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February Labour Report: Wages, women & engineers

Very little changed for the Canadian labour market last month. According to Statistics Canada’s (StatsCan) latest release for February 2023, unemployment once again held steady at 5% and a modest…

Mar 14, 2023 1:09:02 PM

Women's workforce progress and remaining barriers

Today is the 48th annual International Women’s Day. In 1975 the United Nations declared it the International Year of Women, and since then, March 8 has been celebrated as International Women’s Day.…

Mar 8, 2023 11:25:50 AM

November Labour Report: Making the most of Canada’s Skilled Workforce

In its latest labour force survey, Statistics Canada reports that one-third of workers aged 25 to 54 engaged in professional and personal development in the past 12 months. Training included…

Dec 7, 2022 1:15:50 PM

August Labour Report: Talent squeeze slightly loosens its grip

After months of record-breaking, historic unemployment lows, Statistics Canada reported a rise of the unemployment rate by 0.5 percentage points last month to 5.4%. Statistics Canada notes this is…

Sep 14, 2022 3:17:54 PM

Employers & job seekers have reasons to smile in the most recent Canadian Labour Report.

The last two years have been, to put it lightly, difficult for Canadians and businesses. However, it was not all doom and gloom for the Canadian labour market at the end of 2021. In Statistics…

Jan 19, 2022 10:14:29 AM

5 Qualities an IT Technician should have

An IT technician will have a specific set of responsibilities at an organization, such as installing, testing, and maintaining the computers, networks, and software systems used to store, send and…

Oct 6, 2021 10:55:14 AM