Insights

Employers should be thinking more strategically about the investments they are making in skills training

“We need to think about who accesses skills training and why, and – even more importantly – who is left behind.”

Three years after the switch to remote work, there is little sign people are growing tired of it.

Employers should take steps to propel us forward from a situation where most of their employees are missing out, to one where most are opting in

Our latest survey confirms that the pandemic’s impact has been felt more acutely and more persistently among young adults

Two in five employees in Canada say they’ve gone in to work sick at least once in the past 12 months. A change in office culture is needed to end this.

Understanding what motivates women’s entrepreneurship should prompt investors to rethink the criteria they use to assess and fund new ventures

Any economic recovery worthy of its name should begin with making sure these Canadians who have been hardest hit by the pandemic-induced recession don’t fall even further behind.

Younger workers, immigrants, racialized people, Indigenous workers and workers with a physical or mental condition that limits their daily activity are all more likely to experience challenges working from home.

No government should try to hold up the pace of technological change. Rather, they should focus on trying to plug gaps in training so no one falls behind.

As we think through a recovery, our priority should be putting in place effective supports for those facing the greatest adversity