It is an interesting time to be at the intersection of tech and talent in Canada in 2023. Even by the already accelerated standards of the tech industry, the rate of change in recent years has been challenging to keep up with. The angles which change is coming from are varied, making it all the […]
Amazon’s Impact on Tech and Talent in Canada Through 2023
Since 2010, Amazon has made direct investments of more than $40 billion into Canadian operations, from capital expenditures such as building out data infrastructure to operating expenditures, including wages for 45,000 full- and part-time employees throughout the country. This investment has resulted in Amazon contributing $33 billion to Canada’s GDP over the same time frame, […]
New Hub Will Support 9,000 Jobs in Canada as AWS Continues to Upskill
Building on a 2016 centre in Montreal, Amazon Web Services has launched its second major infrastructure hub in Canada. Based in Calgary, this second AWS centre represents Western Canada. “With the launch of the AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, customers and partners across Canada now have additional infrastructure to deploy applications with greater resilience, availability, […]
Synctera Seeks to Fill New Roles as Fintech Finds Footing in Canada
Earlier this year, California-based Synctera has raised capital to power expansion North of the border. The Silicon Valley banking-a-a-service startup announced a $15 million strategic investment led by NAventures, the corporate venture arm of National Bank of Canada, in March. Launched in 2020, Synctera helps companies acquire customers, deepen customer relationships, and access new revenue […]
Freshly Funded SALUS Looks to Expand Team with Tech Talent
A software company based in Vancouver has raised a Series A round of capital en route a mission to improve safety for construction and other labour-focused industries. SALUS Technologies announced today the closing of an $8 million round supported by investors based in New York. The Canadian company said in a release that the new […]
Article Actively Hiring for New CGI Team to Bolster Ecommerce Experience
In 2022, Vancouver-based Article joined a long list of Canadian tech firms who, pressured by sudden economic shifts, made the difficult decision to downsize. “Today is a very difficult day at Article,” chief executive Aamir Baig wrote in a memo last August, as his company . “This is my fault.” Baig let go of more than […]
Canadian Hubs May Pay Techies Similar, But All of Them Lag Behind US
Those looking to forge a career in Canadian tech have long been wise to seek habitat in one of the nation’s major innovation hubs. These select few, highly concentrated ecosystems—Vancouver and the Calgary-Edmonton corridor on the West, and Montreal and the Greater Toronto Empire to the East—house the overwhelming majority of tech companies in Canada, […]
Canadian Executives Consider Influence of AI on Talent Training, Engagement
The digital takeover of modern business continues to be top of mind for C-suite executives across Canada as emerging technologies like generative artificial intelligence trigger turbulence within their organizations and the markets at large. A new report from Toronto titan Thomson Reuters gathered insights from executive leaders throughout North America and the UK to explore […]
Emerging Technologies Fuel Sustained Demand for Talent in Canada
Nearly 300,000 technology jobs have been created in Canada over the past six years, according to a report from CompTIA, with more employment growth projected moving forward. Net tech employment cracked 1,350,000 workers in 2022, data from the nonprofit association for the information technology industry and workforce shows, with further expansion to come. Tech employment […]
Waterstone Reveals Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2023
Waterstone Human Capital this month unveiled the 2023 edition of its annual Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures program, which includes Canada’s Most Admired CEO and Canada’s Most Admired Chief People and Culture Officer. This national program recognizes best-in-class Canadian organizations and executives for fostering high-performance corporate cultures that facilitate a competitive advantage. “The 2023 Canada’s […]