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Employment Continues to Show Strength
28 September 2023
Employment rates in Toronto held steady for a second consecutive month in August according to Statistics Canada with the employment rate declining by 0.3% to…
Employment Continues to Show Strength
25 August 2023
Toronto’s labour market continued to show signs of resilience and strength during July. Toronto’s rate of unemployment remained stable as it rose slightly to 6.1…
Explore the Exciting Career Opportunities in the Self Storage Industry
26 July 2023
The self-storage industry in Ontario specifically has experienced significant growth over the past few years. In 2023, the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation (MPAC) found that…
Beyond Disabilities: Addressing Workforce Shortages & Poverty Alleviation
12 July 2023
This week Statistics Canada released their 2019 Earnings pay gap among persons with and without disabilities, 2019 (statcan.gc.ca) and earlier this week, Bill C-22, the…
Organizational Success: The Role of Organizational Needs Assessments in Bridging Workplace Gaps & Identifying Workforce Strengths
5 July 2023
In the year 2022-2023, Metro Toronto Movement for literacy developed and piloted Organizational Needs Assessments (ONA) to pave the way for workplace literacy pilots in…
Beyond the Buzz: Reflecting on the Great Resignation that Wasn’t
31 May 2023
People have an innate compulsion to categorize, to make sense of chaos and confusion, and to right their place in the world. Labels give us…
The Lipstick & Underwear Indexes: Exploring the Contradiction of Retail Closures and Increased
17 May 2023
Recent headlines about retail stores closing across the country seem to paint a grim picture for the industry, but the reality is more complex when…
Fear of A.I is really fear of the unknown: Keeping an open mind about the future of work
10 May 2023
There is a debate afoot about technology and the risk that innovation poses to the workforce. This debate is nothing new. It’s a debate that…
Toronto Labour Market Information (LMI) and Adult Literacy Programs (LBS)
20 April 2023
LMI refers to data, statistics, and insights about the conditions and dynamics of the labor market, including employment trends, job vacancies, wages, unemployment rates, workforce…
ECE & Labor Market Shifts: Parent Essentials
15 April 2023
As licensed childcare has become more affordable, more families are now showing interest in enrolling their child in daycare. Some experts have raised concerns that…
Think Design: A Labour Market Analysis of Toronto’s Design Sector Presentation
25 January 2023
Event Recap of the Think Design: A Labour Market Analysis of Toronto’s Design Sector Presentation
Some Thoughts – and Questions – about Our Aging Population and Health Care Needs.
14 June 2021
In the midst of our year of Covid-19, there have been so many reports about the terrible toll the initial phases of the pandemic took…