolving to present the newest interpretations of the data from the research. You can also learn more about what this means to you, by examining our Insights reports.
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Mercedes will reduce robots on production line, employ more actual humans

With all of the options and features the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and other new models have, the robots on the production line just can’t handle making the cars alone. For that reason, the automaker will trade out some of the machines for good, old-fashioned human labor.
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LMIC CIMT

The Labour Market Information Council has a mandate to provide Canadians with current, reliable and accessible labour market information to help facilitate their decision-making. This recent public opinion research has been used to identify the most valuable information and resources people are seeking, and how we can provide the most value to Canadians. This dashboard is constantly evolving to present the newest interpretations of the data from the research. You can also learn more about what this means to you, by examining our Insights reports.
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Work + learn futures lab

The global workforce is in transition, and the way we’ll learn the skills we need and find the work we want will disrupt decades of formal education and workplace training. Already, young people around the world are pioneering new distributed pathways to learning, working, and living. At the same time, inequities in access to work—income inequality, discrimination, and high-risk labor—will require us to reinvent the “good job” for this new distributed global workforce. IFTF’s Work+Learn Futures Lab is helping learners, workers, educators, and employers get #futurefit for a new workable future.
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Cognitive collaboration: Why humans and computers think better together

Some have voiced fears that artificial intelligence could replace humans altogether. But that isn’t likely. A more valuable approach may be to view machine and human intelligence as complementary, with each bringing its own strengths to the table.