ISP Summit: More women in tech means stronger, more innovative companies

By Lynn Greiner

TORONTO – According to an upcoming report, Outlook 2023, from the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC), by that year Canada will need 305,000 more digitally skilled workers, bringing the workforce in the digital economy up to 2.1 million. However, said Maryna Ivus, senior research analyst at the ICTC, that demand can't be met by focusing on what she called the "usual suspects" – men with computer science degrees and three-to-six years of experience.She told the 400 attendees at the ninth annual Canadian ISP Summit that while emerging technologies like 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain will undoubtedly revolutionize our...