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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.

Female instructor holding hardhat and explaining occupational safety rules to workers sitting at table
Project

Creating a Microlearning Model for the Canadian Mining Industry

Using an existing competency framework from the Mining Industry Human Resources Council, and extensive input from front-line workers and supervisors, this project developed 10 microlearning modules and accompanying coaching supports on behaviour-based safety and communication.
Young woman woodworking by drill-machine
Project

Skills Matching and Opportunities in Wood Manufacturing

The Wood Manufacturing Council (WMC), with support from the Conference Board of Canada (CBoC), launched the Skills Matching and Opportunities in Wood Manufacturing project to address the gap between job seekers’ desires for viable and desirable career transitions and the recruitment challenges faced by the wood manufacturing sector.
Young person holding a laptop walks in front of a green hedge
Project

Building Capacity for Advancing Climate Change Leadership

This project explored the viability of developing a national framework for the leadership competencies required to address climate change. The project also focused on how such a framework could guide the development of climate-related micro-credentials across the skills and training ecosystem.
Person in apron, protective mask and gloves working at coffee shop
Project

On the Frontlines of Crisis Training Program

Weston Frontlines Centre created the Frontlines of Crisis Training Program, a 15-week hybrid training program to prepare young people with skills relevant for food production and distribution in the non-profit sector. 
Two women looking at a laptop in a library.
Project

ABC Skills Hub

Nearly half of Canadian adults have inadequate literacy skills, meaning they have poor reading, writing and numeracy skills that limit their ability to participate in the economy and daily life. ABC Life Literacy, an expert in adult learning, has been successfully offering adult literacy courses in person, and sought to migrate this content online to be more widely accessible to individual learners and other literacy organizations across the country.
technician explains a work tool to a young woman in a workshop
Project

Skills, Explore, Achieve, Revive (SOAR)

Have questions about our work? Do you need access to a report in English or French? Please contact communications@fsc-ccf.ca. How to Cite This ReportChan, G.,...
Group of textile students looking over samples of fabric.
Project

DMG studio startup social finance resource toolkit

There is a lack of representation of BIPOC, women and 2SLGBTQ+ peoples in the games development industry. Marginalized communities need specific skills to succeed in this burgeoning sector of the economy. 
Robotics engineer working on maintenance of modern robotic arm in factory warehouse
Project

Accelerating the Smooth Adoption of Smart Systems

Through modifications to existing engineering programs, McMaster University sought to expand the work-integrated learning opportunities offered to students in two of its engineering programs. The goal was to provide students technical skills via projects provided by industry partners in hopes of accelerating their adoption of digital technologies.
Research

Navigating net-zero: Faculty perspectives on greening post-secondary curricula

To successfully transition to a net-zero economy, Canada will require workers with the skills and knowledge needed to fill green jobs, but sectors connected to the green economy face skills gaps and talent shortages around the globe.