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Explore Your Horizons was implemented in Manitoba (where it was known as Future to Discover) and New Brunswick; Learning Accounts was implemented only in New Brunswick.

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Research director, David Gyarmati, and David Cohen, program evaluation manager, presented “Learning What Works and Why in Social Programs: An Introduction to Social Experiments in Canada.”

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1. review information regarding the range of policy instruments and designs to promote leave-taking for the care of newborn and young children with particular attention to innovative approaches and the policy rationales that underlie programmatic measures;

2. provide a critical review of published information from across academic disciplines to examine evidence for the impacts of parental leave policies; and

3. discuss knowledge gaps in the existing research and propose questions for future policy-relevant research.

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1. WHAT outcomes to measure – that will best align with research and policy goals

2. WHICH methods to use – that will best isolate program and policy effects

3. HOW to quantify and monetize these effects – to allow for comparative program and policy analysis Subjective Well Being (SWB) has an important role to play in dealing with ALL of these challenges

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Increasing evidence of gaps in literacy and essential skills (LES) in the Canadian workforce

At the same time, there is much anecdotal evidence on the effectiveness of LES training to address this. However, in most industries, investments of firms in workplace-based LES training remains low  Sector Councils report fewer than 1 in 20 firms implement workplace essential skills

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Post-secondary education plays an increasingly important role in helping individuals attain social and economic success. Promotion of high school students’ access to post-secondary education is a major goal of both federal and provincial governments, yet not all students make the transition.

Finnie and Mueller (2008) found less than two-thirds of Canadian students aged 15 years in 2000 had entered post-secondary education by age 19, and in British Columbia just half of high school students entered the province’s post-secondary system in the year following their high school graduation (BC Ministry of Education, 2006).

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