Effective Learning Practices for Unions
Canada’s labour unions are major decision makers when it comes to workplace learning, and are significant providers as well. In this report, we identify and document effective Canadian and international practices in worker-led workplace learning supported by unions. The report’s case-based narratives cover both Canadian and international examples of effective learning practices. MORE>>
Worker Adjustment in Canada: Understanding Effective Practice
“Worker adjustment” is any process put in place to provide services and resources to workers who have lost their jobs or who are in danger of losing them.
This project identifies and documents 8 effective worker adjustment practices in Canada, and pays special attention to the critical factors influencing success or failure. Workplace decision makers will benefit from the guidance, critical information and insight it provides. MORE>>
Work-related Informal Learning
“Informal learning” is the most common way that people acquire knowledge and skills in Canadian workplaces. Finding innovative and practical ways to better support workers’ informal learning is a key preoccupation of forward looking organizations of all sizes. But while our theoretical knowledge about informal learning has made great strides over the last number of years, approaches to actively promote, support and evaluate work-related informal learning are only starting to take root in Canadian workplaces.
While formal and more structured approaches to workplace training tend to be more visible to workplace decision makers, few understand the importance of informal learning and even fewer actively support it and use it to reinforce more formal, structured training. MORE>>
