Alberta’s ambitions to become a hub for artificial intelligence infrastructure could create demand for workers who combine technology expertise with an understanding of power, cooling, and physical security. A new report from the Information and Communications Technology Council examines the workforce needed to build and operate the province’s proposed AI data centres. The challenge is […]
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Bootcamps from ICTC Aim to Connect Businesses with AI-Skilled Students
The Information and Communications Technology Council is launching a series of bootcamps targeting the adoption of artificial intelligence skills and technology among students and business across Canada. The ICTC is a neutral not-for-profit national centre of expertise with the mission of strengthening Canada’s digital advantage in the global economy. ICTC’s eight-week bootcamps, partially funded by […]
Alberta’s Expanding Tech Economy is Set to Employ a Quarter Million Workers
Alberta’s technology sector is poised for “substantial growth,” suggests a new outlook from the Information and Communications Technology Council. The report, “Alberta’s Digital Economy: Outlook 2030,” reflects on the prior decade and also forecasts the next half-decade of tech growth in the province. From 2014 to 2023, Alberta’s ICT sector grew at an average annual rate […]
Cybersecurity Training Program Aims to ‘Harness Full Spectrum’ of Workforce
Cyberattacks are on the rise, in terms of frequency as well as in areas of “sophistication and maliciousness,” a report from KPMG found. And Canada has it worse than many other nations. Part of the problem is that the country is clinging to a nationwide cybersecurity dearth, with one in six roles sitting unfilled—to the tune of […]
Canada’s Digital Economy Lacking 25,000 Cyber Security Professionals: Report
New data confirms there is a major shortage of cyber professionals, and a recent report tackling the topic suggests this could prove one of the biggest challenges to Canada’s digital economy. To supplement the growing body of research on cybersecurity labour market research in Canada, the Information and Communications Technology Council released a national survey […]
A Province Poised for Success: Report Analyzes Alberta’s Post-COVID Tech Economy
In Alberta and across Canada, the economic and labour market impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was felt unevenly across sectors, suggests a new report from the Information and Communications Technology Council of Canada. Although the digital economy was not completely spared of disruption, by early summer 2020, tech employment and output “almost immediately began an upward […]