Canada’s human capital challenges are receiving increasing attention from policymakers, businesses and the general public. Education, skills development, immigration, advancing technology, income support and the functioning of the labour market are shaping economic growth and the prosperity of Canadians. Further, whatever success Canada has enjoyed in terms of generating opportunities overall, our economy would benefit from better outcomes among parts of the population – including indigenous peoples, women, new residents, people with disabilities, and others – that have not shared as fully as they could in societal gains. Better public policies would allow individuals greater opportunity to build their skills and utilize new innovations to reach their full potential.
The C.D. Howe Institute’s Human Capital Policy Council is composed of leading experts from the public sector, business and academia, who help guide the program. Its role is to support and advise the Institute’s research and events forming the Human Capital Policy Program, and through it foster better human capital policy in Canada.
Co-Chairs

Kathleen Taylor
Chair, RBC Board of Directors
Neil Yeates
Former Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Immigration CanadaMembers

Tammy Alamrieh
Head of Government and Public Affairs, McDonald's Canada
Fiona Bertram
Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Accenture
Daniel Brown
Assistant Deputy Minister and Chief Economist, Ontario Ministry of Finance
Warren Collier
Chief Operating Officer, BlackRock
Christiane Fox
Deputy Minister, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Jane Friesen
Associate Professor, Director, Centre for Education Research and Policy, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University
Stephen Harrington
Partner, Human Capital and National Lead, Workforce Strategy, Deloitte
Andrew Heisz
Director, Centre for Income and Socioeconomic Well-being Statistics, Social, Health and Labour Statistics Field
Claudia Hepburn
Chief Executive Officer, Windmill Microlending