September 2024 Members' Meeting

Most Educated, Least Productive:
Why We’re Struggling and How We Change

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) Members’ Meeting, hosted by BHER member TELUS at their Toronto office.

We purposely facilitated a conversation about post-secondary education’s financial sustainability crisis, its role in producing the talent Canada needs, and industry’s productivity and growth crisis. Why? Because they aren’t separate problems for post-secondary or industry to solve on their own.

Please find a summary of key takeaways from our meeting in the link below, and some of the solutions and actions we’re committed to. As the only organization in Canada that brings together leaders from businesses and post-secondary institutions, BHER and our members are uniquely positioned to drive change.

Thank you to our speakers for leading the conversation

Special thanks also to Darren Entwistle and his team at TELUS for hosting us, and to Ontario’s Minister of Finance Hon. Peter Bethlenfalvy for joining us.