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Over the past year, Canada’s polytechnics have transformed the delivery of trades and technology training programs to embrace remote and online approaches in combination with hands-on lab work. The hybrid approach has been important to ensuring the talent pipeline for critical frontline roles is unimpeded by training delays that could have derailed learners.
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The recent federal budget bets big on innovation, research and workforce development as a means to fire up the economy and pull us out of the pandemic. The vision is clear: Canada can become a leader in artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biomanufacturing and green technology with the right investments now.
“To navigate long-life learning, we need a better-functioning learning ecosystem with more on- and off-ramps in and out of learning and work.”
While it is impossible to identify an industry or individual who has been completely undisrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada’s post-secondary students have been on the receiving end of a disproportionate impact. For those in applied programs, the impact has been even more profound. Over the past year, despite modifications to program delivery, hands-on learning and work placement opportunities have been hit hard.
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Today marks World Intellectual Property Day. While unlikely to spark a celebratory mood among most Canadians (let’s be honest, St. Patrick’s Day is much more fun), it is a day that warrants the attention of policymakers.
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Growth in the environmental sector paired with the retirement of senior workers are contributing to a talent shortage projected to leave nearly 250,000 jobs unfilled by 2029.
As Canada transitions to a green economy and adopts new climate-focused technologies, success will depend on a globally competitive workforce to develop, build, operate and repair new systems and infrastructure.
In times of economic downturn, investing in infrastructure is often viewed as a way to stimulate the economy and expedite recovery. U.S. President Joe Biden just announced a $2-trillion infrastructure plan, in part to spur economic activity. Here in Canada, despite less-than-ideal progress on a 12-year, $188-billion Investing in Canada Plan, the truth is that economic and labour market recovery will depend in part on our ability to get building.
Headlines across Canada and around the world continue to be filled with news of shutdowns, widespread economic chaos and the race to vaccinate. Where we once defaulted to small talk about the weather, conversation has turned to daily case counts, ICU beds and vaccination statistics. Health has become a national obsession, with all signs suggesting it will remain so until the pandemic fades into memory.
That’s why now is the right time to talk about – and invest in – the future of Canada’s healthcare system.
Read More > “Window of opportunity for feds to address healthcare deficits”
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations in virtually every sector have needed to adapt and pivot, implementing new practices and technologies to support their sustainability and growth. This rapid change has accelerated challenges that Canadian companies were facing even before the pandemic, including the urgent need for workforce upskilling and the search for new talent with already acquired competencies. Here’s where Ontario’s colleges can help.
