Human Resources committee  Yes, I just wanted to broaden this out. I'm not sure in which country you saw that model.

Human Resources committee  We need to talk about the fact that we are bringing in newcomers of all ages, not just young people. One of the things the education system can do that is really important is a bit of advisement and navigation...skills assessment, skills advisement, and “Did you know...?” That ca

Human Resources committee  The harping on about Europe is something I've been going on about in all the time that I've done this job, but then I realize that in Europe, a banker can be an apprentice. We don't do that here, right? Our trades professions are limited and defined, compulsory, non-compulsory, j

Human Resources committee  I would concur, but I don't have data points at hand, because in the end, a student is a student is a student. We're not asking them those kinds of things. However, I will say this. I am an immigrant myself. There was a large tradition of immigration from certain South Asian coun

Human Resources committee  We're all talking about awareness. One solution is awareness through data. Another one is to talk about the success stories. As well, how about a module on national labour market information for guidance counsellors across the country? We would get the information to those in g

Human Resources committee  First of all, I think we really need a repository of all the good things that are going on. I know that the research at the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum does that. My colleague Matt has a couple of little anecdotes to tell you. In this case, perhaps the plural of anecdote is “da

Human Resources committee  You know what? The lack of data in this G7 country really drives me crazy, so I'm going to give you proxy answers. In the world of the polytechnics, some 25% of our post-secondary students are reporting prior post-secondary experience. Some 15% are reporting prior university deg

Human Resources committee  I wouldn't know, because I'm not an expert in the K-to-12 world. Maybe I would ask my colleagues if they know.

Human Resources committee  I would invite my colleague, Matthew Henderson, to tell you about NAIT in Edmonton. He has the details.

Human Resources committee  I totally concur, because at the end of the day, we're talking about craft. And in fact, it's interesting when you think about the changing nature of work, that we've come back to a world where craft is how we're going to survive in an automation economy. It's the working with th

Human Resources committee  Thank you. If I understood your questions, you're asking me, one, if there is a possibility of expanding apprenticeship models to other professions that are not traditional trades, and two, about the wage subsidy. I believe that one should be able to say that more professions ne

Human Resources committee  The alignment that I'm talking about is less about the unions—that happens in the case of the CCDA and the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum bringing all jurisdictions together. The alignment I'm talking about treats this as equal learning, which is why I'm so proud of the Canada app

Human Resources committee  We all think we know what apprenticeship is, but we don't really. I certainly would have to admit to you that when I took this job nine years ago, I did not know how it was delivered. Let me make it real for you. If you're Algonquin College here in Ottawa, or La Cité collégiale

Human Resources committee  Despite the fact that it is a shared jurisdiction issue, the Government of Canada has a role to play in providing better data to learners, to help people make informed choices about their careers. The data that we really don't have is on the demand side, on all the skills and suc

Human Resources committee  We are perpetuating the bias even in how we speak. We need to talk about a talent pipeline—all of it. We keep talking about diversity. Have we ever looked at how many tradespeople are doing R and D in some of the very small firms that we want to grow and have export?