Future Skills
Future skills – basic literacy, numeracy and socio-emotional skills – are important across all economic sectors and occupations. Figuring out who and how to address skills gaps is key to building an inclusive workforce with upward mobility.
Research
Race alongside the machines: Occupational digitalization trends in Canada, 2006-2021
Understanding which jobs have changed the most, and which type of digital skills are changing, is important in informing better policies to prepare workers for the future.
In the Media
Canadian universities future-proof students with experiential learning
Nicole Edwards, The Globe and Mail | November 16, 2022
Research
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
Research
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?
Blog
Digging in: New ways to boost the mining industry’s talent pool
The Canadian mining industry will need to hire over 80,000 new workers to fill vacant positions by 2025. That’s the projection of the Mining Industry...
August 18, 2022
29 minutes
Podcast
Season 2 | Episode 6
Skills for the Digital Economy
Technological change is affecting every sector, and these changes shift the roles and the skills in demand. Our guests share their perspectives on what needs...
Featuring: Linda Nazareth, Namir Anani, Rushmi Hasham, Nathalie Sanon
Blog
Shortage of skilled tradespeople and apprentices requires range of supports
Canada needs skilled tradespeople. According to the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF-FCA), over the five-year period from 2022 to 2026, an estimated 122,380 new journeypersons will...
Research
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.
Project
Calgary Regional WIL Secretariate and Portal
Work-integrated learning (WIL) gives people the chance to apply the skills they have learned in the classroom while gaining on-the-job experience and pathways to meaningful...