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Ottawa, September 28, 2022— Smart city initiatives have multiplied across Canada and their success ultimately depends on attracting and retaining qualified talent with the right technical and human...

Ottawa, August 15, 2022—Today, the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) announced its Jump-Starting Digital Careers Initiative program to improve job preparedness for youth in an...

Quebec votes this October 3 to decide who leads the province for the next four years. Opinion polls currently show the front runner as the incumbent Coalition Avenir Québec, which has been in power...

In this era of rapid disruption, the digital economy is key. Emerging economies, geopolitical inflections, health risks, cyber threats, and changing employment prospects are now top of mind. Against...

Rob Davidson, Director of Data Science here at the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), will be delivering a case study session at the 3 rd Annual Big Data & Analytics West Summit...

Ottawa, September 12, 2022— Canadian retailers are increasingly hiring for digital-savvy jobs such as UX/UI designers, data analysts, software developers, and digital marketers as intelligent retail...

By: Carleigh Reynolds Carleigh Reynolds is part of ICTC’s WIL e-learning team. She sat down with course co-developers Sashie Steenstra and Craig Murrell to discuss ICTC’s new course, Agile Industry...

Join Rob Davidson, ICTC’s Director of Data Science on Day 2 at 3:45 PM for “Building Data Pipelines: Integrating Transforms like BERT into Your Analysis,” learn more here. Welcome to the 3 rd edition...

Your organization is growing. You’ve realized that you need another team member to help balance the increased workload, and you have all the approvals you need to start the hiring process. Great! Now...

By Marc Lijour Finally, the world is unfrozen, and big conferences are back in town! People are flocking to Toronto to experience Canada Crypto Week this Monday, August 8, 2022. To mark the event, I...

Urban farms are changing Canada’s food supply in new and interesting ways. If you live in Montreal, for example, and are looking for somewhere to buy pesticide-free arugula, you might choose to order...

Alberta’s digital economy thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic, growing nearly 18% from February 2020 to May 2022, adding 30,000 jobs in software development, data, design, and business operations. A...

Upskilling course adds more than 100 grads to tech talent pool The latest cohort of graduates from EDGE UP 2.0: A Scaling Opportunity are joining a fast-growing tech sector in Calgary that is taking...

In this installment of ICTC’s “Gender in Tech Series,” ICTC’s Maryna Ivus sits down with Tamara Goddard, an Indigenous woman who works in tech. They talk about Tamara’s experiences in the sector, the...

Ottawa, June 23, 2022—Canada’s rapidly expanding digital economy demands a deeper, more inclusive talent pool that reflects the country’s diverse population, provides economic advantages for employers...

SAN FRANCISCO – Today, in partnership with the Coalition to Reduce Cyber Risk (CR2), 37 companies and organizations have pledged to enhance cyber resiliency and counter evolving cross-border cyber...

Read the first half of this interview on Remi’s career and experience building a business in agricultural technology here . Tips for Scaling a Tech Business: Interview with Entrepreneur and Investor...

ICTC Overviews summarize findings from full-length studies. To read the original report, visit it here . Study Scope This report, published with contributions from Propulsion Québec (the cluster for...

ICTC’s Mairead Matthews and Faun Rice sat down with Canadian entrepreneur Remi Schmaltz to talk about his experience in successfully scaling his second business, and to hear his advice for new...

OTTAWA, ONT. May 19, 2022—CyberTitan V National Finals wrapped up on Wednesday, with three North York, ON, teams sweeping the podium. Unavailable for Legal Reasons from William Lyon Mackenzie...