All resources: Canada
Child labour
Angel's dream takes flight beyond child labour
Child labour continues to deny thousands of children in the Philippines of their childhood, but Angel Grace refuses to give up on her future.
India–Canada initiative advances skills recognition and fair recruitment for migrant workers
ILO-supported consultations strengthen skills recognition, comparability and promote fair recruitment along the India–Canada migration corridor.
ILO consultation advances skills recognition and fair recruitment for Indian migrant workers
Stakeholders discuss priorities for strengthening collaboration, and advancing safe employment pathways, skills recognition and fair recruitment practices.
Child labour
Out of school, in the fields: A heavy harvest in the Philippines
As the Philippines strengthens action against child labour, coordinated initiatives are helping vulnerable children transition from hazardous work to education while supporting their families.
Interview
Q&A on Critical Minerals and the Work of the ILO
This interview explores the International Labour Organization's (ILO) work at the intersection of labor rights and the fast-growing critical minerals sector. In this Q&A with Casper N. Edmonds and Camila Meireles, two leading ILO experts discuss how...
How labour governance is key to securing critical mineral supply chains
In a briefing hosted by the ILO office for the United States and Canada, ILO experts outlined how growing global demand for critical minerals is exposing labour risks across supply chains, highlighting the need for stronger governance, safer working...
Research brief
The potential of import bans to address forced labour
This research brief examines the growing use of forced labour import bans as a policy tool to address labour rights abuses in the global economy. It provides an evidence-based overview of how such bans operate in practice, their potential impacts on...
ASEAN launches new regional roadmap to prevent child labour
With ILO’s technical support, ASEAN has launched a new ten-year framework aimed at preventing child labour and eliminating its worst forms.
Industrial relations
ILO hands over four grievance applications to Indonesia's garment, footwear and palm oil union federations
The ILO has enhanced four grievance applications in the garment, footwear and palm oil sectors by integrating AI-based features to improve working conditions and empower workers.
ILO joins meeting of G7 Employment Working Group under Canada’s Presidency
Freedom of association
Philippines steps up efforts to strengthen freedom of association, labour education
The Philippines launches a new training initiative and reinforces its commitment to uphold rights at work, advance recognition of freedom of association and enhance labour education.
Seven country cases review
Skills needs intelligence to inform migration policy and governance
This study investigates how seven countries—spanning advanced economies (United Kingdom and Canada) and emerging markets (Bangladesh, Guyana, Malaysia, India, and South Africa)—leverage skills needs intelligence to inform migration policies.
"Employment in focus" Blog
Reflecting on Brazil’s G20 Presidency: Tackling poverty, inequality and financing challenges
Kee Beom Kim, ILO Macro-Economic and Employment Policies Specialist, reflects on the G20 Brazilian Presidency’s initiatives to tackle the challenges of poverty, employment, inequality and financing.
Global Employment Trends for Youth 2024
Employment trends for youth in the Americas
This regional brief highlights the key findings of the 12th edition of the Global Employment Trends for Youth in the Americas.
Rights at work
ILO, Canada partner to address child labour, workers’ rights in the Philippines
A new five-year ILO and Canada project through the Labour Program of Employment and Social Development Canada will strengthen freedom of association and rights at work, as well as support actions to end child labour in the Philippines.
G20
Equal pay for work of equal value by 2030: representatives from USA and Canada discuss the EPIC coalition
Gender-Based Violence and Harassment
C190 Anniversary Roundtable - Taking Stock and Looking Forward
U.S. and Canadian government delegations witness the work of the Tijuana Migrant Worker Resource Center in providing access to justice and...
The Tijuana Migrant Workers Resource Center, managed by the trade union SUCOMM, illustrates the immense potential of expanding this effective global ILO model to Latin America.
Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators
Julie Chartrand-Beauregard, Strategic Advisor and Executive Assistant, Directorate of Collective Entrepreneurship at the Ministry of...
“Spotlight Interviews with Co-operators” is a series of interviews with co-operators from around the world with whom ILO officials have crossed paths during the course of their work on cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (SSE)....
Volume 2 – The potential of trade and investment policies to address labour market issues in supply chains
Chapter 4. Labour reforms in Mexico and international trade negotiations: From the North American Free Trade Agreement to the United...
This chapter examines the labour dimension of the United States–Canada–Mexico Agreement (USMCA) and its role in the important changes that Mexico’s labour market institutions have undergone in recent years. The authors traces how the dynamics...