Creative businesses and workers are a vital component of Canada’s economy, from freelancers, artist collectives, to internationally competitive firms, spurring innovation and knowledge transfer, commercial and cultural value, and employment opportunities. This project explores the role of creative entrepreneurship in the innovation economy and in our economic recovery.
Les entreprises et des travailleurs créatifs sont un élément vital de l’économie du Canada, des travailleurs autonomes aux entreprises compétitives à l’échelle internationale en passant par les collectifs d’artistes, stimulant l’innovation et le transfert de connaissances, les valeurs commerciales et culturelles tout comme les occasions d’emploi.
Artists and creative businesses and organizations took a hard and direct hit from the 2020 pandemic and public health guidelines forbidding public gatherings, events, and non-essential in-person work. This article explores the state of creative work and entrepreneurship in the era of physical distancing.
An in-depth survey of the experiences of high-growth women founders as they scale their companies, revealing divergent pathways to growth and new strategies for government, policymakers, accelerators and funders to better support the distinct needs of women-led firms.
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t the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship (BII+E), we’re motivated by the potential of the innovation economy. We believe Canada can build prosperity that will be more widely shared than ever before. To achieve this future, Canada will need forward-looking insights and new thinking to advance actionable innovation policy.
Our multi-disciplinary teams focus on work streams which we believe are critical to Canada’s future economic success. They build collaborative relationships with our partners to generate rigorous research, propose unconventional approaches and pilot ideas to explore how Canada’s innovation economy can include people of different ages, incomes and backgrounds.
BII+E is now accepting applications for our 2021 Summer Internship Program. Two paid (virtual) positions to be filled: Policy + Research Intern and Communications Intern. Apply until January 24.
Il constitue la prochaine étape de notre recherche sur l'emploi en 2030 et est conçu pour concrétiser les Prévisions sur la croissance des professions au Canada. Nous visons à élaborer des solutions régionales pertinentes à l'échelle nationale qui aident les travailleurs de partout au Canada à acquérir les compétences et les habiletés qui seront essentielles au monde du travail de l'avenir
As the next step in our research on employment in 2030, this project is designed to translate our Forecast of Canadian Occupational Growth into action. We aim to develop regionally based, nationally relevant solutions that help workers across Canada gain the skills and abilities critical for the future of work.
Digital skills, and access to digital literacy training, have never been more important. From extensive research to a youth-focused pilot, we’ve been working to better understand how digital literacy is taught and learned across Canada, who has access to it, and who doesn’t.
This work stream seeks to understand future skill demands across Canada, while helping companies and people gain the skills they need to thrive in an innovation-driven economy.
Sharing the open-source digitally lit(erate) curriculum focused on building youth digital literacy and technical competencies. The program builds an understanding of how to utilize technological tools and navigate multiple platforms to help youth critically engage with digital content and spaces
From paying taxes to accessing benefits, learn about the issues facing independent workers in a world set up for full-time work. Find out why Jon Shell and Jack Graham think it’s time for Canada to start better supporting freelancers, as part of our series on building inclusion and equity into the innovation economy.
This report uses online job postings data from Burning Glass to push our understanding of which digital skills are in demand and what combination of digital and soft skills can help workers successfully navigate the Canadian job market.
Looking at the many faces behind Canada’s tech occupations, with a focus on who are Canada’s tech workers? Where do they work? And what do they earn?
We’re seeking an experienced people leader to directly support our policy delivery team and lead our people and culture work.
These are the areas we focus on within the innovation-driven economy.
