Dr. Beth Dhuey:

Exposure to online learning platforms, such as LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, and EdX has been increasing. However, keeping people engaged once they sign up remains a significant barrier. We tested whether email reminders would increase engagement with LinkedIn Learning...

International policy agendas are increasingly focusing on the 21st century skills needed by future workers (otherwise called soft skills, digital skills or survival skills). This paper seeks to understand the structure of academic knowledge in this area, through is a...

Assessing the outcomes of distance-education graduates As COVID-19 complicates planning and budgeting, revenues from virtual learning can provide a lifeline as universities and colleges prepare for post-pandemic education. The widespread shift to virtual learning due...

The gender gap and the uptake of flexible work Flexible work arrangements (such as remote work, variable scheduling, variable work hours and shorter work weeks or hours) have been identified by researchers as a remedy to the pressures of traditional gender roles (such...

Over the last two decades, consensus around what abilities people need to thrive in the global economy has coalesced around a set of core skills: creativity, collaboration, problem solving, ICT literacy, coding, and so on. Some of the most influential voices pushing...

Assessing the returns to STEM skills and bilingualism using the 2018 National Graduate Survey Although the increasing importance of “soft skills” would suggest stronger labour market returns for BHASE* fields, our findings show that STEM jobs still pay more. As well,...

Canada must prepare for the growing need to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies. To do so, governments must have a thorough sense of the effectiveness of current employment retraining programs. High-quality evaluations of employment training programs...

Canada must prepare for the growing need to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies. To do so, governments must have a thorough sense of the effectiveness of current employment retraining programs. This FutureSkills Research Lab report provides (1) a...

Canada’s pursuit of skilled foreign workers is complicated—immigrants, and especially those with credentials from non-English source countries are not being utilized as much as they could be. As this report demonstrates, there is a worrying disconnect between the...