This page highlights our past research projects. Click a project title to learn more about it!
Hamilton’s Hidden Challenges in Early Childhood Education
WPH has always strongly felt that the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Sector is an important backbone of our society. Without reliable and affordable childcare, parents are unable to go to work, therefore impacting our local workforce and economy.
The Ministry of Education estimates Ontario will require 8,500 additional ECE’s and childcare workers by 2026. Lower wages in the ECE sector are often discussed, but for this research we wanted to dig deeper into the pain points of our local ECE’s. Through interviews and surveys, we reached over 130 Hamilton-based ECE’s (and similar professions) to hear their feedback on the issues within Hamilton’s ECE sector.
Hamilton’s Green Economy
We are witnessing a national and significant transition towards a Clean Economy. At WPH, we are actively engaged in researching Hamilton’s Green Economy. Our objective is to uncover insights on the current status of Hamilton’s local Green Economy, providing a comprehensive overview of the region’s Clean Economy landscape. Our goal is to identify both macro and micro-level changes that local businesses are implementing to foster a Greener Hamilton.
Hamilton’s Scenario Plan
In 2021, WPH worked with 9 other planning boards to create a regional project of localized reports that look at the effects of the pandemic locally in labour markets throughout Southwestern Ontario, while providing communities with a strategic framework to proactively plan ahead despite high uncertainty.
Long-term Unemployed
This report analyses the data from the survey and a literature review of best practices of other projects that worked on supporting the long-term unemployed and in turn, local recommendations to support long-term unemployed
COVID-19 2020 LFS Report
This report monitored and reported on the local and provincial labour force based on the Labour Force Survey.
Sector Profiles: Hamilton’s Economy
This overview of Hamilton’s economy lists industry information, total employment, and workforce characteristics in 2018. It includes information on the industry, employment trends, long term trends in employment, future trends, workforce characteristics, business information, occupational information and job postings.
A Healthy Future: A Labour Market Plan for Health Care in Hamilton
This report is the result of a partnership between Workforce Planning Hamilton, Mohawk College, Employment Ontario service providers and the larger health care sector employers in Hamilton.
C3: Connect, Communicate, Collaborate
This project focused on identifying ways to strengthen the Employment and Training service delivery network in Hamilton. This is done through reviewing the network’s structure and identifying a model that improves connectivity and strengthens linkages across the Employment and Training system.
Putting the Puzzle Together Project
This report will delve into how skills are increasing across sectors in Hamilton and how this impacts prevalent occupations in the local labour market.