Search Results for: Innovation
Return on Investment: Industry Leadership on Upskilling and Reskilling their Workforce
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As technology changes the nature of work, Canadian companies must create a culture of continuous learning to ensure employees have the skills they need. Many companies have already begun, investing hundreds of millions of dollars in upskilling and reskilling programs to address the skills gap. In latest Skills Next report, Wendy Cukier provides an overview of how companies including AT&T, Scotiabank, TD Bank, Accenture and Walmart are retraining their workforces. Further, it considers the role of government investment, public-private partnerships, and corporate social responsibility in upskilling and reskilling.
Date: Thursday January 30, 2020
The Atlantic Canada Momentum Index
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...and low infection rates, accompanied by an historic turnaround in population growth and significant inroads in the innovation economy, piqued our curiosity. Was the Atlantic Bubble a precursor to an...
Date: Wednesday March 22, 2023
Public Policy Forum announces new Board Chair
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The Public Policy Forum is delighted to announce Ilse Treurnicht has been elected the organization’s new Board Chair, and thanks outgoing Chair Anne-Marie Hubert for 10 years of service to PPF and its Canada-wide network of policy leaders.
Date: Wednesday November 13, 2019
How One Indigenous Service Agency Is Fighting COVID and Winning
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"We're going to send our helpers in and we're not going to stop." The Kenora Chiefs Advisory, an Indigenous-led health and social services agency, got to work right away in the nine First Nations it serves to stop COVID from entering. And so far, it's worked.
Date: Tuesday December 15, 2020
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
Mind the Gaps: Quantifying the Decline of News Coverage in Canada
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In our study of 20 small and mid-sized Canadian communities, the number and depth of newspaper articles about civic affairs declined sharply between 2008 and 2017, leaving citizens less informed about their democratic institutions.
Date: Tuesday September 25, 2018
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
Sequencing the Crisis: How genomics morphed from a COVID-19 research tool to a critical part of the pandemic response
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As COVID-19 surged through Canada’s population, the country’s genomics community came together in an ambitious national consortium to sequence the genomes of the virus and Canadians exposed or affected. Its challenging work didn’t stop there. Mary Gooderham recounts how it was done.
Date: Monday October 25, 2021
Building a Dynamic Future: The Next Generation of Public Service Talent
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...floppy disks. Despite pockets of workplace innovation, our research suggests there are many opportunities for improvement across public services. Prioritizing talent management The consensus among participants is that managers can...
Date: Wednesday June 7, 2017
Revitalizing Canada’s Manufacturing Economy for a Post-COVID World
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COVID-19 has made it clear that Canada needs a strong domestic manufacturing sector to produce what it needs. Industrial production has been stagnant in the country for two decades and it’s a must for Canada to create and sustain a resilient manufacturing economy that will also be more competitive in a globalized economy and that will create good jobs while minimizing environmental impacts.
Date: Thursday November 5, 2020
Ilse Treurnicht
Person
...Ilse was CEO of MaRS Discovery District in Toronto from 2005-2017 as it developed from a nascent organization into a leading urban innovation hub. She joined MaRS from her role...
Date: Wednesday January 1, 1992
Video: Watch all the panels and speakers at Growth Summit II
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...Jenkins on “Ingenius” at Growth Summit II Competitiveness Panel Featuring moderator Giles Gherson, Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Growth, Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science, and...
Date: Friday April 28, 2017
Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit – Summary Report
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PPF hosted Ontario's first Digital Inclusion Summit back in February. Now, the summary report is available with key takeaways from the event that sparked a larger conversation on making the internet work for all.
Date: Tuesday May 29, 2018
Top business and government leaders gather for PPF Growth Summit and Testimonial Dinner on April 12
News
...predicted to outperform many of its G7 counterparts on economic growth in the immediate term,” said Edward Greenspon, President and CEO of the Public Policy Forum. “However, innovation, productivity, competitiveness and...
Date: Monday April 9, 2018
Governance in the digital age
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...innovation. This is partially inevitable: there’s no dataset about the future. But truisms, mythologies and assumptions occupy an astonishing amount of the airtime in our national dialogue about modern governance....
Date: Tuesday May 23, 2017