Calgary’s Skills Development Framework
The Calgary’s Skills Development Framework was developed by the LearningCITY Collective. This process involved engaging hundreds of employers, educators, and policymakers to explore emerging labour market demands and potential paths to meeting these demands. From this engagement emerged a vision for our learning system:
Calgary’s learning system develops exceptional, creative, and adaptable talent, ready to thrive in a fast-changing world.
Today, in Calgary, 3,063 organizations are delivering 30,870 programs and 3. 5 million learning experiences annually. In addition, Calgarians have access to an infinite array of learning opportunities from across the globe. Therefore, the challenge faced is less about capacity and more about how to optimize these isolated learning experiences into an open system that can support the unique goals of every Calgarian.
Confronting this talent challenge extends beyond the capacity of any single level of government, educational institution, sector, or employer. To meet this challenge, the LearningCITY Collective proposes a community-level solution - Calgary’s Skills Development Framework. The framework is anchored to four drivers: adaptable, accessible, empowered, and open. Download Calgary’s Skills Development Framework today to see how you can make a difference to your city.
A Living Document
Calgary’s Skills Development Framework is Calgary's framework. It is a vision that is living and dynamic and owned by every learner, educator, employer, and policymaker in our city. It recognizes that the greatest barrier to delivering this vision is not external, but in the embedded rules, routines, practices, and cultures that influence our mindset and behaviour. Therefore, this framework is a call for collaboration and commitment to continue rethinking talent in Calgary and innovate our future together.
For this reason, we want to hear from you. Do you have any feedback you would like to provide on the framework? If so, please click the button below.
