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Canada West Foundation - Policy Brief

Apprenticeship style learning: A solution to skills shortages


Problem 


Canada has a highly educated workforce and, paradoxically, a pervasive skills shortage. In a January 2025 survey of Alberta employers, 47 per cent said they were experiencing a moderate or significant staffing shortage.1 This was mainly due to difficulty in f inding people with the needed skills. What’s more, of those with staff shortages, two-thirds reported......... read more.

Timeline

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Open: NA

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Under Review: NA

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Complete: March 2025

Input Received

For job seekers, lacking skills required to obtain work in their  chosen field despite having accumulated student debt  is both heartbreaking and demoralizing.