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SimplyCast President and CEO Saeed El-Darahali has ambitious targets for work-integrated hiring: by the end of 2021, he expects to have onboarded 100 WIL Digital students. Despite the ongoing pandemic...

EDGE UP 2.0 (Energy to Digital Growth Education and Upskilling Project) is a multi-stakeholder program led by Calgary Economic Development and funded by the Future Skills Centre, with key support from...

Ottawa, April 29, 2021—Canada’s diverse Additive Manufacturing (AM) ecosystem boasts several world-renowned firms adopting the technology, and notable success in niche areas such as metal powder...

Ottawa, April 26, 2021—ICTC has partnered with Propulsion Quebec to better understand the role of electric vehicles (EVs) in an environmentally sustainable economic recovery in Quebec and the...

Photo by Markus Spiske , published on Unsplash Canada’s trade deal with the European Union, CETA ( Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement ), came into force provisionally in 2017 as it awaited further...

The 10 high school and middle school cybersecurity finalist teams have been selected to advance to ICTC’s CyberTitan IV National Finals this Monday May 17, 2021. CyberTitan, the only competition of...

In March, students from the Advanced Manufacturing e-learning course offered through ICTC’s WIL Digital program participated in a case study competition organized with Mohawk College. The sixteen...

Ottawa, April 13, 2021— COVID-19 marks a step-change acceleration in the adoption of online learning in Canadian education, which highlights the importance of acquiring new digital skills on the part...

Manitoba has a lot of water and in the winter when it freezes, people who venture out onto the ice can run into trouble, especially in shoulder seasons. Loss of personal property and loss of life are...

Ottawa, April 7, 2020—Maintaining the momentum of Alberta’s growing digital economy requires tapping every available talent supply stream, including people with disabilities. Employers, however, are...

This article expands on content from the recent ICTC report “Responsible Innovation in Canada and Beyond: Understanding and Improving the Social Impact of Technology” (2021). Its focus is Sidewalk...

Ottawa, March 23, 2021— Artificial intelligence is expected to revolutionize many sectors of the economy, which will call for stronger AI skills among Canada’s digital workforce. AI typically requires...

Ottawa, March 9, 2021—Fostering the development of intelligent communities and smart energy in Canada will require targeted and joint efforts from industry and policy makers. This key insight came...

Remote communities have always faced unique challenges that people in Canada’s urban south mostly take for granted. In the absence of grid connection in some communities, it’s not always as simple as...

Ottawa, February 25, 2021— Public procurement processes that are more accessible for startups and emerging technology companies could help accelerate smart cities development, which deploy technology...

Ottawa, February 23, 2021— To respond to Canada’s rapidly changing economy and labour market, ICTC will be beta releasing, in the next few weeks, a comprehensive Skill-to-Job Matching Tool. This tool...

In December 2020, ICTC’s Mairead Matthews and Rosina Hamoni sat down (virtually) with Hanna Zaidi, Director of Regulatory R&D at Wealthsimple to talk about Wealthsimple’s unique place in the financial...

Robust standards can provide a foundation for privacy and trust — the two essential cornerstones of the Canadian data economy. A very promising standards-based solution is the development of Personal...

ICTC’s WIL Digital is an innovative Work Integrated Learning program that helps employers grow their businesses by providing financial assistance for hiring post-secondary students.