From Insight to Impact Part Two: Inside InnovED’s July MicroLab

Samantha Presutto Quercia and Shareef Alshareef facilitating a discussion in the Insights to Impact part 2 microlab for InnovED

InnovED’s July MicroLab brought together educators and edupreneurs to do the hard work of turning insight into action. Here’s a look at what participants explored, built, and took away from Part Two of the “From Insight to Impact” series.

Rethinking Workforce Development in a Knowledge Economy

Elisabeth Rees-Johnstone, Executive Director of OISE CPL | InnovED, represented the University of Toronto as a confirmed speaker in the Workforce Development and Future Skills Collaboration roundtable at the Saudi Arabia–Canada Investment Forum, Jeddah, July 9, 2026.

Across every sector discussion at the Saudi Arabia–Canada Investment Forum, the same question surfaced: who develops the human capability required to realize our economic ambitions? Elisabeth Rees-Johnstone reflects on what that means for universities, industry, and the future of workforce development.