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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.

First Nations need to play a role in post-COVID recovery

How COVID-19 could reshape the federal public service

What are the rights and responsibilities of healthcare providers in a pandemic?

The future of work is based on assumptions we need to challenge

How infrastructure funding can create ladders to opportunity

Income inequality has risen in Canada, but not in a straight line

Let’s build an innovation ecosystem that includes women, too

Why we should resist assumptions about the job market and inequality

The skilled trades are in need of strengthened apprenticeship programs

Health care sector needs an ambitious skills agenda

Canada must look beyond STEM and diversify its AI workforce

Thinking about work as more than a paycheque

More research needed to break down job barriers for racialized Canadians

Technology isn’t shaping work the way we think

Deciphering the skills we need for the new world of work

Five game changers that could shape the future of work

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