Fuelling Our Future: Talent and Technology in Canada’s Mining and Oil & Gas Industries
Canada’s mining and oil and gas sectors are facing growing labour shortages at the same moment as technology adoption is accelerating.
Join industry, innovation, and education leaders to explore practical workforce strategies that can strengthen talent pipelines, address critical skills gaps, and support sustainable growth.
September 8, 2026
Virtual
Four clear take-aways from this webinar:
Understand the risks created by an aging workforce, projected industry growth, and a shrinking talent pipeline, and learn where labour shortages are most likely to intensify.
Explore how automation, digital operations, environmental technologies, and other innovations are reshaping workforce needs and changing the skills employers require.
Discover practical approaches to build stronger talent pipelines through post-secondary partnerships, microcredentials, co-ops, apprenticeships, and work-integrated learning.
Leave with actionable workforce planning strategies, including how to forecast critical roles, identify skills gaps, support reskilling, and improve attraction and retention.
Speakers
Amber Hayes
Lead Council Manager, Innovation & Technology, Signal49 Research
Stephen Gravel
Manager, Center for Smart Mining, Cambrian College
Brian Helfenbaum
Chief Operating Officer, Clean Resource Innovation Network (CRIN)
James Lannigan
Senior Research Associate, Innovation & Technology, Signal49 Research
