How Canadian startups are tackling the COVID-19 crisis
With the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declaring COVID-19 an international pandemic, nations have doubled down on “flattening the curve” of the crisis by imposing unprecedented controls on citizens to slow the spread of the virus and, therefore, save...
Shoplogix: the startup that connects data to dollars with Ontario talent
Oakville, Ontario, based Shoplogix was founded in 2002 on the premise that better information could lead to improved outcomes in the manufacturing sector. 13 years later, Shoplogix is one of Ontario’s leading Industry 4.0 companies, helping global Fortune 1000...
Toronto’s fintech sector is exploding with jobs
Toronto is an indisputable financial services giant: roughly eight percent of Torontonians work in finance, while jobs in the sector have grown by 25 percent in the last five years. And the city’s fintech community has shown great promise, raising...
Canada can better prepare to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies
Canada must prepare for the growing need to retrain workers displaced by disruptive technologies. To do so, governments must have a thorough sense of the effectiveness of current employment retraining programs. High-quality evaluations of employment training programs...Interest Reading
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