Event

Competency Frameworks & Canada’s Essential Skills

The New Currency of the 21st Century

November 13, 2020, 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. + Google + Apple + Outlook + Yahoo

Virtual

Report Launch & Panel Discussion

With the accelerating pace of change, and particularly the disruption wrought by the pandemic, skills gaps between what employers want and the talent available may be increasing. At the same time barriers to diverse populations have been amplified. If skills are the new currency of the 21st century, we need to clarify the terms of exchange. Competency frameworks are critical to reducing friction in the skills and employment ecosystem by providing more clarity on how we define, assess, develop and utilize skills to better connect people with jobs and to support the upskilling and reskilling we need.

Join us on November 13 for the launch of Competency Frameworks & Canada’s Essential Skills, the next instalment of the Skills Next series of reports published in partnership with Diversity Institute, Future Skills and Public Policy Forum. Highlights from the research will be followed by an important panel discussion.

Speakers

Wendy Cukier

Founder of Ryerson’s Diversity Institute and Research Lead, Future Skills Centre
David Gyarmati

President and CEO, Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC)
Janet Lane

Director, Canada West Foundation Human Capital Centre
Shamira Madhany

Managing Director, World Education Services Canada
Scott Murray

President, DataAngel Policy Research Inc.
Annette Vermaeten

Director, Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)