A resilient workforce is priority one

 By Sarah Watts-Rynard and Leah Nord As governments across Canada plan for post-pandemic reset and recovery, ensuring businesses have workers with the skills to help them transform and innovate should be a foremost priority.  A resilient labour market is the answer to two important challenges ahead: it stands to reconnect

Elder care reform must start with skills training

 By Sarah Watts-Rynard When it comes to tragedy, the human instinct is to assign blame. In the case of pandemic-induced deaths in Canada’s long-term care facilities, there are no end of culprits: governments for regulatory and oversight failures, owners and managers for poor employment practices, workers for abandoning their posts. Regardless of

Colleges and polytechnics key to business innovation

 By: Sarah Watts-Rynard and Denise Amyot Canada is at an innovation crossroads. Productivity measures have long lagged our international counterparts and, as a country of small businesses, our firms often lack the internal resources to fulfill their potential.  Developing new prototypes, adopting new technologies and designing new processes takes time, money and human resources. As Canada’s economic

Canadian Apprenticeship Forum Tackles Skilled Trades Worker Shortage

 The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum-Forum canadien sur l’apprentissage (CAF-FCA) is a national body that brings together all players in apprenticeship training. A national, not-for-profit organization working with stakeholders in all regions of Canada, CAF-FCA influences pan-Canadian apprenticeship strategies through research, discussion and collaboration, sharing insights across trades, across sectors and across