Women’s economic empowerment and the Canadian labour market
“Economic empowerment increases women’s access to economic resources and opportunities including jobs, financial services, property and other productive assets, skills development and market information.” – OECD It’s International Women’s Day, and…
The great remote work debate: Does it boost or bust productivity? It depends.
The debate around remote work is alive and well, and it’s given us all a lot to talk about, including fun new acronyms like WFH (“work from home”) and RTO (“return-to-office”). …
Conversations with Black entrepreneurs: What motivates entrepreneurship?
February is Black History Month: an invitation to recognize, celebrate and honour the profound contributions Black workers have made to building Canada’s economy, politics and labour market. For Black History Month…
What can the data tell us about Black entrepreneurs in Canada?
February is Black History Month: an invitation to recognize, celebrate and honour the profound contributions Black workers have made to building Canada’s economy, politics and labour market. For Black History Month…
A brief history of Black entrepreneurship in Canada
February is Black History Month: an invitation to recognize, celebrate and honour the profound contributions Black workers have made to building Canada’s economy, politics and labour market. For Black History Month…
How do career development professionals deliver labour market information to their clients?
In our recent report, Navigating labour market information: Challenges faced by career development professionals, we discussed the challenges that career development professionals encounter when finding and using labour market information (LMI)…
LMIC to examine occupations at risk due to an aging workforce
Canada’s workforce is aging, and the number of Canadian workers approaching retirement age has never been higher. Over the last several decades, the average age of Canadians has increased, and the…
What is “decent work”?
The concept of “decent work” is an important one: it is the framework that countries worldwide use to develop initiatives, programs and policies that improve working conditions for everyone. It’s also…
Annual Report 2022-2023
LMIC’s annual report for the 2022-2023 fiscal year.
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