Perspectives on Canada Conference 2008

Canada’s Evolving Labour Market: A Work in Progress

May 15^th, 2008
Arcadian Court, Simpson Tower
401 Bay Street, Toronto, ON

Employers face human resource challenges that are more complex than ever

• The Canadian workforce is aging
• The demand for skills is shifting
• Immigrants are becoming an increasingly important source of new workers

How will these demographic shifts impact your organization?

Statistics Canada’s experts as well as leading analysts and social commentators will explore Canada’s evolving labour market. Gain insight into:

• The current 2006 Census results and trend analysis on aging, diversity education, language, immigration and other key demographics
• Key findings of Statistics Canada’s labour surveys
• The aging workforce and the demand for skills
• Adapting to generational changes and differences
• Benefiting from a culturally diverse workforce
• The economic outlook on job shortages and growth
• Approaches for high performance HR and HR planning
• Programs for skills development and retention

Participate in interactive panel dialogues with our experts.

Identify strategies to meet the challenges of Canada’s evolving workforce.

Prepare your organization for success!

Learn with Statistics Canada's experts:

Geoff Bowlby has a Bachelor's of Arts in Economics from Glendon College, York University and a Master's of Arts in Economics from the University of Waterloo. After a year working as an Economist at the Ontario Regional Office of Industry Canada, Geoff came to Statistics Canada in May 1995.

Geoff has worked in many parts of Statistics Canada. For most of the past decade, Geoff has worked in labour statistics, where he was recently appointed Director. As director, Geoff has a heavy responsibility, including the Labour Force Survey, the Survey of Employment, Payroll and Hours and the labour-related components of the Census, among other programs.

Over the last dozen years, Geoff has authored or co-authored 35 published papers, most of which have focused on labour market issues. Geoff represents Statistics Canada frequently at the United Nations and the International Labour Organization, who covet his knowledge of the measurement of the labour market.

Mr. Kopersiewich is the program manager for the Centre for Workforce Analysis and Forecasting.  The Centre provides custom analytical services to government departments and industry on workforce planning issues, like recruitment, retention, talent management, succession planning, employment equity representation, official languages and the Public Service Employee Opinion Survey.

Robert holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from McGill University; and a master’s degree in economics from the University of Western Ontario.  He has been conducting research on the federal public service workforce for the last ten years and is one of the principal developers of PERSIM: a personnel simulation model used to conduct demographic analysis and forecasting.

Robert is also a member of the Human Resource Planning Interdepartmental Network (HRPIN).  HRPIN has a broad membership of HR professionals across the federal government and works with them to improve the workforce planning capacity of the public service.