b'Message from the PresidentMessage du prsidentStephen CryneW ell, we have made it through another tryingE h bien, nous avons travers une autre anne rendue year that none of us could have imagined.difficile par les restrictions sans fin imposes aux The endless restrictions on travel, social gath- voyages et aux rencontres sociales.erings, and the sheer uncertainty of the futureNotre plus grande perte a t labsence de runions have been most difficult. en personne. Il y avait un peu despoir au dbut de Our greatest loss as an organization has been the lack oflanne que nous puissions nous rencontrerTerre-Neuve-et-La-in-person meetings. There was a glimpse of hope earlybrador, mais cet espoir a t anantimesure que les closions in the year that we would be able to meet in Newfound- de COVID ont forc dautres restrictions. Nous avons la chance land and Labrador, but that hope was dashed as COVIDdavoir,St. Johns, des partenaires prtsnous accueillir en outbreaks forced further lockdowns and travel restrictions.septembre prochain. Ce seraloccasion en orde clbrer notre We are fortunate to have solid business partners in St Johns,40e anniversaire. Newfoundland who are ready to welcome us with open arms next September. Its going to be A Time as we celebrate ourUn grand merci aux nombreux bnvoles qui ont travaill 40th Anniversary.exceptionnellement fort sur tant de projets tout au long de I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincerelanne ! Ce sont nos bnvoles qui nous ont permis de rester sur gratitude to the scores of volunteers who have worked excep- la bonne voie et dtablir des liens. tionally hard on so many projects throughout the year. A keyUn merci spcial aux administrateurs qui prennent leur retraitestrength of CERC is our global mobility community, and it islancienne prsidente du conseil Ann Stafford et la prsidente du our volunteers who have kept us on track and connected.conseil Charlotte Christophersen. Grceleur leadership, nous A special thank you to retiring directorspast chair of theavons travers avec brio une priode incroyablement difficile. board Ann Stafford and chair of the board Charlotte Christo- En dpit de ces dfis, nous constatons quil y a eu de nombreuses phersen. With their unwavering leadership and commitmentrussites. La confrence WECAN, organise avec nos collgues to CERC over the past two years we have come through andEura et de WERC, a t un succs retentissant le printemps incredibly challenging time.dernier. Cette confrence a jet les bases de projets futurs qui Despite these challenges, as we reflect on the past year, therecontinueront de promouvoir limportance de lindustrie dehave been many successes along the way. The WECANla mobilit.Conference, a collaborative effort with our colleagues at EuRALa formation de notre Comit de la diversit, de lquit et de and WERC, was a resounding success last spring. This confer- linclusion nous aiderarespecter notre engagement de veiller ence laid the foundation for future projects that will continue ce que le CERC soit une organisation ouverte. Surveillez les to advance the importance of the mobility industry to autres initiatives de ce comit au cours de lannevenir. business success.The formation of our Diversity, Equity and InclusionNous sommes sur le point dentamer la deuxime phase de notre Committee will help us to achieve our commitment toprojet de conformitla mobilit avec IBM et le Collge Seneca. ensuring CERC is an open and welcoming organization to allLe financement de ce projet, fourni par Mitacs et le Conseil who wish to join our community. Watch for more initiativesde recherches en sciences naturelles et en gnie du Canada from this committee in the year ahead.(CRSNG), a t confirm plus tt cet automne.Our partnership with Seneca College is solid and we areLes pnuries de talents vont continuer de dominer lordre du about to embark on the second phase of our mobility compli- jour en 2022. Dun ocanlautre et dans toutes les industries, ance project with Seneca and IBM. Funding for this project,les talents sont en forte demande. En novembre, Statistique provided by Mitacs and the Natural Sciences and EngineeringCanada a dclar le plus grand nombre de postes vacants jamais Research Council of Canada (NSERC), was confirmed earlierenregistr, soit bien au-del dun million. Aujourdhui, il y a plus this fall. de postes vacants que de chercheurs demploi. Il ne sagit pas dun phnomne propre au Canadales pays du monde entier As we look to the coming year, talent shortages will dominatesontla recherche des plus brillants et des meilleurs.the business agenda. From coast to coast and across all industries, talent is in high demand. In November, StatsCanLimmigration et la mobilit joueront un rle essentiel pour reported the highest number of job vacancies on record at wellcombler ces pnuries. Au cours des six derniers mois, le CERC over one million. Today there are more job vacancies thana rencontr les ministres de lImmigration du Canada pour there are job seekers. This is not just a Canadian phenomenoninsister sur la ncessit de mettre davantage laccent sur lescountries around world are in search of the brightest and thevolets conomiques et la ncessit dun traitement plus rapide best. The global war for talent is once again in full swing. et prvisible des demandes. La pandmie a caus des ravages 8PERSPECTIVES Winter 2021'