
The COVID-19 pandemic had an immediate and severe impact on local businesses in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Almost three in 10 said they were unable to operate at a sustainable level in the pandemic’s early months.
In this case study, we explain how Magnet’s Chamber Partnership Initiative helped the Medicine Hat & District Chamber of Commerce connect local employers with wage subsidy funding to help them hire student talent for work-integrated learning placements.
The Chamber Partnership Initiative is a joint project between Magnet and the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.
As AI becomes increasingly powerful, our distinctly human capabilities become more valuable. Mark explores why judgment, discernment, intuition and agency remain essential advantages, and why developing these capabilities will help us navigate a future shaped by rapidly advancing technology.
Your skills are part of what you do, but they do not define who you are. Mark explores why anchoring our identity in deeper capabilities like problem solving, adaptability and systems thinking can help us confidently navigate changing technologies and careers.
As AI takes on more of our everyday thinking and work, how do we continue developing judgment and wisdom? Mark explores the idea of “cognitive gyms,” intentional ways to exercise our thinking, strengthen human capabilities and build experience in the AI era.
Adaptability requires more than learning new skills. Mark explores the continuous cycle of sensing change, realigning our capabilities and putting them into action, while building a future grounded in trust, inclusion, meaningful work and the confidence to embrace new possibilities.
With: Dr. Soon Joo Gog – Institute for Adult Learing Singapore
With: Candice Faktor – Disco
With: Dr. Tracey Burns – National Centre on Education and the Economy
With: Dr. Asheley Jones
With: Matt Sigelman – Burning Glass Institute
With: Craig Robinson – Deloitte Canada
Featuring: Noel Baldwin – Future Skills Centre