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In the Media
Two new AI tools to help you land a job
Content from: Betakit, Jacqueline Loganathan | March 13, 2025
Artificial intelligence has quietly moved from behind the scenes to the front lines of hiring.
Companies are now relying on AI to sift through résumés, rank candidates, and forecast job performance, sometimes before humans even get involved. Speed and automation now help dictate who gets a foot in the door.
Research
From Shortages to Solutions: Tackling Canada’s Critical Gaps in Healthcare, Trades and Tech
Canada is facing a dramatic workforce gap. The country lacks workers with technical skills and post-secondary education, such as engineers, tradespeople, nurses, and educators. This imbalance cost an estimated $2.6 billion in lost GDP in 2024. Training and reskilling are vital but will not be enough—or fast enough— to close the gap.
Project
Practitioner Data Initiative: Building Data Capacity
Blueprint created the Practitioner Data Initiative (PDI), a pan-Canadian project that responds to data challenges nonprofits face.
Project
Development of a National Agriculture and Agri-Food Workforce Strategy
This project set in motion a series of initiatives aimed to generate the necessary insights and evidence required to develop a national workforce strategy for the Canadian agriculture and agri-food sector.
Blog
What’s Past is Prologue
What we learned about adult skills in Canada from the first cycle of PIAAC, and what we still need to explore.
Event
Insights in Action Tour: Closing Webinar
After a series of dynamic events nationwide, we are bringing together key takeaways, promising solutions, and regional perspectives in a final webinar. This session will highlight the projects shaping skills development across the country, what we’ve heard from diverse stakeholders, and the opportunities ahead to build a future-ready workforce.
Blog
Using AI Programs at Work: How Canadians are Reacting to Technological Change in the Workplace
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are attracting attention for their potential to bring significant changes to the workplace, some of them positive (more productivity and creativity) and some negative (more automation and unemployment). Here’s a summary of some recent survey findings about how workers in Canada are reacting.
Event
Future Skills Centre at Transition Accelerator Event on Workforce Growth for a Prosperous Canada
What kind of skilled workforce does Canada need for a competitive, prosperous future economy—and how do we make sure we have it? As demand for low-carbon energy surges globally, Canada's role as a producer and exporter of critical minerals, electricity and more could come with big opportunities for workforce growth. The electricity sector is focused on how to train, upskill, and hire the workers needed to produce and distribute enough affordable electricity to meet projected demands. Critical mineral supply chains are facing similar issues, which could become even more challenging should efforts to responsibly speed mine approvals succeed.
In the Media
The Future of Skills in the Trades
Content from: thefutureeconomy.ca
By: Brynn Bourke and Noel Baldwin | February 18, 2025