August 26, 2021
For over a century, the automobile was simply regarded as a means to an end. Its job was to get passengers from one place to another, […]
August 19, 2021
You’ve all heard of Silicon Valley, that dynamic part of the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California that serves as a global center for high […]
August 14, 2021
This new FOCAL paper provides an overview of some of the key recent impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on the automotive production sector in Canada. In […]
August 12, 2021
At first glance, it would seem that the automotive and aerospace industries have very little in common. Both are in the business of getting people from […]
August 5, 2021
The Canadian labour force is aging. This includes thousands of employees within the Canadian automotive industry who will soon retire. The loss of accumulated skills and […]
July 29, 2021
The Focal Initiative paper entitled Women’s Participation in Canada’s Automotive Industry goes straight to the point: “The fact that women are under-represented in the automotive labour […]
July 22, 2021
One of the key observations in a FOCAL Initiative paper entitled Youth Employment in Canada’s Automotive Manufacturing Industry states: “The demographic shift toward an older labour […]
July 15, 2021
The Canadian population is ageing. Consequently, the need for new workers to enter the automotive production workforce has become progressively more urgent. Canada is a nation […]
July 8, 2021
The automotive industry in Canada is evolving to include new roles across the supply chain. This shift has the potential to contribute significantly to national and […]