From: Mikal SkuterudTo: Labour Market WatchersDate: September 9, 2025Re: A Realistic Strategy to Wean Canadian Businesses Off Low-Skill Foreign Labour Uprooting one’s life to settle in a new country is always daunting, but it’s particularly unnerving when immigration rules are in constant flux. Attracting foreign talent requires a system that is stable, transparent, and predictable. […]
September 9, 2025 – Canada’s labour market faces major shifts – from technological change to new trade models and the energy transition – making better planning essential to help workers adapt. A new C.D. Howe Institute report finds that while many of the skills needed to shift into emerging jobs in a lower-carbon economy are […]
While many of the skills needed to shift into emerging jobs in a lower-carbon economy are already present among Canadian workers, persistent mismatches and gaps in technical knowledge, problem-solving, and critical thinking remain.
Not all school boards deliver the same results for students – even after accounting for socioeconomic background. In Grade 6 mathematics, the District School Board of Niagara, Conseil scolaire Viamonde, Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board, and Le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir stand out with significantly stronger outcomes than many other boards. Past evidence suggests that, […]
Explore how your child’s elementary school stacks up with the Signpost of Success map. Based on three years of EQAO math and literacy results, this tool adjusts for socioeconomic factors – like parental education, family structure, and recent immigration – to provide a fairer, more accurate view of Ontario school performance. See where your school […]
Canada’s youth-to-adult unemployment ratio has increased from 2.05 in 2021 to 2.48 in the first half of 2025 (January–July), nearly matching the pandemic-era peak of 2020. This represents a reversal of the steady declines following the 2008–2009 recession, which reduced the ratio to a low of 2.0 in 2017. An elevated ratio is concerning, as […]
The Signposts of Success report returns to give parents and policymakers a reliable way to compare schools across Ontario. This revived series highlights which schools and boards outperform expectations – and what that reveals about student success.
From: Tingting Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)To: Labour market observersDate: August 27, 2025Re: A New Trade War, An Old Barrier: Why Canada’s Labour Mobility Bill Is Long Overdue The federal government’s new One Canadian Economy Act, which enacts the Labour Mobility in Canada Act, was prompted by recent US-Canada trade tensions, but also addresses a long-standing […]
With foreign student caps now firmly in place, how are Canada’s colleges and universities fairing? According to Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates and the University of Waterloo’s Mikal Skuterud, Ottawa needs to prioritize students – and the provinces need to prioritize spending.
With foreign student caps now firmly in place, how are Canada’s colleges and universities fairing? According to Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates and the University of Waterloo’s Mikal Skuterud, Ottawa needs to prioritize students – and the provinces need to prioritize spending.
From: Parisa MahboubiTo: HR WatchersDate: July 23, 2025Re: More Applicants Doesn’t Mean Better Hires Despite signs of economic cooling, Canadian companies are still hiring and continue to struggle with getting it right. The labour market is shifting, but one thing hasn’t changed: employers continue to face long hiring timelines, mismatched candidates, and costly hiring mistakes. […]
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From: Mikal SkuterudTo: Labour Market WatchersDate: September 9, 2025Re: A Realistic Strategy to Wean Canadian Businesses Off Low-Skill Foreign Labour Uprooting one’s life to settle in a new country is always daunting, but it’s particularly unnerving when immigration rules are in constant flux. Attracting foreign talent requires a system that is stable, transparent, and predictable. […] 
September 9, 2025 – Canada’s labour market faces major shifts – from technological change to new trade models and the energy transition – making better planning essential to help workers adapt. A new C.D. Howe Institute report finds that while many of the skills needed to shift into emerging jobs in a lower-carbon economy are […] 
Not all school boards deliver the same results for students – even after accounting for socioeconomic background. In Grade 6 mathematics, the District School Board of Niagara, Conseil scolaire Viamonde, Windsor-Essex Catholic District School Board, and Le Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir stand out with significantly stronger outcomes than many other boards. Past evidence suggests that, […] 
Explore how your child’s elementary school stacks up with the Signpost of Success map. Based on three years of EQAO math and literacy results, this tool adjusts for socioeconomic factors – like parental education, family structure, and recent immigration – to provide a fairer, more accurate view of Ontario school performance. See where your school […] 
Canada’s youth-to-adult unemployment ratio has increased from 2.05 in 2021 to 2.48 in the first half of 2025 (January–July), nearly matching the pandemic-era peak of 2020. This represents a reversal of the steady declines following the 2008–2009 recession, which reduced the ratio to a low of 2.0 in 2017. An elevated ratio is concerning, as […] 
The Signposts of Success report returns to give parents and policymakers a reliable way to compare schools across Ontario. This revived series highlights which schools and boards outperform expectations – and what that reveals about student success. 
From: Tingting Zhang (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)To: Labour market observersDate: August 27, 2025Re: A New Trade War, An Old Barrier: Why Canada’s Labour Mobility Bill Is Long Overdue The federal government’s new One Canadian Economy Act, which enacts the Labour Mobility in Canada Act, was prompted by recent US-Canada trade tensions, but also addresses a long-standing […] 
With foreign student caps now firmly in place, how are Canada’s colleges and universities fairing? According to Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates and the University of Waterloo’s Mikal Skuterud, Ottawa needs to prioritize students – and the provinces need to prioritize spending. 
With foreign student caps now firmly in place, how are Canada’s colleges and universities fairing? According to Alex Usher of Higher Education Strategy Associates and the University of Waterloo’s Mikal Skuterud, Ottawa needs to prioritize students – and the provinces need to prioritize spending. 
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From: Parisa MahboubiTo: HR WatchersDate: July 23, 2025Re: More Applicants Doesn’t Mean Better Hires Despite signs of economic cooling, Canadian companies are still hiring and continue to struggle with getting it right. The labour market is shifting, but one thing hasn’t changed: employers continue to face long hiring timelines, mismatched candidates, and costly hiring mistakes. […]