Kevin Stolarick is a Visiting Researcher and Provocateur at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada and a Senior Research Associate at the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University. Dubbed the “Official Statistician of the Creative Class”, Kevin combines expertise on cities, inclusion, urbanization, statistics, design, and economic development with an appreciation of the importance of finding and sharing the knowledge or “pearls of wisdom” gained from leveraging his research, writing, management and organizational skills.

In this episode of Workforce Central Canada, Kevin and Ron discuss micro-credentials, the future of work, the economics of diversity and inclusion in work, and more.

Highlights:

• Micro credentials are increasingly useful way to demonstrate to employers you have the skills they want. Credentials should be transferrable to allow learners to transfer them from one employer to another.• Post-secondary education may have a limited lifespan because there are other more efficient ways to gain skills.• Not recognizing the prior learning of many Canadian immigrants greatly limits their employment opportunities.• Kevin touches on the positive effects of diversity and inclusion on economic development.