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June 26, 2023 While immigration is responsible for as much as 90% of Canada’s labour force growth, our research shows that newcomer skills and experiences...

Help underemployed immigrant professionals overcome barriers to career advancement and help employers retain and leverage newcomer talent.

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...

The skills and experience of new immigrants are often wasted due to regulations and discrimination. More should be done to use their expertise. | March...

Immigration is an important part of Canada’s economic growth - especially in terms of sustaining the labour market. And although Canada welcomes many immigrants to our shores, we aren’t creating an employment environment where they can use their skills to their fullest potential. There are several steps that Canada needs to take to fix this problem, such as getting better at recognizing the credentials immigrants possess and providing them with improved labour market information throughout their immigration journey.

Toronto, May 17, 2021 – The workers hardest hit by job loss or a reduction in work hours during the pandemic were already among the most vulnerable members of the workforce, according to a new Environics Institute survey that shows COVID-19’s polarizing impact on employment and earnings.

Many people are managing to work from home, Environics Institute survey shows, but parents of young children, newcomers and young workers face greater challenges.

This project will help the manufacturing sector identify and improve the experience of onboarding immigrants to jobs in small to medium enterprises outside of large, gateway cities.

This project will study the impact of working-from-home on new graduates, women and newcomers to Canada in engineering and technology jobs.