Sectors
Labour market trends such as technology, shifting demographics and climate change are leading to rapid change in key sectors of our economy. Workers and employers will require support from the skills ecosystem to successfully manage these transitions.
Project
Tools and resources for gaming and digital media entrepreneurs
Founders of interactive digital media or game studio businesses who are racialized, BIPOC or LGBTQIA+ benefit from a toolkit and program that makes entrepreneurship in this sector accessible to more Canadians.
Project
Cook to connect
Cook to Connect supports newcomers’ transition into the workplace through an innovative program that provides employment support and skills for the food service industry.
Research
Rising Skills: Digital Upskilling for Advanced Manufacturing Workplaces
Tradespeople need 21st-century digital skills to adapt to today’s more technologically advanced manufacturing sector. This summary looks at ways to strengthen training in Canadian manufacturing.
Research
Responding to Automation: Technology Adoption in Canadian Industries
We examine some of the determinants of automation and its impact on Canadian occupations and industries.
Research
Rising Skills: Emerging Skills in the Food Services Trades
Commercial kitchens are becoming more automated, connected, and diverse workplaces. This briefing looks at the skill sets that food services tradespeople—in particular, the Red Seal trades of cook and baker—need to adapt, as well as how employers can find the skilled talent they need.
Research
Rising Skills: Digital Skills Needs for Smart and Connected Vehicles
As the automotive industry shifts toward smart and connected vehicles, tradespeople who service cars, trucks, heavy duty equipment, and other vehicles will need stronger digital competencies. This briefing looks at how stakeholders in the automotive sector can reduce barriers to digital upskilling for both apprentices and journeypersons.
Research
Rising Skills: A Toolbox Talk on Social and Emotional Skills in the Construction Trades
This report looks at the social and emotional skills that construction tradespeople will need to participate in an industry that is becoming increasingly multi-generational and diverse.
Research
Bridging Generational Divides: Advancing Digital Skills in Canada’s Apprenticeships and Skilled Trades Ecosystem
A digital revolution is coming to the skilled trades. Tradespeople will need a range of new digital skills to keep pace with the future of work. In this report, we look at how Canadian apprenticeship training can adapt to the future of work.
September 14, 2020
35 minutes
Season 1 | Episode 3
Skilled Trades—Transitioning to a Digital, Green, and Human Future
Apprenticeships get a bad rap. All too often, we perpetuate negative images of the trades: dirty, low pay, and boring. These stereotypes couldn’t be further...
Featuring: Heather McIntosh, Andrew Bieler, Jeff Ranson , Jim Szautner