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"Youth FIlling Gaps in Skilled Trade"
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1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board |
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January 2012 |
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74 |
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The focus of this project was to identi fy projected employment in the skilled trades and other skilled occupati ons in the local community using an evidence based forecasti ng model and to facilitate a campaign to inform youth and other stakeholders of these employment opportunities.
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Economic Recession and Immigrant Labour Market Outcomes in Canada, 2006-2011 |
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Philip Kelly, Stella Park, Laura Lepper |
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July 2011 |
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16 |
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How has Canada’s recession affected the Canadian-born and immigrants’ labour market outcomes (unemployment rate, full-time employment rate, and employment in industry sector) from 2006 to 2011? Does the effect vary by gender, immigrant status and place of residence?
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Women and the Economy 2010:
25 Years of Progress But Challenges Remain |
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U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee |
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August 2010 |
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14 |
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This report, which includes annual data from 1984 through 2009, provides a comprehensive overview of women’s economic progress over the last twenty-five years and highlights the additional work left to be done. The role of women in the American economy is of indisputable importance. The future of the American economy depends on women’s work, both inside and outside the home.
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Canada’s Future Labour Market: Immigrants to the Rescue? |
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Glen Hodgson |
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July –August 2010 |
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With the aging of the population, says Glen Hodgson from the Conference Board of Canada, Canada faces a challenging economic future. The recession has provided
temporary relief from tight labour market conditions, but he expects that the national unemployment rate will decrease to 6 percent as the economy recovers.
Planning is thus needed to deal with the forthcoming deceleration in labour supply growth, and he argues that immigration can provide an important source of labour market supply and dynamism, if done right. In order to modernize Canada’s immigration policy, he suggests Canada should increase the weight it gives to economic factors, streamline the immigration system, expand the use of temporary foreign worker programs, increase employers’ upfront involvement and improve foreign credential recognition.
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The Recognition of Immigrant Skills
A Search for Best Practices |
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Wayland Consulting |
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March 2010 |
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The research described in this report examines how credentials are assessed and employment found for immigrants for various Canadian jurisdictions. The objective of the research was to identify how other provinces enable skilled and regulated professionals to work in their professions, with a particular focus on the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), and to glean “best practices” from other jurisdictions. Practices from Australia, which has comparable immigration streams to Canada, are also included.
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Immigrant Employment by Field of Study In Waterloo Region |
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Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin |
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October 2009 |
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36 |
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The intent of this study is to examine whether an immigrant’s field of study had any bearing on the ability to succeed in the labour market of Waterloo Region.
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Immigrant Profile |
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1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board |
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September 2009 |
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This report is a compilation of immigrant Census data for key labour market areas covered by the 1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board, namely the United Counties of Leeds & Grenville and the County of Frontenac. In effect this immigrant profile reflects a significant under-representation of immigrants in these rural counties compared to Ontario and Canada which may or may not have a negative impact for future development.
The document hopefully will provide some background information for communities to make informed decisions for immigration retention and attraction in these rural areas.
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Immigration: The Changing Face of Canada |
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The Canadian Chamber of Commerce |
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February 2009 |
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Canada is an immigrant-rich nation. Immigrants have contributed greatly to the development and cultural fabric of our country. With an aging population and a declining birth rate, Canada (like most of the developed world) is increasingly relying on immigration to enhance and grow its workforce. Immigration now accounts for more than 70 percent of net growth in the labour force and Statistics Canada projects that by 2011 it will account for 100 percent of that growth. The mix of our nation’s skills, education and productivity is increasingly determined by the attributes of foreign-born individuals.
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The Ill-Prepared U.S. Workforce
Exploring the Challenges of Employer-Provided Workforce Readiness Training |
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The Conference Board |
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2009 |
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Employers report hiring substantial numbers of new entrants who are poorly prepared, requiring additional company investment to improve workforce readiness skills. And while many employers provide workforce readiness or remedial training to bring their new entrants up to speed, many report less than strong results. The results of the survey accompanying this report raise the question whether compensating for poorly prepared new workforce entrants with on-the-job workforce readiness training is the most effective way to address the readiness gap.
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Valorizing Immigrants’ Non-Canadian Work Experience |
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Canadian Council on Learning |
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2009 |
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55 |
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A reluctance to acknowledge foreign work experience by Canadian employers means six out of 10 immigrants are forced to take jobs for which they are over-qualified. A solution to this is to valorize, that is to assign value to, overseas work experience.
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Workforce Focus
Census Release |
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1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board
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August 2008 |
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A look at Aboriginal Peoples.
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Workforce Focus
Census Release |
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1000 Islands Region Workforce Development Board |
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July 2008 |
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4 |
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A look at immigration, language and mobility.
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Working conditions of an ageing workforce |
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions |
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May 2008 |
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84 |
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The European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) aims to provide an overview of the state of working conditions throughout Europe and an indication of the extent and type of changes affecting the workforce and the quality of work. Eurofound conducts this survey every five years: the 2005 EWCS constitutes the fourth wave of this survey, the previous waves being carried out in 1990, 1995 and 2000. Topics covered in the survey include working time, work organisation, pay, work-related health risks and health outcomes and access to training.
Since the 2005 EWCS, Eurofound has been engaged in more in-depth analysis of its findings on key themes relating to working conditions in the EU. This report addresses the key theme of the working conditions of Europe’s ageing workforce and its findings are based on data from the 2005 EWCS.
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Next Cities™ The Top Canadian Hotspots for Young, Talented Workers |
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Next Generation Consulting |
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2008 |
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NGC’s research team spent 2008 updating our metrics - researching the best, most reliable metrics that matter most to young professionals. Then, we collected these metrics for all cities in Canada and the Unites States with 100,000 or more people. Lastly, we developed a scoring system to standardize metrics, and rank cities according to their distance (for better or worse) from the average. The bottom line: NGC’s Next Cities™ list is one of the most robust lists of its kind.
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Supporting and Engaging Older Workers in the New Economy |
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Expert Panel on Older Workers |
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2008 |
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110 |
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The Expert Panel on Older Workers was established as a response to two divergent pressures that threaten the high standard of living that Canadians are currently enjoying. First is Canada’s changing demographics. The Canadian population is aging, and that will have significant impact on the Canadian economy and could reduce its growth potential. The second pressure is how to provide for those Canadian workers —in this case, older workers — who are displaced as the economy adapts.
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Rural and Small Town Canada Analysis Bulletin |
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Statistics Canada |
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These occasional papers focus on the analysis of population trends in rural Canada. Studies of changing patterns in rural communities through space and time cover a range of topics: demography, health, education, manufacturing and labour, household and family.
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