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January 2021 Economic Update
Jan 8th, 2021
Health Impacts The world may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the global COVID-19 health and economic crisis. After unprecedentedly quick development timelines, a handful of promising...
Measuring the Unmeasurable
Nov 10th, 2020
Online labour is notoriously difficult to measure. It’s also not an obscure type of work that can be easily disregarded: globally, an estimated (and growing) 48 million people are registered on online...
COVID-19, Employment, and Wages
Sep 24th, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, it has become well-understood that the economic consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns have been harsher for lower-wage workers. While higher-wage workers are more...
August Employment Update
Sep 8th, 2020
Port of Vancouver, Photo by Ryan McLaughlin Unadjusted employment in Canada grew by about 220,000 from July to August, or 1.2%, according to Statistics Canada. Employment tends to rise in summer due...
Canada as an Attractive Destination for European Tech
Jul 24th, 2020
Canada is one of Europe’s closest trading partners, and the rapid pace of Canadian development in artificial intelligence (AI), data analytics, and IoT overlap with European priority areas and digital...
Alberta’s Digital Economy Employment
May 4th, 2020
Photo by Chris Henry on Unsplash One year ago, ICTC released the report A Digital Future for Alberta: An Analysis of Digital Occupations in Alberta’s High-Growth Sectors . This report analyzed and...