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Recent report releases from the Conference Board of Canada: The foremost independent, applied research organization in Canada.

• Aligning Diversity and Business Strategy
  This webcast discusses recognizing some of the key differences between diversity programs in Europe, the US and in other regions.
• Planning for Disasters in Local Operating Communities: How to Be Both Responsive and Responsible
  If a disaster struck in your community, would you be ready to respond?
• Post-Conference Webcast: How to Assess and Evaluate Succession Management in Your Organization
  This webcast will help participants to assess and evaluate their current succession management systems — whether their companies are just starting out or have been doing succession management for years.
• Is China Losing its Competitive Edge? Rising Wages are Altering the Labor Cost Environment
  This webcast shows participants how The Conference Board's China Center research on comparative productivity sheds new light on China's overall labor cost environment.
• Index of Consumer Confidence: December 2007
  The monthly Index of Consumer Confidence is constructed from responses to four attitudinal questions posed to a random sample of Canadian households. The latest results are based on over 2,000 telephone interviews conducted in early December 2007.
• From Baby Boom to Labour Crunch: Quebec’s Impending Labour Shortage
  This report looks at Quebec’s anticipated labour shortage through to 2030, and provides recommended strategies for overcoming deteriorating labour force and productivity growth.
• Du baby-boom au déficit de main-d’oeuvre: Pénurie de main-d’oeuvre imminente au Québec
  Ce rapport se penche sur la pénurie de main-d’œuvre anticipée au Québec d’ici 2030 et recommande des stratégies pour remédier à l’effritement de la population active et à la faible croissance de la productivité.
• Public Sector Shared Services 2007: Service, Culture and Transformation
  This Conference e-Proceedings discusses the challenges of building a service culture, engaging employees, and driving increased performance over time. Building on the knowledge gained from Conference Board research and the experts’ first-hand experiences, this event provides an opportunity to explore top shared services issues, including creating an effective communication strategy, keeping stakeholders satisfied, benchmarking, and designing an effective governance structure to ensure success.
• Staying the Course: Values-Based Cultural Transformation at Farm Credit Canada
  The Conference Board of Canada’s series on talent management combines theoretical knowledge with practical examples of effective practices. This briefing is the first in the series.
• City Magnets: Benchmarking the Attractiveness of Canada’s CMAs
  City Magnets: Benchmarking the Attractiveness of Canada’s CMAs analyzes and benchmarks the features that make Canadian cities attractive to skilled workers and mobile populations. Given looming labour shortages, cities without the ability to act as magnets and attract new people will struggle to stay prosperous in the decades ahead.
• City Magnets: Benchmarking the Attractiveness of Canada’s CMAs
  Executive Summary—City Magnets: Benchmarking the Attractiveness of Canada’s CMAs gives an overview of how cities rank on the features that make Canadian cities attractive to skilled workers and mobile populations. Given looming labour shortages, cities without the ability attract new people will struggle to stay prosperous.
• Villes aimants: Comparer le pouvoir d’attraction des RMR canadiennes
  Executive Summary—City Magnets: Benchmarking the Attractiveness of Canada’s CMAs gives an overview of how cities rank on the features that make Canadian cities attractive to skilled workers and mobile populations. Given looming labour shortages, cities without the ability attract new people will struggle to stay prosperous.
• Travel Exclusive: Key Trends for the Travel Industry November-December 2007
  This bi-monthly publication from the Canadian Tourism Research Institute features articles that outline key trends for the travel industry.
• The U.S. Month at a Glance (December 2007)
  A snapshot of the U.S. economy for the last six months.
• The Canadian Month at a Glance (December 2007)
  A snapshot of the Canadian economy for the last six months.