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Building an amazing employee experience for the Future of Work and Learning
22 October 2019 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work
Communitech has been working hard to adapt to the Future of Work, from trying to better understand the current employee experience to bringing in Communitech staff together for a series of workshops with… Read more
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Getting Waterloo Region ready for the Future of Work and Learning
20 September 2019 | By Alex Kinsella in: Future of Work, Opinion
Technological change has created a need for lifelong learning. Communitech, Manulife, the University of Waterloo and Deloitte began a conversation on what all four groups – employers, employees, education… Read more
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Retooling our notions of work as tech reshapes the future
25 June 2019 | By Bill Bean in: Featured, Future of Work, News, True North
At True North 2019, Manulife hosted Future of Work and Learning – Taking Community Action. This workshop focused on crowd-sourced their experience and aspirations to help shape a Communitech-inspired initiative… Read more
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Leaders Prize at True North issues $1M challenge: Fix fake news
19 June 2019 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News, True North
The Leaders Prize at True North is hoping artificial intelligence can give truth a chance to catch up to fakes news. The problem of fake news and misinformation prevents people from making informed decisions,… Read more
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Women-in-tech group gets boost from a Nobel winner
25 April 2019 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News
Women in Communications and Technology (WCT) launched its Waterloo Region chapter at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Wednesday with a talk entitled “Curiosity Drives Innovation,” delivered… Read more
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Equipping employees for the jobs of tomorrow
15 April 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, Future of Work, News
Ontario Minister of Labour Laurie Scott told Communitech News that governments, and particularly her government, must quickly respond to the shifts now underway, and doing so is in part why she was in… Read more
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Embrace discomfort and challenge yourselves, tech leaders tell students
07 March 2019 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, News
Seven leaders in tech spoke in a panel to about 60 college and university women students at the Women In Tech Power Panel. Each leader spoke about their different journey and the goal of the night was… Read more
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'Adaptive resilience' key to managing workplace change
26 February 2019 | By Craig Daniels in: Featured, Future of Work, News
Students and graduates are graduating into a very unpredictable world because of the coming revolution of workplace change brought on by technology. Panelists share their thoughts on the future of work… Read more
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A master's every 10 years: How workers will adapt to change
29 January 2019 | By Kelly Pedro in: Featured, Future of Work, News
How technology is changing the way businesses think about their future and the talent needed to achieve it. Read more
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Pitch In! taps power of personal stories to boost local volunteerism
27 September 2018 | By Kelly Pedro in: Ecosystem, Featured, News
KW Habilitation president Jeff Collins has been running the Pitch In! program, which is helping would-be volunteers find organizations within the tech community that can offer employment to them and need… Read more