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May 29, 2026
Season 6, Episode 2: A Workforce to Build Big
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Jeremy StrachanHOST
What role must colleges play in Canada's economic reset, so in the training and upskilling and in partnering with industry as we embark on all of these big, ambitious infrastructure plans?

Pari JohnstonGUEST
We are really at a, an critically important time in terms of thinking of future workforce development in light of Canada's national missions.

Pari JohnstonGUEST
The future for our major projects of national importance, our defense readiness imperative, the path has to run through our public college system, and I fundamentally believe that for a couple of reasons.

Pari JohnstonGUEST
One is that through the most recent federal budget, there were some really important investments in those, as you mentioned, major infrastructure projects, major energy projects, initiatives to build new trade and transport corridors to move our energy products across the country.

Pari JohnstonGUEST
And the new major projects office in Calgary was set up to help really accelerate the permitting, the financing, the legal aspects of those major projects.

Jeremy StrachanHOST
Looking ahead, as Canada rebuilds its workforce for major projects and these long-term economic changes, what do colleges need to prioritize now to ensure today's learners are prepared not just for their first job, but for a working life that will keep evolving over the next twenty years?