The Future of Work

• Video Interview Preparing Canada’s Workforce for the Future Tania Saba Professor and BMO Chair of Diversity and Governance Université de Montréal
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• Video Interview Intrapreneurship and the Future of Work Simon Chan Vice President of Talent, Academy, and Future of Work Communitech Kathryn Kitchen Head of Human Resources Manulife
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• Video Spotlight Spotlight on Canada’s Labour Force and the Recovery Karen Myers Founder & President Blueprint Steven Tobin Executive Director Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) Gladys Okine Ahovi Executive Lead Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity Rachel Mishenene Executive Director, Canada Programs Right to Play
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• Video Interview Human Skills Needed for Canada’s Economic Recovery Jenny Poulos Senior Vice-President, Talent Services and Operations RBC
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• Video Spotlight Spotlight on Driving Innovation Through Intrapreneurship Irene Sterian President and CEO ReMAP Network Geoffrey Turnbull Director of Innovation KPMB Architects Steve Joordens Professor of Psychology - University of Toronto Scarborough & Chief Science Officer Cogneeto Mohammad Ali Amini CEO & President Nanology Labs
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• Video Interview Challenges and Opportunities in the Future of Work Marie-Hélène Labrie Senior VP, Public Affairs, Communications, and Strategy Cogeco
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• Video Interview Continual Skills Development for Canadian Competitiveness in AI Garth Gibson President & CEO Vector Institute
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• Video Spotlight Spotlight on Skills Development for Canada’s Future Innovators Ibrahim Gedeon Chief Technology Officer TELUS Eirene Seiradaki Director of Research Partnerships Borealis AI & RBC Institute of Research Karen Chad Vice-President, Research University of Saskatchewan Damien Silès Executive Director Quartier de l’Innovation
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• Video Interview Skills Training for a Resilient Post-Pandemic Economy Santa Ono President University of British Columbia
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• Video Interview Soft Skills for Canada’s Future Workforce Derek Newton Assistant Vice-President, Innovation, Partnerships and Entrepreneurship University of Toronto
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• Video Spotlight Spotlight on the Forces Shaping the Future of Work Pierre Boucher General Manager of Innovation ENCQOR Jim Jarrell President & COO Linamar Prasad Garigipati Head of Global AI Accelerator in Montreal Ericsson Cory Janssen Co-Founders and Co-CEO AltaML
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• Video Interview The Skills and Partnerships Needed for Canada’s Innovation Economy John Hepburn CEO & Scientific Director Mitacs
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• Video Interview Skills for Canada’s Future Workforce Pedro Barata Executive Director Future Skills Centre
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Disruption is defining the future of our economy, and Canada’s workforce is not immune.

The colossal impacts of demographic shifts and technological evolutions, combined with the already existing inequities in our workforce based on gender, race and location, has galvanized stakeholders from across the economy to ask: What is the future of work?

While many of the factors defining how we work were already at play prior to the pandemic, COVID-19 has added an additional layer of uncertainty and instability to our future workforce. The future skills needed to survive and thrive in our economy just a few months ago may not be those we need today, and critical questions need to be asked about what must be done to strengthen our workforce for a resilient economic recovery.

This series takes a hard look at the future of work in Canada, with an emphasis on the skills our future economy needs, the role of innovation and the leaders that drive it, and the importance of cultivating a culture of intrapreneurship to propel Canada into the future economy.