Profile of the information and communications technologies sector / prepared for the Expert Panel on Skills by Timothy Denton and Bert Pereboom.: C21-36/31-2000E-PDF
"Industry representatives indicate that top-level graduates from electronic engineering, computer sciences and related fields are key to further job creation and technical innovation in Canada's information and communications technologies sector. Finding ways to develop, support and retain these people in Canada is a very important task for industry and public policy, and there are no easy solutions. Levels of compensation and taxation, the economic opportunities available, the scarcity of possible employers in Canada, the amount of research money available in Canadian universities, and international demand for -- as well as the mobility of -- talented people mean that these industries face formidable challenges in retaining persons with key skills in Canada"--Abstract, page ii.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Advisory Council on Science and Technology, issuing body. |
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| Title | Profile of the information and communications technologies sector / prepared for the Expert Panel on Skills by Timothy Denton and Bert Pereboom. |
| Variant title | Final report of the Expert Panel on Skills : supporting documents : information and communications technologies sector profile Information and communications technologies sector profile |
| Series title | Supporting document ; 6 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Other language editions | [French] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | Cover title. Issued also in French under title: Profil du secteur des technologies de l'information et des communications. Digitized edition from print [produced by Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (pages 21-22). |
| Publishing information | Ottawa, ON : Advisory Council on Science and Technology = Conseil consultatif des sciences et de la technologie, 1999. ©2000 |
| Author / Contributor | Denton, Timothy, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (ii, 22 pages). |
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| Subject terms | Information technology -- Canada. Occupational training -- Canada. Skilled labor -- Training of -- Canada. |