ISBN: 1774520044 9781774520048

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Page count: 45

RELEASES SUMMER 2020 SKILLS NEXT INCLUDE: Indigenous skills and employment training; Digital skills and training; Competency frameworks and essential skills; Barriers to employment for specific groups Technology-enabled innovations in the skills and demographics; and employment ecosystem; Alternative approaches to skills & training; Understanding gig work and the experience and of gi [...] Finally, we extend our thanks to the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business' research team for reviewing several versions of the paper and for raising the topic of skills needs for the future of the Indigenous economy. [...] In inviting the reader to deeply consider the context of the Indigenous skills ecosystem, we aim to promote collective and collaborative solutions that will complement the efforts already being made by Indigenous business operators, service providers and workers to improve their skillsets and prepare for the future of work. [...] Close to one of every 13 people in Canada younger than the age of 14 is Indigenous.37 Approximately 50 percent of all Inuit are younger than the age of 2538 and 51.6 percent of First Nations people are younger than 30.39 From 2006-2016, the Indigenous population has grown at four times the rate of the non-Indigenous population over the same period. [...] Mapping the Landscape: Indigenous Skills Training and Jobs in Canada Indigenous population is young and growing: on average, the Indigenous population is 8.4 years younger than the non-Indigenous population the Indigenous population in Canada grew by 18%.