The Future of (Decent?) Work After Covid-19

May 27, 2020

What will the future of work look like? How will trends and technologies impact industries and the workforce moving forward? Will automation accelerate our recovery in a post-COVID world? How do we ensure the availability of decent work and maintain an engaged workforce?

In this Munk School / Innovation Policy Lab / CIFAR online event, experts Dan Breznitz, Zabeen Hirji and Peter Warrian take a deep dive into how COVID-19 will affect the next normal of the future of work.

Speakers

Dan Breznitz
Panelist
Co-Director, CIFAR Program on Innovation, Equity, and the Future of Prosperity; Co-Director, Innovation Policy Lab; Munk Chair of Innovation Studies; Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Political Science, University of Toronto

Zabeen Hirji
Panelist
Executive Advisor, Future of Work, Deloitte; Past Chief Human Resources Officer, RBC; Chair, CivicAction; Executive-in-Résidence Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University

Peter Warrian
Panelist
Distinguished Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy; Former Research Director, United Steelworkers of America; Former Chief Economist of the Province of Ontario

Matt Lundy
Moderator
Economics Reporter at The Globe and Mail

Co-sponsors
Innovation Policy Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy / CIFAR