The Municipality of Chatham-Kent is inviting proposals for a data and engagement-driven research project that will explore the impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) transitions across sectors in the community. Understanding the local impacts of AI transitions will be a core component of the research. Information from the research report will help build recommendations for local actions to support workforce development, from high school to second-career transitions.
 

The goal of this project is to explore the impacts of AI on the workforce, opportunities for job seekers, skills demand, and opportunities for workforce development and training/upskilling along a 5-year horizon.
 

The Project will:
• Provide an overview of the current and anticipated impacts of AI transitions on the workforce (broadly speaking, in the Canadian/provincial context, and/or in comparative economic regions to CK).
• Analyze what sectors are most likely and least likely to be impacted by AI transitions.
• Identify what occupations are most likely and least likely to be impacted by AI transitions
• Provide research on in-demand skills in a growing AI workforce.
• Analyze the local impacts of AI transitions. Key themes to be analyzed in the local labour context include job displacement, job creation and transformation, and evolving skill requirements.