Getting started
A Forum Community does not require a large formal program. It can begin when organizations share a challenge and see value in comparing evidence, experience or potential responses.
How are workforce shortages changing how jobs and teams are designed?
What organizational capabilities are needed to adopt AI and workplace technology effectively?
Where can technology reduce administrative burden or improve workplace decision-making?
What should organizations measure before physical workplace risks become injuries?
Illustrative only — these are not active Communities.
How communities work
The format can change with the subject and the people involved. What matters is that the conversation is specific enough to connect evidence, practitioner experience and a useful next step.
Illustrative Community anatomy
Perspectives in the room
Employers
Practitioners
Public sector
Researchers
Shared workplace question
What are organizations trying to understand or improve — and what would make the conversation useful?
Evidence and experience are brought together around a defined issue rather than a general networking agenda.
What the Forum brings
Relevant evidence
Examples from elsewhere
Structured exchange
Options for deeper exploration
What can come out of it
Issues that may bring a Community together
Areas of focus can evolve with practitioner interest and emerging workplace priorities.
Canadian precedent
External Canadian examples — not Forum partnerships or endorsements
WCB Nova Scotia
The Safer Workplaces Together framework calls for an MSI Community of Practice involving employers and safety associations, with the intent of sharing practices and lessons around physical risk factors across workplaces.
Source: WCB Nova Scotia — Safer Workplaces Together
WorkSafe Saskatchewan
WorkSafe Saskatchewan describes industry-led, evidence-based collaborative approaches to workplace injury prevention, including work related to musculoskeletal injury reduction, construction assessment, driver safety and other workplace priorities.
The model shows how collaborative work can move beyond discussion toward shared learning, practical tools and focused interventions.
Source: WorkSafe Saskatchewan — Learning Collaboratives
Tell us what workforce or workplace issues you are working on and where connecting with other practitioners could be useful. Where there is shared interest, discussions may lead to focused research, knowledge-sharing activities or applied innovation work.