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IT professor leads discussion on basic income and the post-work world

  In a world where machines are increasingly replacing paid human labour, Ontario’s high profile pilot project — the basic income guarantee — could be a solution to some of the challenges within our changing economy. Information Technology Professor Stephen Chen will be joining Canadian Senator Art Eggleton and the Why Should I Care? (WSIC) […]

Ready for TIP? Technology Internship Program Information Session, Wednesday March 1st.

  Ready for TIP? Join the Technology Internship Program Information Session on Wednesday March 1st. The event will take place in ATK 109 (Harry Crowe room) at 2:45-4:00pm and will feature a review of eligibility requirements, program expectations and application process. Students of all levels are welcome to come and learn more about the TIP. […]

Prof. Marin Litoiu is awarded $272,000 by NSERC for research in micro-service platforms.

Prof. Marin Litoiu was awarded $272,000 by NSERC to investigate multi goal self-adaptation for micro-service platforms. Micro-services are small units of program that also constitute units of deployment in virtual machines and fundamental building blocks for larger and more complex computational services. Focusing on emerging applications that rely on Big Data technologies, such as Analytics, […]

Thinking of a career in IT? 76,263 new ICT jobs in Ontario by 2019: ICTC

The time seems to be just right! According to the Labour Market Outlook 2015-2019 study prepared by Information and Communications Technology Council (ICT) researchers, Ontario will be the province with the most in ICT positions to be filled in Canada in the period 2015-2019. A total of 76,263 hiring requirements are forecasted, approximately 70% of which […]

ISACA recognizes Information Technology Auditing and Assurance program

A fundamental requirement for effective auditing is to provide an opinion to the executive team and the board audit committee on the adequacy of the internal control framework operating within the organisation’s information technology and telecommunications (IT&T) environment. This requirement, while ongoing, may have specific meaning at some point, e.g., financial year-end when management is […]

IT skills crisis looms ::: Metro

Tech skills crisis looms (Metro, Thursday, Jan.19, 2006, page 12) Students look to other fields amid perceived slump. The Canadian high-tech sector may be in full recovery but a serious skills crisis looms unless more students, parents and high-school guidance counsellors shed the perception that information technology jobs are in short supply, two industry groups […]