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by Rob Lewis
on Fri, March 12, 2010 2:02 PM
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Thanks to the Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's recent Budget announcement on Section 116, this year's CVCA Annual Conference in Ottawa on May 26-28th should have a celebratory feel to it. And no doubt Conference headliner Rick Mercer will have plenty of new material ready for the audience after questioning Flaherty's...
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by Rob Lewis
on Wed, January 27, 2010 12:28 PM
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The Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance announced this week that it is now accepting nominations for its 2010 Innovation and Leadership Awards and that its Gala Dinner will take place May 19th at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa.
For twenty-five years the CATAAlliance Innovation and Leadership Awards...
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by Robert Janelle
on Wed, January 20, 2010 11:32 AM
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The Information Communication and Technology Council is set to launch a new tool to help foreign-educated IT workers prepare for the Canadian workplace.
The Canada Readiness Tool is an online self-assessment, that runs in both English and French, designed for foreign IT workers looking to work in Canada.
The self-assessment allows potential...
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by Soniya Monga
on Mon, November 16, 2009 6:31 AM
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The influence of community is often underestimated in its power. On a grander scale, as an international community, I truly believe that there is more that unites than divides us. And this, is a powerful thing. Today, November 16th marks the premier day of Global Entrepreneurship Week. The initiative, centred...
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by Sarah Blue
on Thu, October 8, 2009 3:36 PM
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Hey everybody! The Ministry of Advanced Education and Technology is getting a read on the elearning and interactive industry and would like your feedback.
This survey is a chance for the government to connect and to gather your input on important considerations for future policy and funding initiatives.
I've been told the...
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by Duncan Kinney
on Thu, September 10, 2009 4:03 PM
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Back in rosier economic times the Alberta Innovation Voucher program was an afterthought. A flush government pushed it through so they could point to it and say "See, we're trying to diversify our economy."
Despite the economic downturn the first round of innovation vouchers came out in April and the second...
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by Warren Frey
on Tue, September 8, 2009 1:13 PM
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The Canadian New Media Awards are Canada's only digital awards show, and it's time again to submit your hard work to make sure you're recognized by your peers as a digital pioneer. This year the awards will take place in November during nextMedia in Toronto,and submissions can be made at...
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by Warren Frey
on Tue, September 8, 2009 10:38 AM
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Back in the early days of the copyfight in the late 90’s and early part of the 21st century, Canada neatly avoided most of the legal entanglements and PR disasters the RIAA engaged in south of the border by assigning a levy to CDs. The higher price on music and...
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by Robert Janelle
on Thu, July 30, 2009 5:36 PM
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In a somewhat bizarre press release, the Canadian Information Processing Society is calling for the Government of Canada to take some rather extreme steps to help Canada's technology sector.
Specifically, CIPS is calling for:
The elimination of income tax for IT professionals
Elimination of tax on technology
Repatriation of Canadians working abroad
Provide incentives to...
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