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.
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.
Project
Leadership Development for Indigenous Communities
To address the economic gaps that persist between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in Canada, Workforce Warriors Inc. launched the Leadership Development for Indigenous Communities project.
Event
FSC at How Green Skills are Shaping the Future of Canada’s Skilled Trades
We’re pleased to share that Alex Stephens, Director of Programs at the FSC, will be speaking at an upcoming webinar hosted by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum on September 30, 2025
Event
FSC at Skills Bridge
We’re pleased to share that Noel Baldwin, Executive Director at the FSC, will be speaking at the Skills Bridge Summit, hosted by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC).
Project
In Motion & Momentum+ (IM&M+)
IM&M+ is an intensive pre-employability program that supports people to address complex barriers to employment and make progress towards reaching their social and economic potential.
Research
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employment, Productivity and Skills Development in Quebec
This research project aimed to produce a report on the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) on the Quebec labour market.
July 16, 2025
29 minutes
Podcast
Season 5 | Episode 3
AI in the Workplace and the Skills that Matter Most
In this episode of the Future Skills Podcast, host Jeremy Strachan explores the transformative world of Artificial Intelligence and its impact on the Canadian workforce....
Featuring: Jeremy Strachan, Noel Baldwin, Stephanie Enders, Mark Patterson