Policy in a Pub: Is the Ontario workforce ready for the future?
Date and time
Location
The Pilot
22 Cumberland Street 2nd Floor "Stealth Lounge" Toronto, ON M4W 1J5 CanadaDescription
Is the Ontario workforce ready for the new world of work? Rapid technological change is disrupting work realities in both obvious and subtle ways. What key skill sets will be essential to success in the increasingly automated and flexible workplace on the horizon? How well-prepared is Ontario's workforce for these new realities? Are our policy frameworks, government programs, and public funding mechanisms up to the task of adequately supporting this transformation and if not, how can they be improved? Join us on April 27th for a lively discussion of these topics.
The Mowat Centre is committed to connecting professionals from across the broader public policy community by bringing together people from the public, private, non-profit, academic and media sectors. On April 27th, we will be hosting the next installment in our Policy in a Pub series to hear from each other and exchange ideas in an informal setting – this time featuring a conversation on skills and government policy in the future world of work.
Speakers
Andrew Parkin
Director, Mowat Centre
Harvey Weingarten
President and CEO, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario
Vass Bednar
Chair of the Expert Panel on Youth Employment and Senior Policy Associate, Airbnb (Canada)
John MacLaughlin
Executive Director, Toronto Workforce Innovation Group
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The Mowat Centre is an independent public policy research centre located at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.
The Mowat Centre is Ontario’s non-partisan, evidence-based voice on public policy. It undertakes collaborative applied policy research, proposes innovative research-driven recommendations, and engages in public dialogue on Canada’s most important national issues.
Policy areas of expertise include public-sector transformation, intergovernmental relations, income security, equalization and fiscal transfers, health care innovation, pension-plan reform, energy security, immigration policy, and cross-border collaboration, among others.