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Event

Future Skills Centre at the OECD Webinar

Are foundation skills the building blocks for success in the AI era? 22 November 2024 13:00 CET Artificial intelligence is reshaping jobs and automating more...
Blog

Is unemployment a public health issue?

In case you missed it, there’s a new report on unemployment in Canada from the Survey on Employment and Skills looking at the reasons why some people fall out...
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Project

Mind Your Health

The “Mind Your Health” project, initiated by Not 9 to 5 in Canada, addressed the acute mental health crisis in the hospitality sector.
Youth working on a technical project
State of Skills

Enhancing Career Prospects and Well-Being for Canadian Youth

To stem the recent downturn in labour market conditions of youth and to lay the groundwork for them to play a pivotal role in fostering growth and inclusion, it is imperative to address and dismantle the multiple and intersectional barriers they encounter.
Two people sitting in a technology lab.
Project

MindFrame Connect

Research shows that women and racialized entrepreneurs are often disadvantaged from a network perspective, underlining the need to foster a more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem that includes mentoring.
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Project

Black African and Caribbean Entrepreneurship Leadership (BACEL)

The overarching goal of this program is to empower Black entrepreneurs across Canada through comprehensive skills building, mentorship and networking opportunities designed to address the needs of these entrepreneurs at different stages of their journeys, including ideation, validation and scaling up.
Scientists look through microscope.
Project

Building Resiliency and Sustainability for the Bio-Economy to Withstand Disruption

Led by BioTalent Canada, the project “Building Resiliency and Sustainability for the Bio-economy to Withstand Disruption” tackled pressing issues faced by the Canadian bio-economy during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Project

What We Know and What We Need to Know about Adapting Experiential Learning to the Digital Economy

This project reviewed the management literature on the digital economy to better understand what knowledge and skills managers need to bring about a more equitable version of the digital economy, and how managers could learn these critical skills.
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Research

Long-Term Labour Market Scarring on Youth from Economic Shocks

Young people today are facing the lasting effects of the pandemic while grappling with challenges like the cost of living, the housing crisis, and accelerating climate impacts. For those reasons, it is important to think about policy responses that will help dampen the scars associated with the pandemic and mitigate future scarring.