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The Values Proposition: Building a Stronger Canada through Values-Based Sport
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This report summarizes what we heard during five roundtables held through spring 2018 and which explored actions and policies aimed at ensuring values-based sport is an intentional and fundamental part of the Canadian sport system, from playground to podium.
Date: Wednesday August 8, 2018
Canada as an Agri-Food Powerhouse
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...We heard concerns about staff turnover impacting government capacity. We heard frustration about new front-of-package labelling rules and about carbon pricing. We heard about the need to better engage Indigenous...
Date: Thursday April 20, 2017
Prince Edward Island Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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...from the 2016 census found there were 768 individuals working as early childhood educators and assistants in the province. Of those, 94 percent were female, five percent were Indigenous, six...
Date: Tuesday May 17, 2022
Three ways to reduce anxiety about the future of work
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Rapid change in how we work can stoke fears of a jobless future, but these key policy changes can help turn anxiety into opportunity.
Date: Thursday January 24, 2019
Towards a 21st Century Success Story with the United States
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Relations with the United States have been challenging for Canada in recent years. It’s become clear that Canada needs to move beyond its traditional trade-of-goods narrative with the U.S. and focus on factors that will be most important for its diplomatic assets in the coming years, namely culture and technology.
Date: Thursday October 29, 2020
Newfoundland and Labrador Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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...working as early childhood educators and assistants in the province. Of those, 96 percent were female, nine percent were Indigenous, four percent were immigrants and four percent were visible minorities....
Date: Tuesday May 17, 2022
Remote Work – The Good, The Bad and The Unjust
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According to Statistics Canada, nearly 5 million workers shifted to remote work by the end of March 2020. In her first blog post for the Skills for the Post-Pandemic World project, Anjum Sultana discusses what the 'new normal' looks like for her and many workers like her all across the country, and explores the challenges that organizations, individuals, and policy-makers face with the work-from-home transition.
Date: Thursday June 25, 2020
Improving the Linkages between University and Work
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COVID-19, the skills gap and automation have all conspired to change the work landscape in Canada and post-secondary institutions must respond to those changing needs. Add to that the fact that employers have been complaining for some time that new hires don’t have the skills the workplace demands, and you have a reason to re-evaluate the way universities operate. They tend to focus on content but employers are looking for cognitive and behavioural skills over content and disciplinary knowledge.
Date: Thursday June 3, 2021
Announcing our 2019 Peter Lougheed Award honourees
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On Nov. 13, join us at our Western Dinner in Calgary to honour Elizabeth Cannon, Stockwell Day, Dawn Farrell & Dave Mowat. Tickets are on sale now.
Date: Monday June 24, 2019
What the Saskatchewan Roughriders Can Teach Canadian Journalism
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Many different approaches to support journalism, locally and beyond, have emerged in recent years in the wake of the sharp decline of traditional industry players. Public policy will play a crucial role in shaping the rules for ownership innovation and protected space for Canadian journalism.
Date: Tuesday September 25, 2018
Growing the Next Crop of Canadian Farmers
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The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted fundamental gaps in our agricultural system. For the first time in generations, many Canadians saw empty grocery store shelves and became acutely aware of the challenges facing our domestic food system. What followed were COVID-19 outbreaks on farms and meat processing plants and temporary foreign workers who were delayed and stranded. The pandemic highlights vulnerabilities in Canada’s food supply-chain and the importance of a resilient agricultural sector.
Date: Wednesday March 10, 2021
Atlantic Newsletter #6: People-centric economic development & taking stock of all things skills
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In the sixth edition of our Atlantic Newsletter, our latest report explores how is Atlantic Canada working to retain international students and our Skills Next series looks at what Canadians will need to succeed with the changing nature of work. Plus: a sneak peak at upcoming reports on Atlantic growth & save the date for the 2020 Atlantic Immigration and Revitalization Summit and Frank McKenna Awards Dinner.
Date: Thursday February 13, 2020
Work in Progress – Task Force 2 Final Report
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How do we prepare Canada’s workforce to lead in the global clean energy sector?
Date: Thursday March 8, 2018
Getting Canada Back on Track after COVID-19 with a Comprehensive Innovation Plan
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...inclusion, there is always more work to do. The Innovation and Skills Plan focused on girls and youth in its coding programs; promoted initiatives supporting women and Indigenous entrepreneurship, including...
Date: Wednesday February 23, 2022
Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage — The Time is Now
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This paper reflects a strong consensus within the Energy Future Forum that any achievable pathway to national climate and economic objectives must include a significant contribution from carbon capture technologies and from utilization and storage. In any post-COVID, “green stimulus” planning, support for CCUS expansion is even more pivotal than before.
Date: Monday March 1, 2021