Alex Stephens is an Associate Director, Research & Evaluation at Future Skills Centre based in Toronto, Ontario. Previously, Alex was a Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning Specialist at Colleges and Institutes Canada. Since 2001, Alex has been working on various initiatives related to education, skills and labour market development issues. He began his career as a researcher with the Canadian Labour and Business Centre where he contributed to many projects dealing with skills shortages in Canada.
Between 2006 and 2012, Alex headed up two organizations dedicated to skills-related research and knowledge mobilization—the Canadian Council on Learning’s Work and Learning Knowledge Centre and the Centre for Workplace Skills. In 2013, Alex became involved in supporting capacity-building of technical and vocational education systems in the Global South as an employee of Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan). During his time with CICan, he was the in-country head of its program in Mozambique, the manager responsible for monitoring, evaluation and learning for CICan’s international cooperation programs, and a consultant to programs in different countries.
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth, we acknowledge that we live, work, and gather on the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, including the Blackfoot Confederacy—comprising the Siksika, Kainai, and Piikani Nations—as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina Nations.
This land, known as Moh’kinsstis in the Blackfoot language and encompassing what is now Districts 5 and 6, is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3, within the historical Northwest Métis homeland.
We recognize and honour the deep connection these Nations have to the land, and we are grateful for the opportunity to share in its stewardship.
As we continue our work, we commit to learning from Indigenous knowledge systems, uplifting Indigenous voices, and fostering relationships rooted in equity, understanding, and reconciliation.
