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Building Inclusive Workplaces
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A one-size-fits-all approach to pandemic recovery will not work. Programs tailored to the specific needs of specific groups will be important for a strong recovery, as will equitable access to critical supports, such as the infrastructure needed to overcome the digital divide. Businesses, governments and employees must all commit to reskilling — particularly when it comes to those from diverse groups who face barriers and bias — to develop an effective and inclusive skills and employment ecosystem that leaves no one behind.
Date: Wednesday May 19, 2021
Keeping the Lights On: Did a wage subsidy in a time of crisis save Canadian businesses?
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As businesses saw their revenues plummet in early spring, the Department of Finance and the Canada Revenue Agency quickly hammered out the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy allowing employers to keep on staff. Did it achieve what it set out to do?
Date: Thursday December 3, 2020
Skills for the Post-Pandemic World
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How can we transform Canada’s skills policy landscape to address new trends in how we live, work, learn and socialize in the post-pandemic world? Developed in partnership with Diversity Institute and the Future Skills Centre, and supported by Microsoft, this Scoping Report represents the first phase of a new project designed to tackle these questions. In this initial scoping report, we take stock, outline the key skills issues created and exacerbated by the pandemic, and identify eight areas for research that will be explored in depth in Phase 2 of the project.
Date: Friday December 11, 2020
Mapping the Landscape: Indigenous Skills Training and Jobs in Canada
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Indigenous businesses are growing and — importantly — creating employment for others. Further, self-employment and entrepreneurship is increasing. If there is an opportunity for the next generation, and for current adult workers, to leapfrog into the future of Canadian work, it may very well be through Indigenous-led business.
Date: Thursday June 25, 2020
Processes, People and Public Accountability
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Researchers and reporters documented three forms of harmful online communication during Canada’s 2019 federal election campaign: abuse of individuals, intolerance and hate toward marginalized groups in public online spaces, and an increase in support for hate in private online spaces. In this report, authors Heidi Tworek and Chris Tenove propose a framework to distinguish key dimensions of harmful online communication in Canada, and offer several principles to guide policy development in Canada.
Date: Wednesday December 16, 2020
Prince Edward Island Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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By Amanda Hachey and Jules Maitland, PhD Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) has long been applauded for its innovative and systemic approach to early childhood education, thanks to a well-established professional...
Date: Tuesday May 17, 2022
Rebuilding Canada Demands Confronting Uncertainty
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Our institutions must build uncertainty into policy-making and program design. This “uncertainty screen” will help ensure a vision of the future that reflects today’s uniquely complex environment.
Date: Friday October 30, 2020
Beyond the Digital Status Quo
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The COVID-19 pandemic has been a crisis that mobilized organizations and economies – one that tested both the operational assumptions and preparedness of every public sector organization in Canada. Given the adage, “never let a good crisis go to waste”, this paper takes the opportunity to consider digital transformation in the time of pandemic and to offer recommendations to organizations as they consider how best to approach digital transformation, security, and workers, post-pandemic.
Date: Tuesday September 28, 2021
A Ministry Steeped in Tradition Goes Virtual
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Since March 2020, Ontario’s Ministry of the Attorney General (MAG) has transitioned its largely paper-based and in-person justice system to predominately online and virtual services—opening new opportunities for public access to court proceedings.
Date: Monday December 21, 2020
New Brunswick Child Care Workforce Development Snapshot
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Authors: Jules Maitland, Amanda Hachey Early learning and child-care facilities, and the educators who work within them, are New Brunswick’s invisible infrastructure, remaining open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic but receiving...
Date: Thursday March 24, 2022
A Pivotal Moment: CSIS steps out of the shadows to protect Canada’s biopharmaceutical and healthcare sectors during the COVID-19 pandemic
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In Spring 2020, threat actors wearing lab coats instead of trench coats were infiltrating our labs in hopes of stealing valuable COVID-19 vaccine research. It forced Canada’s top secret intelligence agency CSIS to step out of the shadows and warn those most at risk.
Date: Monday November 23, 2020
Old Gigs, New Gigs: Are Courts and Legislators Reinterpreting an Age-Old Debate for the New World of Work?
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Courts and legislatures are deciding whether your Lyft driver is an independent contractor or an employee. The classification is a big deal, affecting workers' protections through to retirement. This paper surveys the current state of the gig economy and how courts, tribunals and legislatures in North America and the UK are tackling the issue of employment classification.
Date: Monday September 30, 2019
Employment Gaps and Underemployment for Racialized Groups and Immigrants in Canada
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“Foreign-sounding names” are 20 to 40 per cent less likely to get a call-back for a job interview, depending on company size. Challenges like these are faced by immigrants, racialized people, and especially women in these two groups – seemingly regardless of the job candidate’s skills. Eddy Ng and Suzanne Gagnon shine a light on some of the apparent contradictions in Canadian hiring behaviour, and bring to the light some promising solutions found in the labour-market research in this fifth Skills Next report.
Date: Monday January 27, 2020
Skills Gaps, Underemployment, and Equity of Labour-Market Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities in Canada
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While people with disabilities can achieve socially integrated, financially independent lives through secure, well-paid employment, they are often trapped in low-skill jobs at high risk of automation. Emile Tompa, Daniel Samosh and Normand Boucher underscore the importance of training opportunities that are well aligned with the skills likely to be in high demand in future.
Date: Tuesday January 28, 2020
Leveraging the Skills of Social Sciences and Humanities Graduates
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Canadians are among the best-educated people on the planet. But are they getting the education they need — particularly in the fields of social sciences and humanities — to maximize their employment prospects in today's fast-changing workplace? This report explores the level of the so-called "skills gap" and identifies issues and solutions to equip university graduates with the tools to transition from student to employee.
Date: Friday January 31, 2020