Is the new federal youth employment plan enough?
Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced the government would spend $5.7 billion over the next five years to boost training and job prospects for Canadian youth....
Overcoming the barriers women face in entering the skilled trades
Today we can, for example, deliver training for skilled trades through the use of high-tech simulators and offer women greater flexibility through innovative blended learning that combine both face-to-face and...
International students aren’t making as much money as their Canadian classmates
International students earned “considerably” less than domestic students during their first five years after graduation, said a report released Wednesday in collaboration with Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada....
More than 200,000 Canadian women are now long-term unemployed
Recently released report from RBC argues that the longer women remain unemployed, the harder it will be for them to re-enter the labour force....
Why talent investment is a necessary part of our economic recovery
In addition to training for the jobs we think we’ll need, we should invest in the talent that already exists, and towards the problems they are working on we don’t...
Canadians change careers, return to school as COVID-19 rages on
Faced with hiring freezes, wage cuts and layoffs forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians like Mazerolle are making dramatic career changes. Others are seeking skills upgrades or shifting their hours...
The ‘rise of the worker’ is here, and employees are calling the shots
Employees expect job searching, hiring, onboarding, scheduling and pay all to be available on demand....
Temp workers should not be losing sleep – or their lives – over $14 an hour
Economic uncertainty during the pandemic has led to greater reliance on temporary agencies by businesses, creating opportunities for further exploitation of workers already struggling against minimum wage and precarious context....
Unsafe workplaces during COVID-19 taking huge toll on workers’ mental health
More than half of essential workers with inadequate safety protections on the job reported symptoms of anxiety, according to a new survey of more than 3,300 workers across Canada....
Women still do the lion’s share of parenting tasks amid the pandemic
New Statistics Canada study shows that even the men who worked from home appeared to do less than the women....