Fed mulls proposal to gamify employment. Plus, Canada’s hottest startup scenes.

Every Monday, CommerceLab brings you a roundup of all the gamification, user experience and interactive display news that’s fit to print. (Or the stuff we liked best, anyway.)

We’re following the money this week, starting with a proposal from Employment and Social Development Canada for an online game that helps teens decide what they want to be when they grow up. An ESDC social media team pitched the idea, which it believes will motivate young Canadians to consult the government’s real-time job data before taking the career plunge. For those interested, here’s the pitch deck.

Not be outdone by the ESDC, the Fed joined Ontario to announce the $300 million Northleaf Venture Catalyst fund of funds. The program builds on the federal government’s Venture Capital Action Plan (VCAP), which aims to boost venture capital in Canada and give Canadian companies what they need to take on the global competition.

More in news you can take to the bank: The Canadian Financing Forum has set the stage for 30 tech companies to compete for startup money in front of top tier investors from across North America. It all goes down in Vancouver, BC, February 20-21. Want in on the action? Register here.

Speaking of Vancouver—ever wonder which Canadian city has the most active startup scene? According to this infographic from Startup Genome’s Startup Ecosystem Report, Toronto, Vancouver and Waterloo are among the world’s top 20 entrepreneurial hot spots. Coincidentally, Toronto and Waterloo are also first and third respectively at attracting startup founders from the Valley.

Here, for good measure, are strategies Canadian startups can use to grow globally.