Built for yesterday? Canada’s from-school-to-work systems need to adapt

By David J Finch, Professor, Innovation and Marketing, Mount Royal University
Stephen Murgatroyd, Instructor, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta

Remember BlackBerry? Canada’s smartphone pioneer once dominated business communications. Then everything changed. Apple and Google created platforms designed to evolve as technology and users’ needs changed.

Canada’s post-secondary education and vocational training systems face a similar risk. Canada spends more than $66 billion annually on universities and colleges. Yet despite having one of the world’s…

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