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.
In the Media
Most Canadian workers support equity efforts despite some backlash: report
Content from: ctvnews.ca and The Canadian Press
October 30, 2025
A majority of Canadian workers say they view equity, diversity and inclusion favourably, according to a new report, even in the face of some backlash.
In the Media
FSC Executive Director Noel Baldwin on CTV Vancouver
Content from: ctvnews.ca
October 20, 2025
Noel Baldwin of the Future Skills Centre joins CTV Your Morning Vancouver to address Canada's youth unemployment rate.
Project
Building Capacity and Skills to Survive Shock for Current and Future Not-for-Profit Managers: A New Approach
This project aimed to develop and test a new skills training model that bridged the academic and not-for-profit sectors. The experiential learning course called “Innovation for Social Impact” was developed and launched to achieve this goal.
Research
Adoption Ready? The AI Exposure of Jobs and Skills in Canada's Public Sector Workforce
This project investigates how artificial intelligence adoption could affect Canada’s public sector workforce, examining whether AI is more likely to assist workers with job tasks or automate those tasks entirely.
Event
Big Thinking Summit: Future Ready Graduate Education in Canada
The Big Thinking Summit: Future Ready Graduate Education in Canada will alternate between plenaries and deliberative breakout sessions, designed to foster alignment on education, policy, and practice.
Project
Youth Jobs and Employment Career Pathing
Many youth, especially those from equity-deserving groups, are not aware of what career options they have and do not know what skills they need to achieve them. To address these gaps, the Diversity Institute designed and tested the Future Skills & Careers platform with the Peel District School Board (PDSB).
Project
Digital Transformation Strategy
There is growing demand for workers with advanced digital skills. To address this demand, Georgian College aimed to modernize itself. Guided by a Digital Transformation Strategy, this project involved integrating campus-wide extended reality (XR) technologies to enhance teaching and learning, remote collaboration and tools for daily work.
Research
Food Sustainability in the North: Skills Challenges and Opportunities in Community Greenhouse Projects
Given the advancements of innovative technologies pertaining to agricultural practice and its evolving skills needs, this report reviews the current and future competencies needed for community-led greenhouse projects in Northern Indigenous communities to inform the future of training programs and initiatives.
Podcast
FSC Executive Director Noel Baldwin on Leader Talks Podcast
Content from: ccdi.ca
September 18, 2025 by Anne-Marie Pham
What can shift when organizations look outside the box to fill gaps together? This discussion is part of our Inclusion Table Talks, a series of CCDI's Leader Talks with Anne-Marie Pham podcast which dives deeper into pressing issues in diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility.
Joining us to explore these ideas are two guests: Noel Baldwin, Executive Director of the Future Skills Centre, an organization committed to preparing Canadians for the next chapter of work, and Zahra Ebrahim, the CEO and co-founder of Monumental, which is a social purpose business working to advance equitable city-building and urban development.