Gillian Sudlow
Work-in-Progress Update: Designing an Online ...

We are engaged in capability development with tertiary education partners across Canada and regional workplace partners in Canada’s “Automobility Hub”. Industry 5.0 concepts are not well-known amongst these companies, except for Canadian companies with European worksites – e.g., Magna International – and a Canadian SMEs integrated into Canadian value chains for European manufacturers.

We report here our in-progress planning to engage those companies through links to Industry 5.0 content in our learning resources on Workplace Innovation. This will come initially through our tertiary education students on-site with them in  work-integrated learning placements.

Work-in-Progress Update: Designing an Online Resource to Integrate Industry 5.0 into Open Educational Resources on Workplace Innovation
Gillian Sudlow
WINCan Team Member Victoria Abboud Awarded a ...

Congratulations  to our WINCan colleague Victoria Abboud, for her Medal of Excellence teaching award from the University of Windsor's Faculty of Engineering. Vicki is leading development of the EMPOWR program to support Engineering graduate students in honing their non-technical ("durable") skills to enhance their impact in Canadian workplaces.

WINCan Team Member Victoria Abboud Awarded a Teaching Medal of Excellence
Gillian Sudlow
Reflections on Building a Modern 21st Century ...

In Part I of this post, [Dr. Thomas Carey] offered reflections on the discussion paper Building a Modern 21st Century Workforce prepared for Fall 2024 consultations led by the Government of Canada’s Minister of Workplace Development. Those reflections were based on our experiences in the Workplace Innovation Network for Canada, fostering collaborations with workplace and higher education partners to advance employee-led innovation in Canada.

This follow-up post complements those previous reflections with insights specific to another emerging focal point for our current collaborations within Canada and beyond: Developing a distinctive role for Canada in Workplace Innovation Skills for Industry 5.0.

Reflections on Building a Modern 21st Century Workforce (Part II—Industry 5.0)
Gillian Sudlow
Reflections on Building a Modern 21st Century ...

In this three-part post, [Dr. Thomas Carey offers his] reflections on the discussion paper Building a Modern 21st Century Workforce prepared for Fall 2024 consultations led by the Government of Canada’s Minister of Workplace Development. These reflections are based on experiences by our team within the Workplace Innovation Network for Canada, around our mission to foster collaborations with workplace and higher education partners to advance employee-led innovation in Canadian workplaces.

Reflections on Building a Modern 21st Century Workforce (Part I)
Gillian Sudlow
Helping Students Develop the Communication ...

In this post, Rob Danisch, Communication Studies Professor at the University of Waterloo, reflects on the importance of focusing on teaching creative and critical thinking skills to help students become innovation catalysts …

In my case, I’m a Professor of Communication Studies. This means that my classes focus on the kinds of communication practices that can foster or catalyze innovation. It’s not music we are learning to play, at least not necessarily; we are learning an embodied knowledge about our everyday habits of interaction. And I’ve long wanted to teach the embodied communication practices most helpful for creating a culture of learning and catalyzing innovation.

Helping Students Develop the Communication Skills They Need to Be Innovation Catalysts

2025

Work-in-Progress Update: Designing an Online Resource to Integrate Industry 5.0 into Open Educational Resources on Workplace Innovation

Work-in-Progress Update: Designing an Online Resource to Integrate Industry 5.0 into Open Educational Resources on Workplace Innovation

We are engaged in capability development with tertiary education partners across Canada and regional workplace partners in Canada’s “Automobility Hub”. Industry 5.0 concepts are not well-known amongst these companies, except for Canadian companies with European worksites – e.g., Magna International – and a Canadian SMEs integrated into Canadian value chains for European manufacturers.

We report here our in-progress planning to engage those companies through links to Industry 5.0 content in our learning resources on Workplace Innovation. This will come initially through our tertiary education students on-site with them in  work-integrated learning placements.

WINCan Team Member Victoria Abboud Awarded a Teaching Medal of Excellence

WINCan Team Member Victoria Abboud Awarded a Teaching Medal of Excellence

Congratulations  to our WINCan colleague Victoria Abboud, for her Medal of Excellence teaching award from the University of Windsor's Faculty of Engineering. Vicki is leading development of the EMPOWR program to support Engineering graduate students in honing their non-technical ("durable") skills to enhance their impact in Canadian workplaces.