Future Skills Centre • Centre des Compétences futures

News Release

Future Skills Centre tackles ongoing skills shortage by investing in programs helping thousands land in-demand jobs for today and tomorrow

May 10, 2022

Toronto, May 12, 2022 —The Future Skills Centre (FSC) takes on the growing skilled labour shortage and widening skills-to-jobs mismatch by announcing today a $19M...

News

Tackling skills shortages now and in the future

May 10, 2022

Canada’s labour market is feeling the strain of the current skills shortage. According to the Conference Board of Canada, skills-related job vacancies are costing our...

In the Media

Why aren’t more Canadians using career services?

December 23, 2021

Dec. 18, 2021 — contributed to the Toronto Star by Tony Bonen and Tricia Williams

engagement

Two ways we can connect more adults to career services in Canada

November 29, 2021

In Canada, only 19% of adults report using career services – lower than in other OECD countries. Recently LMIC launched its latest insight report in...

Project

Canadian cybersecurity skills and talent transformation

October 2021
Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst

This project aims to transform the Canadian cybersecurity sector into a field that is inclusive and better positioned to meet the soaring demand for cybersecurity specialists in the country.

Norther College lights campus from outside.

Project

CLIMB: Continuous Learning for Individuals’ Mid-career and Beyond

April 2020
Northern Lights College

Mid-career workers are most vulnerable to disruption of the labour market but there is little widespread information, resources, or training to support a mid-career change.

engagement

Training displaced oil and gas workers to flourish in Alberta’s tech boom

February 19, 2020

Shona Clarke had spent more than 20 years working as a senior geologist in Calgary’s oil and gas industry when she lost her job as the global energy company she worked for downsized and restructured.

SME Adaptability

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Program helps displaced oil & gas professionals transition to tech

January 8, 2020

Oil and gas industry professionals who have been displaced mid-career can now apply to access no-cost training for in-demand tech jobs with the first cohort in the EDGE UP digital upskilling program, beginning in February 2020.