Research & Trends

This study investigates the effectiveness of hope-based interventions used with clients in employment counselling centers who were experiencing low hope. Results indicate that increasing hope competencies can increase an overall...

A report from Tata Communications is optimistic about the outlook for ordinary employees amid the rise of AI. In many cases, it says, job satisfaction will be enhanced by the...

The tax cuts pushed through by U.S. President Donald Trump will likely have a far larger negative impact on Canada’s economy than what would happen if Ottawa and Washington failed...

University and college degrees have traditionally served a gatekeeping function for big companies: as a trusted, proxy measure for skill, intelligence and employability. But tech firms like Shopify are not...

If unaddressed, the global talent shortage could see 85 million jobs go unfilled over the next 12 years, according to a study. And the shortage could amount to $11 trillion...

Restoring a work-life balance and better protections for part-time and temporary workers will be among the key focuses of a planned rewrite of Canada’s federal labour rules, which are to...

The work we do can have a huge impact on our mental health. Conversely, the work that we don’t do can have an even greater and more deleterious effect on...

LMIC has undertaken an assessment to examine labour market information gaps in Canada. We identified four main persistent gaps: information not tailored to specific users, absence of local granular data,...

Having trouble finding and keeping the right employees? You’re not alone. That’s one of the messages from the inaugural edition of the MindReader Report, published by the BC Chamber of...

Recent studies by Statistics Canada researchers used administrative data to learn more about immigrant entrepreneurship in Canada. The research suggests that after four to 10 years in Canada, immigrants' business-ownership...