A note on demographic factors and implications for skills development / prepared for the Expert Panel on Skills by Bert Pereboom, Peartree Solutions Inc.: C21-36/20-2000E-PDF
"Demographic trends suggest that the pool of human capital on which knowledge industries can draw will be shaped by the age profile of the labour force. The population bulge generated by the baby boom has largely moved into age groups where radical switches to new occupations are rare. Adjustment to growing needs of knowledge industries falls more heavily on the incoming cohorts as a result. Maintaining or expanding the pool of human capital will demand an increased focus on groups traditionally excluded from large investments in human capital including aboriginals and those growing up in low income families"--Summary, page 1.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Advisory Council on Science and Technology, issuing body. |
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| Title | A note on demographic factors and implications for skills development / prepared for the Expert Panel on Skills by Bert Pereboom, Peartree Solutions Inc. |
| Variant title | Expert Panel on Skills : supporting documents : a note on demographic factors and implications for skill development Note on demographic factors and implications for skill development |
| Series title | Supporting document ; 28 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Cover title. "July 1999." Digitized edition from print [produced by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa, ON : Advisory Council on Science and Technology = Conseil consultatif des sciences et de la technologie, 1999. ©2000 |
| Author / Contributor | Pereboom, Bert, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (12 pages) : graphs. |
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| Subject terms | Employees -- Training of -- Canada -- Statistics. Labor market -- Canada -- Statistics. Skilled labor -- Training of -- Canada -- Statistics. Personnel -- Formation -- Canada -- Statistiques. Marché du travail -- Canada -- Statistiques. Ouvriers qualifiés -- Formation -- Canada -- Statistiques. |
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