skills gap

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

This project aims to find solutions to the shortage of trained Indigenous early learning and child care workers for Micmac communities.

Indigenous youth benefit from this pilot, which develops a rapid customization process and core skills training that also addresses critical labour shortages.

This research will provide data that enables the Yonge Street Mission to better understand and support the journey to gainful employment for those living in poverty.

Creating a program to bridge the gap between employer demand and workforce attachment in Nova Scotia and PEI.

Project to create a virtual recruitment and assessment centre in four regions across Canada to recruit underrepresented populations into the unionized construction industry.

First Canadian test of online VALID-8 tool allowing trades apprentices to be objectively assessed by a certified journeyperson and also demonstrate what they are capable of to prospective employers.

This project will develop a comprehensive skills framework to describe the Canadian workforce, assess the types of skills currently required by employers and offered by employees, and propose strategies for policymakers to mitigate the growing skills shortage.

This research project will investigate the role Indigenous-controlled post-secondary institutes play in helping First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students achieve academic success and find meaningful employment.