Research + White Papers
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Experiential learning in the social sector
This report explores experiential learning, also known as work integrated learning, in the social service sector from the perspective of both employers and students in social sciences, humanities and arts
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Digital skills for today and tomorrow
The rapid digital transformation in Canada due to the pandemic could increase our productivity and growth potential for years to come. How can Canada unlock this opportunity?
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Digital transformation of government: Addressing talent gaps and the needs of an inclusive workforce
The Government of Canada has prioritized digitization of processes and services for more than a decade since the release of Improving Canada’s Digital Advantage in 2010 in response to citizen demands, accountability frameworks, and the need to do more with less.
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The shift to remote work: How workers in Canada are adapting to working from home
The Survey on Employment and Skills has been tracking experiences with remote work since 2020. The latest wave of the survey finds that these experiences have become more positive over the course of the pandemic.
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Exploring the multiple dimensions of quality of work
Job quality has always been an important, yet often overlooked, element of the labour market. It encompasses factors that affect worker well-being and business productivity.
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COVID-19 and logistics: Changes and challenges in demand, business practices, and workforce management
This study aims to understand how the pandemic has altered the demand for supply chain and logistics services in Canada and how businesses within the industry have adapted to pandemic-related health and safety protocols.
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Beyond blue and white collar: a skills-based approach to Canadian job groupings
Canadian employers are increasingly thinking about work from a skills perspective. This issue briefing takes a new approach to defining job groupings.
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From Low-Mobility to Rapid-Growth Jobs: How Governments and Agencies Can Build the Bridge to Clean Economy Careers
This issue briefing looks at the retraining required to transition workers from occupations susceptible to automation to rapidly growing occupations in the clean economy.
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Planning When You Can’t Predict: Strategic Foresight and the Future of Work
This report introduces strategic foresight, a discipline that helps organizations and individuals think about and plan for the future in a context of radical uncertainty involving disruptive political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental changes.