Research + White Papers
Values, knowledge and vision: how Inuit skills can strengthen northern economies
How can Northern economies grow through Inuit skills and community priorities? This primer explores job sectors in Inuit Nunangat where values, traditional knowledge, and strengths...
Made in Nunavut: building Inuit skills for northern offshore fisheries and beyond
This case study analysis focuses on skills training for Nunavut’s commercial offshore fisheries, but the lessons learned are applicable to Nunavut’s inshore fisheries, broader marine sectors, and other Northern industries.
Employment in 2030: Action labs
These reports will help you gain insight into regional labour market challenges and recommendations for more worker-centric Labour Market Information (LMI).
Saskatchewan’s Forest Sector: Future Skills for an Indigenous-Led Revitalization
The forest sector in northern Saskatchewan must contend with labour shortages, skills gaps, and the desire by Indigenous communities to expand the sector toward renewable and alternative forest products.
Making up time: The impact of the pandemic on young adults in Canada
This report explores the experiences during the pandemic of younger adults, defined as those between the ages of 18 and 34. It documents, not only the extent to which Canadian youth as a whole have been especially hard hit economically by the pandemic, but also how specific groups of youth – notably Indigenous youth, Black youth, youth with a disability, youth without a post-secondary education, and recent post-secondary graduates – have each encountered particular challenges.
Are Adults Making Use of Career Services in Canada?
Career services represent an important way for Canadians to attain reliable and accurate labour market information (LMI), such as job opportunities, potential earnings and skill requirements, as well as a wide range of supports to support success in learning and work.
Responsive career pathways
The Responsive Career Pathways research papers include a wide range of ideas for strengthening career guidance practices across Canada.
Skills development in northern mining regions: lessons from Manitoba
Many Indigenous workers in northern Manitoba depending on mining for employment, but workers may face multiple barriers to accessing the skills and training they need to succeed in the industry.
Technological Transformations and the Automotive Services Industry
This report examines the challenges facing the automotive services industry in Québec as it transitions from selling and servicing traditional combustion-engine vehicles to new generations of motor vehicles. These new models are computerized and connected through sophisticated on-board diagnostic (OBD) systems, integrate advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), and are often propelled by hybrid and electric motors.