Search Results for: Employment
Migrants find jobs, prosperity — if they stay in region
News
Immigrants who stay in Atlantic Canada have higher employment levels, higher wages and face less discrimination than immigrants to other parts of Canada, yet the region struggles to attract newcomers and has the lowest retention rates in Canada.
Date: Wednesday May 2, 2018
Open Atlantic
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...bring a six percent employment boost to Atlantic Canada and tax revenues would grow.[7] In 2021, the consulting firm Deloitte put a number to the increased tax take by province:...
Date: Wednesday January 10, 2024
Immigrant entrepreneurs: Highly desired, hard to attract
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Atlantic Canada is competing globally to attract newcomers to start or take over businesses, create jobs and build the economy. It’s obvious why governments want to recruit them, but it’s surprisingly hard to do.
Date: Monday July 22, 2019
Processing Pandemic Payments: Leadership program participants dive into CERB
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...as PPF Academy Director Anna Jahn, with the support of interviews from Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) Deputy Minister Graham Flack and Associate Assistant Deputy Minister Elisha Ram (pictured...
Date: Tuesday January 26, 2021
The Data Talks: How Statistics Canada Measured a Pandemic
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Canada’s economy has had its ups and downs, crashes, failures and recessions, but how do you measure the business impact of a country that simply stopped working and intentionally shut down its economy to halt the spread of COVID-19?
Date: Tuesday November 3, 2020
PPF conference in Fredericton focuses on immigration; Atlantic Dinner features first Frank McKenna Awards
News
...Research Professor in sociology at Memorial University and previously led commissions on employment and economic recovery. He is the author of seven books and his next looks at premiers and...
Date: Monday March 19, 2018
Do We Really Want to Make Canadians Poorer?
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...Alberta would go far beyond the loss of direct employment in the oil and gas sector. Jobs in indirect and induced industries engendered by the oil and gas sector would...
Date: Wednesday July 27, 2022
Small and Medium-sized Employers (SMEs): Skills Gaps and Future Skills
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Canada’s small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 90% of private-sector jobs in Canada. To be competitive in today’s market, they need the right people with the right skills, yet they are disproportionately threatened by labour shortages and skills gaps - a situation made worse by COVID-19. Unlike large corporations, SMEs possess limited resources, making it exponentially more challenging to support these human resources needs. There is a dire need for innovative research & solutions.
Date: Thursday October 15, 2020
Storytelling leads the way for inclusive policy design
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...from the voices of youth (ages 18 to 27) facing barriers in two areas that significantly impact their inclusion: education and employment. Together with the PPF team, we designed qualitative...
Date: Thursday March 16, 2023
Film and Television in the Age of COVID-19, and After
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COVID-19 has taken a high toll on film and television in Canada. To support a once-thriving industry, governments need to improve financial security for production companies and ensure a steady flow of business across the Canada-US border. Governments must also modernize regulations for industry success in the digital age.
Date: Thursday October 15, 2020
Connect to Compete: Enabling Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age
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COVID-19 has been a wake-up call for Canada’s entrepreneurial economy. This paper shows why some entrepreneurs have thrived while others are facing more barriers than ever.
Date: Thursday October 8, 2020
Let’s Get ‘Skills Secure’: Closing the Gap in Canada’s Lifelong Education System
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Canada’s labour market will not have the skilled workers it needs unless we change the way we train workers today. As automation spurs rapid change, Canada needs to change its approach to education, training and skills development in order to close the skills gap.
Date: Monday January 21, 2019
Democracy Divided: Countering Disinformation and Hate in the Digital Public Sphere
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Democracy has been made vulnerable to attack by hate speech and disinformation on digital and social platforms. Policy must be implemented to reconcile freedom of speech and freedom of the press with these online news threats to democracy.
Date: Wednesday August 15, 2018
People-Centric Economic Development: Lessons on International Student Retention from Atlantic Canada
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The economic fortunes of rural Canada depend on attracting human capital, and while international students are highly skilled & qualified candidates for settlement, they don't often stick around. PPF Fellow Sean Speer identifies lessons from two promising programs in Atlantic Canada which seem to be convincing students to settle, against the odds.
Date: Wednesday November 13, 2019
Place-Based Policy Options for Entrepreneurship in a Post-COVID Canada
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As Canadians look forward to the economic recovery and governments herald a new normal, few signals have been given about its policy landscape, and even fewer about the role of small business and entrepreneurs in the post-COVID strategy. With the horizon now in sight, how can governments move quickly to put a shot in the arm of small businesses and entrepreneurs that are operating in disparate and localized challenges and conditions?
Date: Wednesday March 10, 2021