August 2024
Spotlight on data and research
Most prevalent jobs of young master’s degree graduates by detailed field of study
While the earnings of postsecondary graduates are well documented, little is known about the specific jobs these graduates typically have. This article found that, in 2021, 25- to 34-year-old master’s degree graduates in certain fields were highly concentrated in one specific occupation. Topping the list among women are Speech-language pathology/pathologist graduates (96.3%), Audiology/audiologist graduates (95.2%), and Physical therapy/therapist graduates (94.0%). Among male master’s degree graduates, the academic programs most strongly associated with a specific job included, Physical therapy/therapist (95.8%), Structural engineering (87.3%), and Occupational therapy/therapist (83.9%). For the most part, however, graduates from most master’s degree programs were dispersed across a wide variety of jobs. In many instances, the jobs were related to the program to some degree.
Changes in workplace accommodations among employed Canadians with disabilities, 2017 to 2022
Workplaces adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic by switching to work from home and introducing new digital technologies. This article examined the impact these changes had on the work arrangements for Canadians with disabilities. It found that in 2022, among those who needed accommodation at work, about 35% had those needs go unmet compared with 40% in 2017. For example, in 2022, about 8-in-10 employed people with disabilities who needed to work from home were able to do so, compared with 7 in 10 in 2017.
Among employed people with disabilities needed for workplace accommodations, the percentage of women with unmet needs decreased from 42% in 2017 to 35% in 2022. This compares to about 36% of men who had unmet needs in 2022, which was similar to 2017.
Insights
Differences in confidence in public institutions across generations of Canadians
This article found that first-generation Canadians who immigrated to Canada in adulthood had higher levels of confidence in public institutions (the police, the justice system and courts, federal Parliament, and the Canadian media) than third generation or more Canadians. By contrast, first-generation Canadians who arrived in Canada during childhood had similar or lower levels of confidence in public institutions than Canadians of the third generation or more.
A larger percentage of first-generation Canadians who arrived in Canada in middle adulthood (76%) had a great deal of confidence in the Police than third generation or more Canadians (71%), while a smaller percentage of those who arrived in early childhood (62%) and middle childhood (60%) had a great deal of confidence in this institution. The percentage of first-generation Canadians who had a great deal of confidence in the justice system and courts was higher for those arrived in Canada from adolescence (67%) to middle adulthood (73%), but similar for those who arrived in childhood (54%) and pre-adolescence (57%), compared with third generation or more Canadians (55%). A similar age-at-arrival pattern was found for confidence in federal Parliament. More immigrants who arrived in early adulthood (50%) and middle adulthood (52%) had a great deal of confidence in the Canadian media than third generation or more Canadians (42%).
Research articles
Technology adoption by women-owned businesses in Canada
Women-owned businesses are less likely to adopt emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, compared with men-owned businesses (12.3% vs. 16.5%). Using innovative data linkage, this study found that roughly 31% of this gap in emerging technology use can be attributed to different characteristics between women- and men-owned businesses. Factors such as the share of women employees, the average age of employees, business age, and profitability play a significant role. Interestingly, there was no significant difference found in the use of advanced technologies such as material handling, supply chain or logistics technologies, and design or information control technologies.
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