The Research Initiative on Education + Skills (RIES) accesses, analyzes and mobilizes data relating to the education, skills and labour market outcomes of Canadians to inform policy development. RIES is funded by the Government of Canada’s Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program. RIES has also received support from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (MTCU) and the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO). The initiative is led by FutureSkills, and the Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources at U of T (CIRHR).
The RIES is a collaborative initiative that draws on the expertise of several partners. Under the RIES, researchers work with a team of technical analysts to answer a variety of research questions related to education and skills. RIES analysts complete the data analysis researchers require to support the preparation of policy-relevant research incorporating these findings. Together, the RIES team is creating an accessible, impactful program of research to inform policy development
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Growing Pains: Parenthood and the gender training gap
To ensure women don’t get left behind, policymakers and employers need to make on-the-job training more accessible to women with childcare and other...
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Immigrant Labour Market Outcomes and Skills Differences in Canada
Immigrants have more post-secondary accreditation than Canadian-born adults. Why are their employment levels still lower?
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Untapped Pool or Leaky Pipeline?
There are fewer women than men information and communication technology (ICT). The reasons why may surprise you.
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Worth the Trip? Assessing the Returns to Foreign Education
This report reveals a worrying disconnect between the capabilities of immigrants and the likelihood of their skills and credentials will be...
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Skills, Signals, and Labour Market Outcomes
A new RIES report finds that post-secondary credentials still affect earnings. However, employment status is connected to more fundamental...
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Gendered Returns to Cognitive Skills in Canada
Higher-earning workers derive greater benefit from skill levels than lower paid-counterparts.
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Skilling Up for the Knowledge Economy
STEM jobs still pay more in spite of the increasing importance of “soft skills.” That said, being bilingual in Canada’s official languages offers an...
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The Training Bump
This report shows that skills demand across all industries is already changing due to automation—and that training is our best tool to help...
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Mind the gap
Far from being “a thing of the past,” our latest survey of shows no indication that the gap between male and female earnings has disappeared in the...
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Helping Atlantic young people find employment at home
Up to 40% of grads leave Atlantic Canada. Our data shows that salaries of those who stay are competitive with other provinces—eventually.
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Distance Education in the Spotlight
The pandemic has spurred a rapid shift to online curricula for post-secondary students in Canada. Will graduates fall behind as a result?
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Higher Education in Canada During COVID-19
COVID-19 has forced most of post-secondary education to go virtual. Could this moment be an opportunity to make credentialing programs more flexible...
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Combining School & Work
Does combining education and employment mean you end up doing neither very well? Read the report to find out.
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Parental Education and Postsecondary Attainment
What is the link between a parent’s educational attainments and their children’s future success?
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Providing more flexible work options for women
Flexible work helps women achieve a more sustainable work-life balance, but they have less access to those options than men. Could the pandemic...
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Social status hand-me-downs
Canada is known as one of the most socially mobile nations in the world. But our reports finds that gender, class, & parentage can still have...
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Navigating Choppy Waters
As the pandemic continues to complicate revenue streams, online-only degree programs can provide a financial lifeline to higher education.
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The gender pay gap in Quebec
Our research with IDQ uncovers pervasive socio-economic trends that hinder women in Québec from obtaining pay equity.
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The Apprenticeship Pathway
Hiring more immigrants may solve Canada’s labour shortage in the skilled trades—while also providing more equitable wages for newcomers.
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The Income Gradient in College Enrolment and Graduation
Parental income is still the strongest predictor of a students’ likelihood of pursuing higher education. Can policy solutions even the playing...
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The book or the bank?
Our latest report breaks down which factor has a greater effect on Canadians’ educational attainment: their parents’ education, or their parents’...
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Does work-integrated learning provide a labour market advantage?
Proponents of “on-the-job” training say it provides a vital supplement to in-class learning. But does it really help graduates get jobs?
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School segregation matters
When rich and poor kids attend separate schools, inequality deepens. The reasons why school sorting happens, and how deep it goes, varies...
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