Upskilling for Canada’s
Climate Transition
The Academy for Sustainable Innovation (ASI) and the Resilience by Design Lab (RbD Lab) in partnership with the Future Skills Centre, have launched the ‘Upskilling for Canada’s Climate Transition’ research project, funded by the Government of Canada’s Future Skills Program. This project aims to identify the steps needed to upskill the workforce in order to support Canada’s climate transition plan.
This research partnership will explore the following:
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The skills, competencies, and attributes required for individuals to take climate action within various leadership and vocational pathways;
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Opportunities for Canadian organizations to collaborate on skills development to support climate action leadership;
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Potential governance structures to provide an organizing system and set of principles for common competencies that might work across sectors; and
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Skills and Development Programs, including short-duration courses (micro-learning, micro-credentials, or certificate programs) that provide rapid upskilling for climate action.
Capacity-building for advancing climate-related leadership has become a critical workforce development requirement for both individuals and employers in every sector across Canada. There is an urgent need for workforce upskilling to effectively address the growing impacts and risks of climate change, and to accelerate an economic transition towards a low-carbon society.
This research project aims to identify:
The skills, competencies, and attributes required for individuals to take climate action within various leadership and vocational pathways
Opportunities for Canadian organizations to collaborate on skills development to support climate action leadership
Potential governance structures to provide an organizing system and set of principles for common competencies that might work across sectors
Skills and Development Programs, including short-duration courses (micro-learning, micro-credentials, or certificate programs) that provide rapid upskilling for climate action
The intent of this study is to support the development of a national strategy for rapid upskilling for climate action workforce development, one that offers inclusive, financially and temporally accessible opportunities for Canada to transition toward a low-carbon, socially inclusive future.
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Meet the team:
Meet the masterminds behind the Upskilling for Canada’s Climate Transition research project. Through this partnership, the Academy for Sustainable Innovation and the Resilience by Design Lab united their best people to learn more about how to support workforce development for climate action in Canada.
Other resources:
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