Empowering Workers

Higher education no silver bullet in fight against inequality

Opinion

July 25, 2015

Andrew Jackson

A key challenge for Canadians is to increase the number of highly skilled, highly productive, well paid job sought by the many young people leaving our post-secondary educational institutions.
Youth unemployment and Canada’s jobless non-recovery

Opinion

November 18, 2014

Roy Culpeper

It is hardly surprising, in view of all these retrograde developments in the job market, that inequality is increasing.
Indigenous workers in Canada: new data points to steep unemployment

Analysis

September 10, 2014

Angella MacEwen

Whenever we’re talking about labour market strategies and good jobs, it’s important to keep in mind that for some workers there are systemic barriers that need to be addressed.