Workforce Innovation to Foster Positive Learning Environments in Canada
Canada has introduced a set of programmes to test novel approaches to skills development. This report analyses the potential of these programmes to improve the future-readiness of Canada’s adult learning system. Further, it outlines how these programmes might be expanded to promote optimal skills use and learning within workplaces, through the use of high-performance work practices.
Workforce innovation to support future-ready adult learning
Workforce innovation involves testing, sharing and implementing new approaches to employment and training services. This chapter provides an overview of recent developments in workforce innovation in Canada. It assesses their potential to improve the future-readiness of Canada’s adult learning system along five dimensions: coverage and inclusiveness, alignment of training with labour market needs, impact of adult learning, financing, and governance.