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A Neurodivergent Student’s Guide

This guide includes key information on how to prepare for higher education as a neurodivergent learner. These tips and tricks are meant to help set you up for success and make your transition easier.
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Artificial Intelligence Talent in Canada

With AI becoming part of more and more business functions, cultivating AI talent is essential for advancing development and adoption of AI technologies in Canada.
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Learning From One Another: Building a Stronger Skills Development Landscape in Nunavut, Northern Ontario, and Yukon

Skilled trades are a priority and among the top occupations in demand in Nunavut, Northern Ontario, and Yukon between 2024 and 2045; meeting this demand remains a persistent concern. Which type of organizations play a key role in sustaining Northern trades? What are the factors that impede Indigenous and Northern students from working in the trades even after they’ve participated in training programs? What plans are in the works that will allow for sustaining training, collaboration, and reduction in duplication in skills development services? Read the impact paper for a look at three programs that are making a difference, and an analysis of more services and approaches that could meet the demand for skilled trades in Canada’s North.
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How Are Educators Navigating the AI Revolution?

In this research, we examine whether post-secondary educators are using generative AI tools in their teaching practice and discuss their concerns about this emerging technology.
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Indigenous Youth in Finance: Navigating a Complex Path

With Indigenous youth a rapidly growing force in the Canadian labour market, the education, financial, and non-profit sectors can explore pathways to help choose careers in finance and management.
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Diabetic foot care and lower limb preservation: Evolving a value-based health care initiative in Ontario

This issue briefing examines the contextual specifics of the diabetes foot care and limb preservation (DFCLP) pathway components, providers, and care settings involved, and the patient populations they serve.
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The skills to work together: Strengthening interprofessional collaboration in diabetic foot care

Which skills do healthcare professionals in Canada need to bring to interprofessional foot care teams? What are the three types of necessary skill sets for interprofessional collaboration described in this briefing?
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The heart of the matter: Understanding hiring demand for social and emotional skills

This briefing looks at the hiring demand for social and emotional skills across the country for different industries and occupation levels.
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Social and emotional skills in the workplace: Insights from Canadian employers

This briefing presents findings on recruiting for social and emotional skills based on interviews with human resources professionals as well as analysis of Canadian knowledge-based job postings data.