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Green Collar Jobs: The skills revolution Canada needs to reach Net Zero
February 16, 2022 Canada is on the cusp of a generational skills crisis. As a nation, we’ve set some of the most ambitious climate objectives in the world, led by an overarching goal to reach Net Zero emissions by 2050. This pursuit brings with it an abundance of opportunity: for Canadian innovation, for new green investment, and for economic growth.Unleashing Opportunity: The economic gains in narrowing Canada’s racial wealth gap
January 13, 2022 Boosting business ownership and encouraging better outcomes for visible minorities could help pave the way for more innovation and enhance Canada’s global competitiveness.The Great Canadian Restart: How 2022 can spark an era of greener, more robust growth
December 8, 2021 If 2021 was the year Canada rounded the corner on the pandemic recession, 2022 is the year it can accelerate out of a decades-long pattern of slowing growth. - RBC EconomicsSqueeze Play: Higher wages alone won’t solve Canada’s labour shortage problem
November 9, 2021 Over one third of Canadian businesses are grappling with labour shortages. Higher wages aren’t the only thing workers are seeking in their post-pandemic careers. - RBC EconomicsA Regional Renaissance: More Canadians drawn to live on the Atlantic Coast during pandemic
October 4, 2021 COVID-19 super-charged the migration of Canadians to Atlantic Canada. See the latest RBC Economics report on interprovincial migration.Powering Up: Preparing Canada’s skilled trades for a post-pandemic economy
September 14, 2021 Key Points 25% of Canada’s 4 million tradespeople will need to upgrade their skills within five years amid significant digital disruption.1 Canada will face a shortage of at least 10,000 workers in nationally recognized Red Seal trades over that period—a deficit that swells tenfold when 250 provincially regulated trades are included.2 The most severe shortages […]Gil Moore on Warren Buffett, logging your 10,000 hours, and why anger kills creativity
August 24, 2021 Gil Moore speaks to Disruptors co-hosts John Stackhouse and Trinh Theresa Do about virtuosos, hardship and the merits of “the long slog."Building Bandwidth: The Conversation Continues
August 4, 2021 Building Bandwidth was always intended as a conversation starter. Here are five ideas for moving forward, based on insights from Indigenous techies across Canada.The Coming Creativity Boom: How human ingenuity will power the 2020s
July 20, 2021 As Canada emerges from the pandemic, creativity is the new “it” skill. Find out why in our new report, The Coming Creativity Boom.2 of 8