.jpg?width=1920&height=948&name=LMIC_2605_Webinar_Polytechnics_O2%20(2).jpg "LMIC_2605_Webinar_Polytechnics_O2 (2)")
About this session:
Canada’s defence and security workforce needs are evolving rapidly. As demand for highly skilled workers across technical, operational, cybersecurity, advanced manufacturing, aviation, and applied technology fields grows, colleges and polytechnics are becoming increasingly important partners in workforce development.
This joint session between the Labour Market Information Council (LMIC) and Polytechnics Canada will examine how postsecondary institutions are responding to emerging defence workforce needs through program development, applied learning models, and partnerships with industry and the defence sector.
What you'll learn:
- How polytechnics are adapting programs to support Canada’s evolving defence workforce needs
- The growing role of colleges and polytechnics in workforce readiness and national resilience
- How institutions collaborate with employers, government, and military partners to identify skills needs and training priorities
- The importance of labour market information in shaping responsive training pathways
- Key factors that support successful long-term partnerships between postsecondary institutions and defence-sector stakeholders
- Practical lessons from establishing and sustaining workforce partnerships that respond to emerging labour market needs.
Who should attend?
This webinar is designed for postsecondary leaders and educators, policymakers, employers and industry representatives, workforce development professionals, researchers, career practitioners, and others interested in emerging workforce challenges and responsive training models.
It will be particularly relevant to organizations involved in skilled trades, advanced manufacturing, applied technology, aviation, cybersecurity, public sector workforce planning, and defence-related workforce development.
Register today!
.png?width=500&height=567&name=Untitled%20design%20(19).png "Untitled design (19)")
Darlene O’Neill
Director, Employment and Student Entrepreneurial Services
Darlene joined Fanshawe in 2011. She is the lead administrator for the military connected college initiative at Fanshawe and the director of Employment and Student Entrepreneurial Services.
Darlene is committed to creating inclusive environments where student centric mindsets are prevalent. Strategy, empathy and empowering effective change are of utmost importance to her in her leadership and work.