Explore:
Inequities in early childhood education and care (ECEC), formal education and youth training.
Test:
Novel solutions to known problems, collaborating with stakeholders.
Create:
Knowledge mobilization tools, including evidence-informed policy.
We draw on multidisciplinary insights from many fields, including economics, applied psychology and human development, and political science. We work with researchers across Canada and abroad to answer questions, develop interventions and mobilize information.
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Redefining Learning After COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our lives and how organizations serve their communities, especially newcomers to Canada. In response to these challenges, organizations in the Greater Toronto Area, including Catholic Cross-cultural Services (CCS), have moved their...
Quantitative Analysis and Methods
The gender pay gap in Quebec
Our research with IDQ uncovers pervasive socio-economic trends that hinder women in Québec from obtaining pay equity.
Navigating Choppy Waters
As the pandemic continues to complicate revenue streams, online-only degree programs can provide a financial lifeline to higher education.
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 strong influence on income growth.
Intervention Creation and Testing
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Designing Effective Policy Responses
Training and skills development policy options
Canada must prepare for the growing need to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies. To do so, governments must have a thorough sense of the effectiveness of current employment retraining programs.


Mailing Address
Department of Management
University of Toronto Scarborough
UTSC Instructional Centre
1095 Military Trail
Toronto, ON M1C 1A4