LearningCITY Reports

Below are reports and papers developed by the LearningCITY Collective and our partners and offer the foundation to transform Calgary into Canada’s LearningCITY. The reports have been clustered by theme.

Calgary’s Skills Development Framework

• Calgary’s Skills Development Framework

• LearningCITY Brief: An All-Access Learning System

• LearningCITY Brief: Rethink Skills

• LearningCITY Brief: The Calgary Talent Lab

• LearningCITY Brief: Learning as a Climbing Wall

• LearningCITY Brief: A City That Adapts

Research Studies

Alberta Youth Mobility

• Alberta Youth Mobility - Work to Live

• Alberta Youth Mobility - The Places You Could Go

• Alberta Youth Mobility - Bridging the Reputation - Reality Divide

• Alberta Youth Mobility - The New Alberta Talent Advantage

• Alberta’s Economy is Diversifying, but it Still has Some Challenges to Overcome

• Study Sheds Light on Why Young Adults are Leaving Alberta – and how to Bring Them Back

Labour Market Research

• A Dynamic Capabilities View of Employability: Exploring the Drivers of Competitive Advantage for University Graduates

• So You Want to Work in Sports? An Exploratory Study of Sport Business Employability

• A Dynamic Capabilities View of Talent Acquisition: Resource Verification and Risk Management

• Preparing for Hybrid Careers

• An Exploratory Study of Factors Affecting Undergraduate Employability

• The Future of Marketing Education: A Practitioner’s Perspective

• The Designing YOU Series (12 Career Guides)

• Don't Let Yourself (Or Your Kid) Be The Next BlackBerry

Learning System Transformation

• Exploring the Value of Downtown Learning (active)

• Calgary Learning System Audit Report

• Calgary on the Precipice

  • Calgary on the Precipice Executive Summary

  • Calgary on the Precipice - Report 1

  • Calgary on the Precipice - Report 2

• An Entrepreneurial View of Universal Work-integrated Learning

• Academic and Practitioner Antecedents of Scholarly Outcomes: Examining the Role of Industry Engagement of Business School Faculty

• Institutional Biography and Knowledge Dissemination: An Analysis of Canadian Business School Faculty

• Follow the Leaders? An Analysis of Convergence and Innovation of Faculty Recruiting Practices in US Business Schools

• A Survey of Undergraduate Marketing Programs: An Empirical Analysis of Knowledge Areas and Metaskills

• The Rigour–Relevance Gap in Professional Programmes: Bridging the ‘Unbridgeable’ Between Higher Education and Practice

• Changing Universities from the Bottom-Up

• Dare to Dream: Business School Performance Report

LearningCITY Programs

• The Open Learning Lab

  • Open Learning Lab Summary

  • Become a Member

  • Become a Partner

• Trusted Skills Project

• Competencies for Life Program

  • Competencies for Life Final Report

• LearningCITY 2022 Final Report

• LearningCITY 2019 Final Report

Sample Experiential Learning Projects

• Sector Downtown Visits Strategy (MRU Student Project)

  • Postsecondary Student Report

  • Postsecondary Student Report

  • Adjacent Community Report

  • Adjacent Community Report

  • Urban Tourist Report

  • Downtown Employee Report

• Career Navigation (MRU Student Project)

  • Career Navigation Report 1

  • Career Navigation Report 2

  • Career Navigation Report 3

  • Career Navigation Report 4

  • Career Navigation Report 5

• Community Mapping Final Reports (MRU Student Project)

  • Beltline Community Mapping Report

  • Marda Loop Community Mapping Report

  • Victoria Park Community Mapping Report

  • Bowness Community Mapping Report

  • Northern Hills Community Mapping Report

  • Chinatown Community Mapping Report