FutureWorks Canada Tour
The FutureWorks Canada Tour Project is a national knowledge-mobilization initiative designed to share, collect, and synthesize employer feedback to strengthen employer practices and inform how immigration can best serve Canada’s future workforce strategy. It brought together more than 500 employers, policymakers, educators, regulators, and community partners from across Canada to examine how immigration and skills development must evolve alongside industry needs so Canada remains competitive, innovative, and prepared for emerging labour and skills demands.
A stronger future starts with listening to the people who build workplaces and create jobs. The FutureWorks Canada Tour created a national table for that conversation.
By elevating employer perspectives and connecting insights across regions, the project identified practical, evidence-based solutions that strengthen workforce readiness, improve talent mobility, and support long-term economic growth.
Led by the Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC) in collaboration with the Immigrant Employment Councils of Canada (IECC) Network, the FutureWorks Canada Tour builds on the Strengthening Employer Feedback Channels (SEFC) framework to establish a structured feedback mechanism centered on employer and job-creator voices, national efforts to convene employers and system partners to identify challenges, share lessons, and co-create solutions that better align immigration pathways with labour -market realities.
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Explore how employer insights from across regions reveal what’s shaping Canada’s workforce system today, and what needs to change so skills can move faster, fairer, and in better alignment with real-world industry needs.
Read the reports below.
For media inquiries, please contact:
Communications Team
Immigrant Employment Council of British Columbia
media@iecbc.ca