Key recommendations include:

1. When considering a response to the Report of the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System, ensure new measures fully utilize capacity across the entire post-secondary research ecosystem, especially as it relates to mission-driven and industry-led research at polytechnic institutions
2. As Indigenous businesses and communities seek economic empowerment and solutions to local challenges, ensure there are funding mechanisms that activate existing academic capacity and enable institutions to build effective, long-term relationships with their Indigenous partners
3. Ensure post-secondary institutions have adequate access to strategic infrastructure funding to support campus renewal, invest in affordable student housing and undertake sustainability projects
4. Implement a $25 million cost-shared training equipment fund for Canada’s hands-on learning institutions to ensure they can better unlock industry investment and adapt programming to respond to a rapidly evolving labour market
5. To boost apprenticeship starts, introduce support for high-intervention apprenticeship intermediaries that support the hiring, training and deployment of apprentices and reduce friction to employer participation
6. Launch a national consultation to inform policies related to Canada’s international student population with a view to developing a long-term strategy to ensure ethical recruitment, efficient visa processing, adequate supports and resources during training and transparent pathways to immigration