Across Canada
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From Data to Decision: AI Training and Professional Certification
This project was a short, online certified program in artificial intelligence (AI) for professionals and leaders offered by IVADO in collaboration with the University of Montreal.
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Skills Matching and Opportunities in Wood Manufacturing
The Wood Manufacturing Council (WMC), with support from the Conference Board of Canada (CBoC), launched the Skills Matching and Opportunities in Wood Manufacturing project to address the gap between job seekers’ desires for viable and desirable career transitions and the recruitment challenges faced by the wood manufacturing sector.
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ABC Skills Hub
Nearly half of Canadian adults have inadequate literacy skills, meaning they have poor reading, writing and numeracy skills that limit their ability to participate in the economy and daily life. ABC Life Literacy, an expert in adult learning, has been successfully offering adult literacy courses in person, and sought to migrate this content online to be more widely accessible to individual learners and other literacy organizations across the country.
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Atlantic Autism Supports and Employment Network (AASEN)
Although research has shown that neurodivergent individuals can be highly engaged and productive employees, autistic individuals in the Atlantic Region are significantly underrepresented in the labour market.
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For-credit inSTEM program
This project implemented land-based camps that sought to marry Indigenous knowledge and STEM education.
Research
The perspectives of second-generation immigrants in Canada
Outcomes for second-generation immigrants are typically measured in terms of educational attainment, employment rates and income. This study finds that the experiences of second-generation immigrants cannot be easily generalized.
In the Media
The lasting impacts of work-from-home
One legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada is the ongoing shift in work arrangements and location. Work-from-home (WFH), once considered a temporary emergency solution to the initial lockdowns in 2020, has taken root, reshaping how individuals work in many sectors.
Research
Greening small and medium-sized enterprises: Women entrepreneurs and the path to net-zero
The transition to net zero requires action in businesses across sectors and at every stage of the value chain.
Research
Navigating net-zero: Faculty perspectives on greening post-secondary curricula
This project sought to understand how post-secondary institutions are integrating green skills, climate literacy, and green career pathways into their programming, the barriers they faced, and opportunities for them to be more responsive to emerging green economy needs.