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Closing the Divide: Progress and Challenges in Adult Skills Development among Indigenous Peoples

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  • Parisa Mahboubi

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

  • Colin Busby

    (C.D. Howe Institute)

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Closing the skills gap between working-age Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians is essential for the economic success of Canada’s Indigenous peoples, according to a report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In “Closing the Divide: Progress and Challenges in Adult Skills Development among Indigenous Peoples,” authors Parisa Mahboubi and Colin Busby find both progress and challenges in the adult skills development attained by off-reserve Indigenous people, particularly among those without a high-school education, and recommend solutions.

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  • Parisa Mahboubi & Colin Busby, 2017. "Closing the Divide: Progress and Challenges in Adult Skills Development among Indigenous Peoples," e-briefs 264, C.D. Howe Institute.
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    1. John Richards, 2013. "Why is BC Best? The Role of Provincial and Reserve School Systems in Explaining Aboriginal Student Performance," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 390, October.
    2. John Richards & Barry Anderson, 2016. "Students in Jeopardy: An Agenda for Improving Results in Band-Operated Schools," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 444, January.
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    1. John Richards, 2018. "Pursuing Reconciliation: The Case for an Off-Reserve Urban Agenda," C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, C.D. Howe Institute, issue 526, November.

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    Keywords

    Education; Skills and Labour Market;

    JEL classification:

    • I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor

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