Labour Market Intelligence

Nanotechnology in Canada
Current Issues and Implications for Future ICT Human Resources  Nanotechnology (NT) presents an excellent opportunity for Canada to be a major global player in science, technology and innovation, due to Canada’s strength in research and development. NT is a pervasive and enabling technology that impacts a number of other technologies, including Life Sciences, New Media, Pharmaceuticals, Energy as well as Information and Communications Technology (ICT). NT is projected to continue receiving massive global investments.  According to Cientifica, in the last 11 years, more than US$67.5 billion in funding nanotechnology research has been invested by governments around the world[1]. The future global need for NT workers will be significant; the U.S. National Science Foundation estimates that 2 million NT workers will be needed by 2015.  ICTC’s Nanotechnology Report [1]Cientifica, Global Funding of Nanotechnologies – 2011 Edition. Retrieved December 3, 2011, from http://cientifica.eu/blog/research/market-reports/nanotech-funding-2011/ 

Sub-Sector Study Reveals Key Human Resource Issues Facing Canadian Digital Media Companies
Recommendations Provide a Blueprint for a Human Resource Strategy  

Study Shows Vast Skills, Labour Shortages Looming for Canada’s Tech Sector
Canada’s ICT sector, representing the country’s information, communications and technology employment base, is facing alarming skills and labour shortages in the next five years. Today’s release of Outlook for Human Resources in the ICT Labour Market, 2011-2016 by the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) , in partnership with the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) , underscores the shortages, and paints a picture of a new job market for ICT that has radically changed. ICTC also reported that all stakeholders in the sector—industry and education, the associations that represent them, and government—recognize the looming shortages and are poised to act.

Continued growth in 2011 for Canada’s ICT labour force - January 11, 2011
PRESS RELEASE 

Labour Force Survey (LFS) data
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates used by ICTC have recently been adjusted by Statistics Canada.

Labour Force Survey (LFS) data - October 2010
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates used by ICTC have recently been adjusted by Statistics Canada.

Labour Force Survey (LFS) data - September 2010
The Labour Force Survey (LFS) estimates used by ICTC have recently been adjusted by Statistics Canada.

National study reveals metrics on HI and HIM labour and skills shortages
National study reveals metrics on HI and HIM labour and skills shortages

ICT Labour Force Trend Report Release - July 30, 2010
PRESS RELEASE

Online Workshops for Newcomers & IEP Stakeholders Project
ICTC’s Workshops Online is for IEPs and Immigration Stakeholders.

Canada Needs New Approach to Dealing with Critical Skills Shortage: ICTC Report
ICTC wrapped up the release of the Outlook for Human Resources in the ICT Labour Market: 2008-2015 by visiting seven cities to share regional findings and to engage in dialogue about the regional implications of the report’s findings. The report, which can be viewed by clicking here, focused on Canada's skills shortages in the critical Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector reveals that a serious skills shortage is threatening the sector. 

View the ICTC Internationally Educated Professional's Integration Initiative Monthly Update - June 2008
View the ICTC Internationally Educated Professional's Integration Initiative Monthly Update - June 2008

Your insight is required for the Outlook on Human Resources in the ICT Labour Market 2012-15
Organizations across Canada may be facing a shortage of IT professionals.  That is the conclusion of a recent study which found a dramatic fall in enrolments in university computer science programs.

ICTC Hosts Labour Market Intelligence Day
In ICT, as in any knowledge intensive industry, the means of production exits the workplace everyday at closing time.  Brainpower is the fundamental ingredient in the products and services we produce.  So it pays ICT companies to maintain a strong understanding of the key issues in the industry's labour market.