Category: canada

• Retaining employees as they age is possible with more flexibility

  Retaining employees as they age is possible with more flexibility Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, Université TÉLUQ Many businesses say they’re suffering from labour shortages, but what are their management practices and what measures could be put in place to retain experienced workers? In 2022, I conducted two studies on behalf of the Comité consultatif 45+ (Advisory Committee on…

  Digital Society Press

  28th Jan 2026

  age, canada, employees, flexibility, recruitment, talent, Uncategorized

  Université du Québec

• 5 reasons why Canada should consider moving to a 4-day work week

  5 reasons why Canada should consider moving to a 4-day work week Jean-Nicolas Reyt, McGill University Nine out of 10 Canadians are interested in a four-day work week, according to a recent survey, making it their most desirable benefit ahead of health care, flexible scheduling and additional vacation days. To be clear, a four-day work week…

  Digital Society Press

  5th Sep 2024

  canada, work

• Hiring more social scientists could be the solution to Canada’s innovation issue

  Hiring more social scientists could be the solution to Canada’s innovation issue Angele Beausoleil, University of Toronto This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Canada has been dealing with an innovation problem for decades. We are currently ranked 15th in the Global Innovation Index (GII) following Japan, France, Finland and Singapore.…

  Digital Society Press

  16th Mar 2023

  canada, science

  social science