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Canada has a productivity problem and its economy is falling behind other developed countries as a result. What’s going on? (Shutterstock)

Juni 7, 2023

Canada’s lagging productivity affects us all — and will take years to remedy

Barry Cross, Queen's University, Ontario

Canada needs to improve the way we work. Improving our productivity ranking will take years, but by taking steps in education, in the private sector and in government, we can achieve national wealth.

The aging of the U.S. workforce is further along for librarians than most other professions. kali9/E+ via Getty Images

Januari 5, 2023

Diversity of US workplaces is growing in terms of race, ethnicity and age – forcing more employers to be flexible

Adia Harvey Wingfield, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis

Employers need good strategies to hire and retain more workers of color and older workers. The mandatory diversity training and requisite skills tests many of them now rely on don’t measure up.

Agustus 24, 2022

Many jobs summit ideas for wages don’t make sense – upskilling does

Michael Keating, Australian National University

The best way to increase wages is to invest in education and skills.

Juli 30, 2021

3 things we need to get right to ensure online professional development works

Filia Garivaldis, Monash University dan Sarah Kneebone, Monash University

Demand for professional development has grown but the pandemic has forced it online. Decades of evidence from online education tells us how to ensure professional development remains effective.

Up early and home late: that’s the daily routine for hundreds of thousands of commuters out of Western Sydney. Dean Lewins/AAP

Juni 28, 2020

Jobs deficit drives army of daily commuters out of Western Sydney

Phillip O'Neill, Western Sydney University

Education fuelled extraordinary growth in Western Sydney’s professional services workforce, but their jobs aren’t local. More than 300,000 commute to work outside the region.

People living with disabilities, youth, LGBTQ2 people, Indigenous people, certain racialized minorities, immigrants and those with low socioeconomic status, as well as those in some professions, will face complex barriers to entering the workforce in the future. (Shutterstock)

Maret 2, 2020

The future of work will hit vulnerable people the hardest

Arif Jetha, University of Toronto

It’s critical to determine how Canadians who have been considered vulnerable members of the workforce are meaningfully included within the future of work.

It’s critical that learning and development teams are upskilled and reskilled themselves to help organizations successfully engage in a digital transformation. (Shutterstock)

Januari 2, 2020

Upskill the upskillers: The must-have New Year’s resolution for businesses

Nadia Naffi, Université Laval; Ann-Louise Davidson, Concordia University, dan Houda Jawhar, Concordia University

For a winning digital transformation, every organization should establish the upskilling and reskilling of their learning and development teams as their critical 2020 New Year’s resolution.

Keeping older workers on the job past 65 could help solve Canada’s skill shortage, but the federal parties are silent on the topic. (Shutterstock)

Oktober 16, 2019

Canada’s aging workforce should have been a major election issue

Gillian Leithman, Concordia University

The Canadian workforce is aging. At the same time, we’re facing a skills shortage. Keeping older workers on the job past 65 is an obvious solution but the federal parties are silent on the topic.