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title: "From Compliance to Competence: Advancing Canada’s Life Sciences Workforce CASTL -"
description: CASTL’s Lee McKinley argues Canada’s life sciences sector must move beyond course completion and measure time-to-competence in this op-ed from TheFutureEconomy.ca
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# [From Compliance to Competence: Advancing Canada’s Life Sciences Workforce CASTL -](https://www.castlcanada.ca/en/news-details/from-compliance-to-competence)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.castlcanada.ca/en/news-details/author/admin) | March 11 2026

Completing training doesn’t always mean a worker is ready to perform independently.

In her op-ed on [TheFutureEconomy.ca](https://thefutureeconomy.ca/), Lee McKinley, Director of Learning & Development at the Canadian Alliance for Skills & Training in Life Sciences (CASTL), argues that Canada’s life sciences sector must move beyond measuring course completion and focus on demonstrated competence in the workplace.

She calls for organizations to track “time-to-competence,” i.e., how quickly workers can perform safely and independently, and to better align training systems with real-world performance.

Read Lee's article [here](https://thefutureeconomy.ca/op-eds/from-compliance-to-competence-advancing-canadas-life-sciences-workforce/). 

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