{"title":"Nurturing the next Canadian generation: The case for labour market research","authors":"K. Mcquillan","doi":"10.25336/CSP29373","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"As rates of population and labour force growth slow in Canada, the country faces important challenges in promoting economic growth and sustaining prosperity. Among the most important public issues are increasing labour force participation rates among groups with low or declining rates of work and reforming education to better prepare graduates for the jobs of the new economy. At the same time, Canada needs to respond to the shifting geography of work. The concentration of employment in a limited number of major urban centres is driving young people to seek work in high-cost cities, while many smaller cities and regions face the prospect of economic and demographic decline. Alors que les taux de population et la croissance de la population active ralentissent au Canada, le pays devra relever d’importants defis pour promouvoir la croissance economique et maintenir la prosperite. Les plus importantes questions d’ordre public porteront, entre autres, sur le taux de participation, au sein de la population active, de groupes presentant des taux d’emploi faibles ou en declin et la reforme de l’education afin de mieux preparer les diplomes aux emplois de la nouvelle economie. Le Canada doit, en meme temps, aborder la geographie changeante du travail. La concentration des emplois dans quelques grands centres urbains pousse les jeunes a chercher du travail dans les villes ou le cout est eleve, alors que les villes plus petites et les regions sont confrontees au declin economique et demographique. Mots-cles : population et environnement; climat; utilisation d’energie; pointe de population","PeriodicalId":44334,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Studies in Population","volume":"45 1","pages":"19-23"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8000,"publicationDate":"2018-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.25336/CSP29373","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Canadian Studies in Population","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.25336/CSP29373","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"DEMOGRAPHY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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As rates of population and labour force growth slow in Canada, the country faces important challenges in promoting economic growth and sustaining prosperity. Among the most important public issues are increasing labour force participation rates among groups with low or declining rates of work and reforming education to better prepare graduates for the jobs of the new economy. At the same time, Canada needs to respond to the shifting geography of work. The concentration of employment in a limited number of major urban centres is driving young people to seek work in high-cost cities, while many smaller cities and regions face the prospect of economic and demographic decline. Alors que les taux de population et la croissance de la population active ralentissent au Canada, le pays devra relever d’importants defis pour promouvoir la croissance economique et maintenir la prosperite. Les plus importantes questions d’ordre public porteront, entre autres, sur le taux de participation, au sein de la population active, de groupes presentant des taux d’emploi faibles ou en declin et la reforme de l’education afin de mieux preparer les diplomes aux emplois de la nouvelle economie. Le Canada doit, en meme temps, aborder la geographie changeante du travail. La concentration des emplois dans quelques grands centres urbains pousse les jeunes a chercher du travail dans les villes ou le cout est eleve, alors que les villes plus petites et les regions sont confrontees au declin economique et demographique. Mots-cles : population et environnement; climat; utilisation d’energie; pointe de population
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Canadian Studies in Population is an established international forum for research on population processes in Canada and around the world. Emphasis is placed on cutting-edge research relevant to demography and other population-related fields (including economics, geography, sociology, health sciences, public policy, and environmental sciences). The journal publishes original research articles and brief research notes that make an empirical, theoretical or methodological contribution.
Since its founding in 1974, Canadian Studies in Population has been the official journal of the Canadian Population Society (CPS) and the leading journal on population studies in Canada, promoting dialogue between Canadian researchers, statistical agencies and policymakers.