Training: room for improvement
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The vocational training of employees is an important factor in developing Canada's human resources to make the country more competitive economically. Workers need training to meet the new technological and structural changes business is facing. Training can be a means for workers to learn the basic skills that the formal education system fails to provide. In the area of spending by the private sector on education and training in relation to output, Canada ranks behind several countries, including the US, Japan, and Sweden. The Economic Council of Canada recommends that business and labor support the fostering of job skills in the labor force.
Publication Name: Au Courant
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0226-224X
Year: 1991
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Education: more than ever a priority
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The participation of people in the job market is strongly correlated to their education levels. As the level of education increases, so does job participation. Eighty-five percent of Canadian adults with college degrees were employed in 1989, versus 37% of those with eight or less years of education. Canada must rely on increasing productivity by improving the excellence of its work force to remain competitive in the world's markets. Canada must take steps to improve the education level of its work force to foster economic growth.
Publication Name: Au Courant
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0226-224X
Year: 1991
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The wave of the future: distance education
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Canada's economic competitiveness will be affected by the level of education of its workforce. Distance education, an educational process characterized by the teacher and student being separated by physical distance, offers an excellent venue for providing education to those who previously were not able to access education due to problems of time or geography. Methods of distance education include audio and video teleconferencing, computer-assisted learning, and correspondence courses.
Publication Name: Au Courant
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0226-224X
Year: 1991
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