Information and Communications Technology Council
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| Type | Not for profit |
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| Industry | Information and Communications Technology |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with a distributed staff base across Canada |
Key people | Namir Anani (President & CEO), Dr. Thomas P. Keenan (Chair) |
| Products | Research and policy advice, WIL Digital, DigitalYouth, CyberTitan, GoTalent |
Number of employees | 80+ |
| Website | www |
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) is a Canadian not-for-profit that provides research, practical policy advice, and capacity-building programs for the digital economy.
ICTC publishes reports on digital technologies such as blockchain, 5G, artificial intelligence, immersive technologies, and explores their economic and social impacts in the Canadian and global contexts.[1]
ICTC's evidence-based research draws on an expansive network of industry leaders, academic partners, and subject-experts to deliver labour market intelligence, economic analysis, insights into smart city developments across Canada and internationally, trends in foreign direct investment in Canada's digital economy, and applications of digital technology in manufacturing and other industries.
A flagship ICTC report series is its forecasts of digital employment for the Canadian marketplace, updated every two to three years, or as needed to account for major economic disruptions such as COVID-19 pandemic.
Talent supply and demand is an important dimension of many ICTC research projects, which often reveal gaps between the available workforce within a specific technology sector and what the industry needs for sustainable growth. These identified gaps become the foundation for ICTC capacity-building programs.
Examples of ICTC capacity building programs include work-integrated student learning initiatives, multi-stakeholder programs that test new approaches to skills development for the digital technology sector, cybersecurity competitions to encourage high school and middle school students to consider STEM education and digital tech career pathways, and others.
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- Information technology organizations based in Canada
- Lobbying organizations in Canada
- Professional associations based in Canada