Canada’s Skills Revolution: Feeding the Future
Disruptors28 Mar 2018

Canada’s Skills Revolution: Feeding the Future

Canada is facing a quiet crisis, In the coming decade, half of all jobs will be disrupted by technology and automation. That's the conclusion from our new report, Humans Wanted, a year-long study of the future of the Canadian workforce. As part of that study, we visited the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph to hear from its director, Evan Fraser, and two student entrepreneurs, Leah Blechschmidt and Amberley Ruetz, about the future of food.

Part one of three. To read the report, go to www.rbc.com/humanswanted


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