June 25, 2019
What skills and competencies will young Canadians need to successfully navigate our increasingly complex world? And what steps need to be taken by all stakeholders to ensure that young Canadians have the opportunity to study and choose between the full diversity of potential career paths? Read More
March 27, 2019
Mowat Policy Director Sunil Johal joins The Agenda panel examining skills training policy and the initiatives outlined in the 2019 federal budget. Read More
March 19, 2019
Postsecondary students have been increasingly combining education and employment as a way of enhancing skills and not only as a way of managing costs. This Mowat note summarizes what descriptive statistics from Statistics Canada’s most recent Longitudinal and International Survey of Adults (LISA) data tell us about students’ work experiences while in postsecondary education. Read More
March 12, 2019
In November 2018, the federal government announced its intention to unilaterally develop a new international education strategy. This report argues that it would be more effective for the federal government to eschew grand strategies and instead use international education strategically in advancing other, and more properly federal, policy goals. Read More
February 13, 2019
There are fewer women than men in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) professions in Canada. What drives this trend? Why is this a policy problem, and what can be done to address it? This report, the first from the Research Initiative on Education and Skills (RIES), tackles these topics.
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December 4, 2018
Almost three in ten young Ontarians – and one in three young men in Ontario – are entering an increasingly demanding labour market without any postsecondary training or credential. This is one of the main findings from a new Mowat analysis of data from the 2016 census. Read More
October 31, 2018
Andrew Parkin is on the Agenda to break down what the data tell us about employment and income in Ontario. Read More
October 23, 2018
The last recession had a profound effect on Ontario, but its effects were felt differently by Ontarians from different backgrounds and in different regions of the province. This is the picture that emerges from the 2016 census data on income and employment, analyzed in Mowat’s latest A Different Ontario report. Read More
June 4, 2018
It’s a familiar feeling. You need something. You invest resources – time and effort – to get it. You finally see it in front of you. You reach for it. And… you realize there’s still a barrier preventing you from grabbing and using it. Read More
June 22, 2017
In the latest release in Mowat’s Bold Ideas series, Buzzfeed’s Elamin Abdelmahmoud proposes making post-secondary education available to all Canadians – at zero cost. Read More
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