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Embracing Evaluation and Learning for a Resilient Future
What if the key to preparing Canada’s workforce wasn’t just about training people but learning from the training itself?
In the Media
Neurodiversity in Canadian postsecondary education
Content from: UniversityAffairs.ca
May 15, 2025 by Sparrow McGowan
Despite increased access to postsecondary education, neurodivergent students remain underrepresented in Canadian institutions and less than half disclose their identities and diagnoses, according to a recent report by The Conference Board of Canada and the Future Skills Centre. Neuroinclusive policies and practices can promote student retention and success, says the report, but they need to be integrated and centralized.
In the Media
DATA in a New WaY: colleges connect rural learners to tech training
Content from: DiscoverEstevan.com
May 14, 2025 by Larissa McEwen
Southeast College and Suncrest College have partnered to launch DATA In a New WaY (Digital and Tech Access for Indigenous, Newcomers, Women and Youth), a new computer science and workplace training initiative set to begin in June 2025.
Event
Advancing inclusion: Learning with Black Communities in Canada
Black communities are a vital part of Canada's cultural and economic fabric. Yet, systemic anti-Black racism continues to limit access to quality education, skills training, and employment opportunities.
In the Media
Canada’s Biomanufacturing Sector Faces 16,000-Worker Talent Gap
Content from: TechTalent.ca
May 12, 2025
Canada’s growing ambitions to lead in vaccine and biologics manufacturing face a serious bottleneck: a shortage of skilled workers.
Blog
Barriers to Immigrants’ Employment: Do Employers Recognize Foreign Experience, Qualifications and Credentials?
Canada seeks to attract immigrants who are highly skilled or well-educated. But it’s often difficult for immigrants to find jobs that make use of their skills, particularly when employers don’t recognize the work experience or qualifications they earned before moving to Canada.
In the Media
Winnipeg Hosts its First ECONx Summit at the RBC Convention Centre
Content from: Radio Canada
April 29, 2025
On Tuesday, Winnipeg is hosting its first ECONx, an economic summit focused on its future, at the RBC Convention Centre. Noel Baldwin, executive director of the Future Skills Centre, explains that the goal is to discuss and design Winnipeg's future.
State of Skills
Working Collaboratively to Close Skills-Related LMI Gaps
Labour market information (LMI) is a key pillar of a well-functioning workforce development system, yet considerable gaps remain in the generation, dissemination and uptake of skills-related LMI in Canada.
In the Media
Overskilled and Underused? What PIAAC Reveals About the Canadian Workforce
Content from: HigherEd Strategy, Alex Usher | April 24, 2025
Today my guest is the CEO of Canada’s Future Skills Centre, Noel Baldwin. Over the past decade, both in his roles at FSC, his previous ones at the Council Minister of Education Canada, he’s arguably been one of the country’s most dedicated users of PIAAC data. As part of Canada’s delegation to the OECD committee in charge of PIAAC, he also had a front row seat to the development of these tests and the machinery behind these big international surveys.