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A windswept street corner with no sign of life.

When a major employer closes, the whole community feels it 

An illustration of a robot at a computer while a worker exits an office with a box full of belongings.

Canada’s labour protections aren’t ready for the age of AI

Four lanes of traffic.

What problem are return-to-office mandates meant to solve?

An immense dragline operates with a coal-powered generating station in the background. Smoke is coming out of a stack into a grey sky.

Canada missing opportunities to build community resilience amid global realignment

Ontario Premier Doug Ford leads Prime Minister Mark Carney off stage to the right leave following an announcement on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

What return-to-office mandates mean for women in the workforce

A line of Canada Post red, blue and white trucks with the slogan “de partout . . . jusqu’à vous” and “From anywhere . . . to anyone” written on the side.

Short termism is costing Canada billions

A white BrightDrop cube van at the entrance of a GM assembly plant with Made in Canada written on the side.

What one factory closure tells us about building resilient communities

Half a dozen workers in protective clothing put pieces of frozen fish into square white plastic pouches.

Voluntary corporate accountability doesn’t work. Canada needs to mandate it.

Some public service executives ‘burned out’ by crisis management

Too numerous to fail

Pushing through snow accumulating on a major downtown street, a man pedals a converted bike whose front end has been converted to carry a large, heavy container for goods.

Quality of work goes beyond income

Deux employés de St-Viateur Bagel, à Montréal.

Using the talents of newcomers to Canada

A young woman works at a desktop computer using a stylus on a pad with a laptop nearby.

The future of digital work relies on people, not just technology

Retraining workers will be essential for our net-zero goals

Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam listens to a question during a news conference January 5, 2021, in Ottawa.

Should it stay or go? Ottawa weighs the vaccine mandate for the public service

Microcredentials are surging in popularity, but how should they be shaped?

Never tweet. Social media is complicating the age-old neutrality of the public service

Ottawa and unions agree to simplify pay rules for public servants

Image de trois poissons, un gros, un moyen et un petit, qui s’apprêtent à s’entredévorer.

We need to talk about Canada’s painful lack of competition

Group of people working together on laptops.

Canadian tech needs a deeper, more connected ecosystem for support

Ottawa races to collect Phoenix overpayments ahead of deadline

Federal public service leaves work-from-home decision to departments

Public service return to office thrown into doubt by Omicron variant

How COVID-19 could bring a downtown Ottawa revival

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