How are rural and northern Ontario businesses attracting and retaining workers? Ryan Gibson, Heather Graham, Paul Sitsofe, Niju Mathew, and Sarah-Patricia Breen share insights on this question in a recent publication in the Y Magazine of the Ontario Professional Planners Institute. The article, titled “Help Wanted: Innovative Approaches to Workforce Development in Rural and Northern Ontario“, identifies challenges rural and northern businesses face in workforce development, presents innovative solutions, and discusses the role of planners in this field. Take a read of the Y Magazine article.

This publication emerges from a multi-year research initiative titled Addressing Labour Shortages through Newcomer Attraction. This initiative is funded through the Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance, a collaboration between the Government of Ontario and the University of Guelph.