Research & Trends

Canada's unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 per cent in November, the lowest rate in comparable records going back to 1976, Statistics Canada said. The number of people directly employed in...

A fundamental economic shift is “hyper-concentrating” new knowledge-economy jobs in Toronto’s downtown as traditional manufacturing employment evaporates across much of southern Ontario, a new report warns, and the trend has...

From smart trousers to humanoid robots, technological developments could revolutionize social care, but concerns have been raised by those employed in the sector...

Recent advances in a form of AI known as deep learning have made the machines used by some companies, like Eightfold and online job hub ZipRecruiter, far more powerful. Instead...

Everyone knows that the world of work is changing. We feel it when we talk with friends and neighbours about our own careers and we hear it on the news,...

Each week, CERIC is on the lookout for the latest reports related to career development. Here are four that we found interesting this week: Number of international students on the...

Did you know that an estimated 80% of workers in the non-profit sector across Ontario and Canada are women? The women working in the sector are awesome. They bring with...

You could almost hear Albertans' eyes roll in unison this week, as Unifor president Jerry Dias exited a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, stood before the national press gallery and described the...

Headlines about the changing nature of work, automation, and the threat of worker displacement have become hackneyed, and the underlying challenges they point to risk being buried in hype. But,...

A new study from University of British Columbia economist Nicole Fortin suggests that playing video games can lead to higher math test scores. There’s a catch, though: It’s only teenaged...