Canada must look beyond STEM and diversify its AI workforce
In order to capitalize on what fundamental research discovers, the AI sector must deepen its ties with the social sciences....
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No imminent ‘doomsday’ threat of AI, robots replacing Canadian workers but report cites concerns
op federal government officials believe there is no imminent threat that artificial intelligence and robots will displace large segments of the Canadian workforce, newly released documents show. In work done...
Five Ontario jobs at-risk of automation — and what you can do to prepare
Canada frequently ranks as the most-educated country in the world, and yet we are pretty pessimistic about what the future of work holds — at least for us humans. In a 2018...
What Employees Tell Us About Automation and Re-skilling
As we spoke to people, we learned that one of the details that really affected their experiences was how much opportunity they had to prepare, both for a single automation...
Resume scanners gain ground at college career centres
More employers are using applicant tracking systems to hire employees. Some colleges are using new AI-based tools, like VMock, to help students keep up....
8 Ways the Workforce Will Change in 2020
In the last decade, the workforce has changed in ways many business professionals never could have imagined. The ubiquity of smart devices and internet connectivity means that more companies than...
What jobs are affected by AI? Better-paid, better-educated workers face the most exposure
AI could affect work in virtually every occupational group. However, whereas research on automation’s robotics and software continues to show that less-educated, lower-wage workers may be most exposed to displacement,...
These are the businesses that will actually benefit from job automation
AI will enable entrepreneurship supported by e-commerce, empower small teams, lower costs in the healthcare sector and more....
As Jobs Are Automated, Will Men and Women Be Affected Equally?
While an AI tool may not be designed to replace the tasks of women or men in particular, many occupations are so skewed in their current distribution that waves of...
Killing ‘Dead-End’ Jobs Blocks Career Opportunity
As automation takes over routine tasks, what will happen to "on-ramp" jobs that allow workers to do something simple and useful in the middle of the action, get paid, build...