CRDCN knowledge mobilization series: How information-processing skills contribute to well-being and social life of adult Canadians

This webinar reports preliminary results from the Future Skills Canada project “Social Returns to Skills: Barriers, Enablers and Changes over Time.” The project investigates how foundational skills — literacy, numeracy, and problem solving — translate into non-economic benefits for Canadians. It uses microdata and public-use files from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC 2012 and 2023) to quantify the “social returns” to these skills across five outcomes central to a healthy democracy and resilient communities: political efficacy, volunteering, social trust, life satisfaction, and self-rated health.

The analyses examine Canada in an international context and zoom in on differences across provinces and socio-demographic groups (e.g., age, gender, Indigenous status, and immigrant status). The project identifies both general trends in the Canadian workforce and society and specific demographic groups for whom skill proficiency does not translate into improved well-being and social integration.

Victor Kuperman and Emalie Hendel will present a set of policy recommendations aimed at achieving a more equitable distribution of social outcomes and improving well-being, community life, and civic engagement across demographic groups through skill development.

Learn more about Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL): https://arieal.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

CRDCN knowledge mobilization series: How information-processing skills contribute to well-being and social life of adult Canadians

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