Connecting leaders. Building capacity. Driving change.

Strategic Plan 2025-2028

We are doing what BHER does best: connect, convene, and collaborate — with purpose. We’re proud of what we’ve built together, and we know the work is far from done. With this plan and your partnership, we are ready for what’s next.

 

 

Our Strategic Roadmap for the Next Three Years

For ten years, BHER has brought together business and higher-education leaders to test new ideas, align systems, and create opportunities for learners, workers, employers, and institutions. We’ve built nearly 100 partnerships, enabled more than 70,000 work-integrated learning opportunities, and grown a national network dedicated to turning evidence into action. This Strategic Plan sets our roadmap for the next three years — expanding our impact, deepening research, and scaling system-level change.

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Strategic Pillars 

Connect and Convene with Purpose

Our core mandate. We will continue to connect, convene and lead the conversation on skills, talent, productivity, and innovation with our members and other leaders from across the country. 

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Skills and Talent 

We will build capacity and drive change in Canada’s skills and talent ecosystems, especially work-integrated learning, to help businesses navigate the future of work. 

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Productivity, Innovation and Research Partnerships 

We will create a stronger culture of innovation and research partnerships in Canada to leverage existing strengths, deepen collaboration, and support sustainable economic growth. 

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Organizational Capacity

We will continue to strengthen and scale organizational capacity, communications, and revenue streams to better serve members.

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How BHER's four goals work together.

We've established goals that feed into each other: convening leaders sparks insights, skills development and innovation, supported by infrastructure to drive meaningful change.

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From Evidence to Action: The Next Phase of BHER’s Journey

Dive deeper into BHER’s 2025–2028 roadmap — outlining our goals, priorities, and vision for the next decade of impact.

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