Saskatchewan's labour is struggling to keep up with the demands of its economy. Sask Polytech is helping to ensure there is training to meet demand.

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While Saskatchewan’s economy surges ahead, our labour force is struggling to keep up. The mismatch threatens our economic momentum, challenging sectors from agriculture to health care, mining and manufacturing to trades and technology.

Institutions like Saskatchewan Polytechnic are uniquely positioned to transform today’s challenge into tomorrow’s opportunity.

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The headlines from both government and industry have been fast and furious: “Saskatchewan will need 15,000 workers in the mining industry in the next decade;” “Farmers turn to automation to address labour shortage;” “Shortage of skilled tradespeople is hitting all Canadians in the pocketbook.”

Labour gaps and skill shortages across sectors threaten project delays and slow our province’s red-hot economy. And that’s before you take into account shifts like the move to clean energy technology and the introduction of small modular reactors, both of which require a skilled nuclear workforce.

This has become an urgent........

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