Students can earn up to $5,000 this summer for volunteer service
Post-secondary students will be eligible to earn up to $5,000 this summer through a new volunteer service grant....
4-day work week with fewer hours, same pay could become a reality in some workplaces
Some experts and researchers suggest employers should consider a type of four-day work week that allows employees to work fewer hours and get paid their same weekly salary....
42% of Canadian jobs at high risk of being affected by automation, new study suggests
The Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship at Toronto's Ryerson University said in its report that automation previously has been restricted to routine, manual tasks. However, breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and...
These immigrant women are experts in their fields of science. Why aren’t they working in them?
Canada's points-based immigration system rewards higher levels of education. But once immigrants arrive, other factors can play a much larger role in their employment outcomes....
Students struggling to find summer work in a pandemic economy
Job postings on Indeed.com for community-services positions, which would include many common summer jobs for students, are all sharply down from last year, said Brendon Bernard, the website's economist....
Post-pandemic, advocates hope to see ‘new appreciation,’ support for gig workers
Unless they formally identify as "self-employed," many of those workers usually don't have the protection of employment insurance if, for example, a global pandemic puts them out of work — or leaves them...
Lack of computers, internet access exposes shortfall of at-home learning in Manitoba
The sudden need for at-home learning is exposing a divide between the students with computers and internet access — and those who don't....
COVID-19 expected to bring unemployment of 5% to 85% in some areas
Economists suggest Canada's unemployment rate right now is likely around 20% and Canada lost one million jobs in March, according to Statistics Canada. So, what will the future look like?...
Canada lost more than 1 million jobs last month as COVID-19 struck
Canada's economy lost more than one million jobs in March, Statistics Canada said Thursday, pushing the jobless rate up to 7.8 per cent. Economists had been expecting the figure to...
These industries are hiring in Toronto during the COVID-19 pandemic
Accounting, e-commerce and IT jobs need to be filled, recruiters say....