LMI Report 2021

At the crossroads

Cost of vacant jobs in Canada’s food and beverage manufacturing sector limiting economic recovery and business growth, especially for small to medium-sized businesses

LMI Study Reveals Serious Workforce Gap for Industry

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Results from a 2019 labour market information study being completed by Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) has quantified the major gap in employment for the food and beverage manufacturing sector between 2018 and 2025. This latest study, which builds on the 2011 published report, Who is Processing Your Food? Food & Beverage Labour Market Information is providing […]

Employability & Essential Skills for Jobs in the Food + Beverage Manufacturing Industry

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London Training Centre launching a FREE 4.5 Nationally Recognized Job Training Program Supporting SW ON Food & Beverage Manufacturing. May 11th, 2020 London Training Centre will launch “Succeeding at Work – Employability and Essential Skills for the Food & Beverage Manufacturing Industry”.The Food and Beverage sector is Canada’s largest manufacturing industry with over 6,900+ businesses […]

Youth, Recent Immigrants, and Indigenous people are highly motivated to find employment in the food and beverage processing industry

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Youth, Recent Immigrants, and Indigenous people are more highly motivated than the general public to find employment in the Canadian food and beverage processing industry Ottawa, February 5th – Research completed by Food Processing Skills Canada (FPSC) is providing employers with valuable insight into the motivations, perceptions, interests, challenges and preferences of prospective employees for […]

Government of Canada’s Immigration Pilot a Positive Step in Addressing Critical Labour Shortages for Meat Processors

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The newly announced federal Agri-Food Immigration Pilot will help to address serious recruitment concerns in Canada’s meat processing facilities. This sector employs nearly 60,000 people across the country in both rural and urban locations. Most of the jobs are predictable, full-time positions with opportunities to progress to higher skilled, higher paying jobs. The announcement of […]

Are you a Normal Leader? Or a New Normal Leader?

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Les organisations et les leaders résilients sont comme de la pâte à modeler : ils s’adaptent au gré des circonstances. Aujourd’hui, l’industrie des aliments et des boissons est aux prises avec un environnement qui met à rude épreuve le leadership, les travailleurs et bien sûr les clients. L’adversité règne et l’industrie a besoin de leaders […]

Un nouveau programme stimule les possibilités de travail en se faisant le champion de l’inclusion des incapacités dans le secteur canadien de la transformation des aliments et des boissons

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OTTAWA, ON, Le 16 octobre 2024 – Compétences Transformation Alimentaire Canada a lancé aujourd’hui AptAliment, un nouveau programme qui reconnaît que plus de 800 000 personnes en situation de handicap au Canada ont le potentiel de trouver un emploi valorisant, mais sont sans emploi. L’industrie canadienne de la transformation des aliments et des boissons est […]