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Understanding the Future of Skills: Trends and Global Policy Responses
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In our first Skills Next report, we look at top research and skills training programs that are succeeding internationally, and highlight for Canadian policymakers key features driving success. Authors Sunil Johal and Michael Urban distill key lessons for Canada to ensure workers are equipped with the skills they need to thrive in tomorrow’s economy, whatever shape it takes.
Date: Monday January 20, 2020
Opinion: The corrosive power of “Where are you from?”
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Opinion: If Atlantic Canadians are serious about boosting immigration and making newcomers feel welcome, writes Kelly Toughill, we need to find a way to have real conversations about regional culture and the come-from-away phenomenon.
Date: Thursday June 6, 2019
Opinion: Provinces should be able to nominate siblings and cousins of newcomers
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Our immigration system pits family reunification against Canada’s economic needs. That’s short-sighted and counterproductive, argues Kelly Toughill
Date: Monday March 4, 2019
“It’s possible to make every job a good job, we just decide not to”: Lessons from the film industry for the gig economy
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Millions of modest-income earners in Canada are precariously employed. The pandemic has created more unstable economic conditions than ever before--we need a plan for the future of precarious work. Read this case study by Catherine Lathem on navigating precarity in non-standard work – all for PPF's Brave New Work project on the future of work.
Date: Thursday June 10, 2021