The COVID-19 pandemic has caused all of us to make significant changes to our day-to-day lives to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our community. In many cases, these changes have caused our students unexpected financial hardships or prevented them from going home to be with their family. What’s more, the scope and uncertainty of […]
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Can You Be Cyber Secure During the COVID-19 Crisis?
During this crisis, there has been a significant increase in Cyber-attacks due to the fact that many organizations have moved to a very rapid “work from home” model. Threat actors are capitalizing on this unprecedented event by increasing attacks on vulnerable organizations. In some cases, they are playing on victim fears by tailoring attacks in […]
What Jobs Will Be in Demand After COVID-19?
Canada has been experiencing a skills gap for years. Termed “The Quiet Crisis”, there have been many high skills jobs available but a limited amount of qualified people to fill them. In 2019, for example, Canada’s five largest cities had openings for thousands of positions in cybersecurity, cloud computing and IT auditing, digital marketing, content […]
What Will Be the Demand for Digital Tools After COVID-19?
In the past few weeks, the world has seen just how important the connection between humans and machines is. As people continue to self-isolate and practice social distancing, the need for online technology is more apparent than ever before. COVID-19 has humans considering the best way to connect to one another using machines, and how […]
Why Do People Turn to University Continuing Education in Tough Economic Times?
For many years, we’ve had labour shortages at the same time as many young people have had difficulty launching meaningful careers despite obtaining post-secondary education. This was called ‘The Quiet Crisis’, a situation where employers were unable to find people with the skills they needed and young adults were unable to fill those jobs, resulting […]
Is COVID-19 Changing the Quiet Crisis?
For years, we’ve been experiencing what’s been called a “Quiet Crisis” where we have many high skill jobs that cannot be filled, and yet many workers are underemployed or unemployed. But, the Quiet Crisis isn’t quiet anymore. In many technical fields, employers have been feeling the pain from not having enough talent to fill these skill […]