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Cover of report Key Elements: Nurturing a critical minerals workforce with lessons from British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario
Sustainable Workforce
December 1, 2025
Publication

Key Elements

Nurturing a critical minerals workforce with lessons from British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario
Portrait of Megan Gordon Mercer Pommer
An electric vehicle technician servicing a battery with two EVs parked behind him
Sustainable Workforce, Transportation
November 26, 2025
Op-ed

Canada needs a strong EV market to secure future jobs

Electric vehicles draw on the sectors where Canada already has natural advantages: critical minerals, battery components, vehicle assembly, and maintenance.
Adam Thorn Portrait of Megan Gordon
Cover page of the Pembina Institute's 2026-2030 Sustainable Jobs Action Plan submission
Sustainable Workforce
November 20, 2025
Publication

2026-2030 Sustainable Jobs Action Plan Consultation

Pembina Institute’s Submission to Natural Resources Canada
Portrait of Megan Gordon
Sustainable Workforce
October 29, 2025
Media Release

Canada must align skills with emerging opportunities

Budget 2025 signals growing recognition that skilled workers are key to powering Canada’s competitiveness
Portrait of Megan Gordon
Green Budget Coalition 2025 cover
Buildings, Electricity, Sustainable Workforce, Oil & Gas, Remote Communities, Transportation
September 18, 2025
Publication

Green Budget Coalition 2025

Recommendations for Budget 2025 and Budget 2026
Portrait of Jessica McIlroy Gurprasad Gurumurthy Adam Thorn Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon
Sustainable Workforce
September 5, 2025
Media Release

Workforce supports will help Canada weather economic shocks and seize new opportunities

Federal measures will build skills, strengthen EI and prepare workers for low-carbon future
Portrait of Megan Gordon
Group of workers huddled together in discussion inside a solar panel facility
Sustainable Workforce
August 19, 2025
Article

The missing link in Canada’s nation-building plan

Without investment in training capacity, our national ambition will fall short
Portrait of Megan Gordon Mercer Pommer
The cover of the report, featuring a worker using a wrench while wearing high-vis clothing and a hard hat, outdoors with the sun setting in the background
Sustainable Workforce, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Publication

Drilling Down

Oil and gas jobs in transition
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon
Sustainable Workforce, Oil & Gas
August 14, 2025
Media Release

More oil and gas production, fewer workers

A focus on cost-cutting and rewarding shareholders over the last decade have led to a steep decline in the number of jobs per barrel produced in Canada’s oil and gas sector
Portrait of Janetta McKenzie Portrait of Megan Gordon
Close-up of a pile of coal
Electricity
August 12, 2025
Article

Saskatchewan is going in the wrong direction on coal

A focus on coal-fired power will only delay the province from doing what is necessary to build a modern, efficient, low-cost electricity grid
David Pickup Portrait of Megan Gordon
A close up of a technician holding a hard hat
Sustainable Workforce
June 30, 2025
Article

We need workers to “build, baby, build”

Nation-building projects require a forward-looking workforce policy
Portrait of Megan Gordon Mercer Pommer
Report cover: Recruit, Train, Retain: Fostering low-carbon industries through regional workforce planning
Sustainable Workforce
May 28, 2025
Publication

Recruit, Train, Retain

Fostering low-carbon industries through regional workforce planning
Portrait of Megan Gordon
Sustainable Workforce
May 28, 2025
Media Release

How Canada can equip workers for a low-carbon future

Following Speech from the Throne, new report provides guidance to ensure Canadian workers access high-quality jobs in the growing clean energy sector 
Portrait of Megan Gordon
Four construction workers huddle together as they take a quick break and plan out their next set of tasks. They are all dressed in workwear and proper safety gear.
Sustainable Workforce
May 6, 2025
Article

Canada’s new federal leader must stand up for future-ready jobs and workers

We need a modernized approach to training and skill development programs to unlock benefits of the new energy economy
Portrait of Megan Gordon Mercer Pommer Portrait of Lejla Latifović
A worker wearing safety gear is secured to a red rooftop while installing solar panel in Edmonton, Alberta
Sustainable Workforce
March 13, 2025
Article

Protecting workers key to Canada’s short-term tariff response

The country needs short- and long-term strategies in this chaotic moment
Portrait of Megan Gordon