Bridging the gap: The role of innovation intermediaries in Canada. A summary of lessons and best practices from existing knowledge. Mitacs.
This report answers three central questions about innovation intermediaries with the goal of better understanding how they operate to support innovation. First, it defines innovation intermediaries as organizations that provide a supportive role for collaboration between parties during the various stages of innovation. Next, it explains the need for innovation intermediaries to support firms,…Read More
Developing related occupations for the O*NET program. O*NET Resource Center.
This report outlines the development and evaluation of a new process for identifying related occupations with the O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy. Previously, related occupations information was not available for all O*NET occupations. In this report, the initial approach for identifying related occupations is described, based on the similarity of work performed — in other words,…Read More
Employment barriers facing Arab women in Canada.
Arab Canadians make up one of the fastest-growing immigrant communities in Canada. However, they also have one of the highest unemployment rates in the country. This report examines the experiences of Arab Canadians in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, highlighting several employment barriers they face. These include inadequate employment services, lack of foreign credential recognition,…Read More
Primary school reopenings and parental work. Canadian Journal of Economics, 55(S1), 248–281.
The authors measured the impact on parental employment and work hours in Canada by observing the geographical pattern of primary school re-openings through the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. They did this by comparing parents of primary-school children in regions where schools re-opened to regions where schools remained closed. In addition, the authors…Read More
Lost opportunities: Measuring the unrealized value of skill vacancies in Canada. The Conference Board of Canada.
This research explores skills vacancies in Canada and estimates their unrealized economic value. In this study, job vacancies are defined as skill-set vacancies, identified by disaggregating job vacancies through expected skills for each job. The unrealized value of each skill is then calculated using the annual salary associated with each occupation. The cost of…Read More
Bridging the gap: Immigrant women and their labour market integration in the Greater Toronto Area. Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council.
This TRIEC report explores the challenges faced by skilled immigrant women who arrived in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) between 2011 and 2020. The study combined an online survey with in-depth interviews with 365 immigrant professionals and 608 employers. The immigrant respondents are women aged 25–54, with an average of eight years’ work experience…Read More
[Online job postings, a new source of labour market data: Illustration for the year 2019]. DARES.
(French only) The main objective of this document is to explore the new possibilities of analysis generated by the emergence of databases built using online job postings. In particular, the document addresses the issue of creating a statistical database from semi-structured data collected on the Internet through web-scraping. As well, it examines the contributions…Read More
Recovery for all: Finding equities in education and employment. Toronto, Future Skills Centre.
Led by the Conference Board of Canada and the Future Skills Centre, this report explores the disparate effects that pandemic restrictions have had on vulnerable communities in Canada, specifically, youth, Indigenous people, women and newcomers. Researchers interacted with hundreds of stakeholders across the country to discuss their perspectives and concerns on equity and to…Read More
Six trends shaping immigrant labour market integration. Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council.
Key Takeaway: Canada must ensure that immigrants access supports and resources to help their inclusion, integration and retention in the labour market. Immigration has been identified as a key mechanism to address labour market challenges and support post-pandemic economic recovery in Canada. This report identifies six key trends impacting the labour market integration of…Read More
The labor market impact of COVID-19 on immigrants. IZA World of Labor 2022, 489.
This report looks at the impacts of COVID-19 on immigrant workers in the US, Canada, Australia and several EU countries. In nearly all countries examined, immigrant workers were more likely than their native-born counterparts to be employed in jobs ill-suited to remote work. Although job loss rates between the two groups were nearly equal…Read More