Search Results for: Literacy
Workplace Literacy: The Lynchpin of Canada’s Inclusive Growth Agenda
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...challenge our collective ability to address issues of low workplace literacy. They include: On the part of employers: • Lack of ability to identify employees with low workplace literacy skills;...
Date: Tuesday December 12, 2017
Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit – Summary Report
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PPF hosted Ontario's first Digital Inclusion Summit back in February. Now, the summary report is available with key takeaways from the event that sparked a larger conversation on making the internet work for all.
Date: Tuesday May 29, 2018
Competency Frameworks and Canada’s Essential Skills
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Whether it's new technology or global events driving the pace of change, Canadians are being asked to adapt in the workplace. Canada needs an essential skill framework that includes and looks beyond simple literacy and numeracy. It needs to include the 'soft skills' that industry leaders say are key to success and other essential skills that will help Canadians adapt, no matter what comes their way. Each needs to be measured and tracked to ensure Canadians remain globally competitive, and this paper argues that renewing Canada’s Essential Skills framework is the place to start.
Date: Friday November 13, 2020
Millennial Money: Financial Independence and Well-Being for the Next Generation
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Millennials are as financially knowledgeable as previous generations and are doing OK when it comes to financial well-being, but they face challenges such as housing affordability and student debt repayments that innovative policy should address.
Date: Wednesday November 28, 2018
Democracy Divided: Countering Disinformation and Hate in the Digital Public Sphere
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Democracy has been made vulnerable to attack by hate speech and disinformation on digital and social platforms. Policy must be implemented to reconcile freedom of speech and freedom of the press with these online news threats to democracy.
Date: Wednesday August 15, 2018
Connect to Compete: Enabling Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age
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COVID-19 has been a wake-up call for Canada’s entrepreneurial economy. This paper shows why some entrepreneurs have thrived while others are facing more barriers than ever.
Date: Thursday October 8, 2020
Developing Canada’s Digital-Ready Public Service
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Canada’s public service has charted an ambitious information management and technology strategy, and talent is one of its pillars. Finding innovative approaches to attracting, developing, and retaining the best and brightest requires rethinking many traditional assumptions and harnessing new approaches. What can be done to attract a skilled and diverse workforce?
Date: Friday March 8, 2019
Improving access to capital for Canada’s First Nation communities
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This report examines six broad recommendations that emerged from the discussions that could form the basis of a practical, multi-stakeholder response: modernize the federal-First Nations fiscal relationship; improve First Nation governance processes and capabilities; invest in First Nations' education and training; foster and support regional cooperation to create a more attractive investment climate; strengthen Aboriginal Financial Institutions; and improve financial literacy and education opportunities.
Date: Wednesday February 17, 2016
Transformational Gains
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Global events are creating unprecedented opportunities for Canada to attract capital, talent and companies. In an age of disruptive technological advances, Canada must focus on research, talent and innovation to strengthen its innovative capacity, global competitiveness, and economic and social fabric.
Date: Tuesday February 5, 2019
Together or Apart? Seven Ways for Canada to Pivot to a Sustainable Recovery
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...The female labour participation rate was closing its historic gap, but this trend has now reversed. Literacy: Three million adult Canadians may lack literacy skills, while as many as five...
Date: Thursday November 12, 2020
Mapping the Landscape: Indigenous Skills Training and Jobs in Canada
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Indigenous businesses are growing and — importantly — creating employment for others. Further, self-employment and entrepreneurship is increasing. If there is an opportunity for the next generation, and for current adult workers, to leapfrog into the future of Canadian work, it may very well be through Indigenous-led business.
Date: Thursday June 25, 2020
Discussion paper: Open policy making in a digital age
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...Department of Work and Pensions has started rotating program and policy staff through six-week digital bootcamps as well; their leadership has deemed digital literacy to be vital for staff beyond...
Date: Wednesday April 12, 2017
Report 2: Support for a Canadian “Vaccine Passport”
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"Support for a Canadian 'Vaccine Passport'" is the second piece in a six-part series focused on attitudes about COVID-19, vaccine hesitancy, public trust and support for government, and how this is all changing over time. The project is authored by Dr. Peter Loewen and is based on data collected by the Media Ecosystem Observatory (MEO).
Date: Tuesday February 16, 2021
Discussion paper: Open policy making in a digital age
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...policy staff through six-week digital bootcamps as well; their leadership has deemed digital literacy to be vital for staff beyond those in specifically tech-focused roles. But what constitutes “technology talent”...
Date: Wednesday April 12, 2017
Navigating the New World Disorder
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The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated developing geopolitical shifts that are unlikely to dissipate even after the pandemic's economic shock wanes. As a country long used to a more benign international environment, the future prosperity, security and well-being of Canadians will depend in no small measure on how well we navigate this unfamiliar world.
Date: Thursday July 16, 2020