Digital Policy Salon ICTC-CTIC

Nathan Snider, Maryna Ivus and Akshay Kotak discuss Canada’s digital economy and share some insights from the research behind the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)'s flagship report, Onwards and Upwards: Digital Talent Outlook 2025.

Featured Publication:

Onwards and Upwards: Digital Talent Outlook 2025 -> https://medium.com/digitalthinktankictc/onwards-and-upwards-78eaa56faa8f

Guests:

Maryna Ivus, Manager, Labour Market Research

Akshay Kotak, Senior Economist & Research Analyst



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ICTC’s WIL Digital is an innovative Work Integrated Learning program that helps employers grow their businesses by providing financial assistance for hiring post-secondary students. Find out more here -> https://www.wil-ait.digital/en/

Find out more about ICTC's work by visiting our website -> https://www.ictc-ctic.ca/

The Digital Policy Salon podcast is an Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) production.

Nathan Snider, Khiran O'Neill, and Trevor Quan discuss the future of work and share some insights from the research behind the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)'s recent study on the topic.

Featured Publication: 

Emergent Employment: Canadian Findings on the Future of Work -> https://medium.com/digitalthinktankictc/emergent-employment-e869bc804be8

Guests:

Khiran O'Neill, Research & Policy Analyst at ICTC

Trevor Quan, Senior Research Analyst at ICTC

Working patterns, relationships, and norms are changing. Recently, gig work and remote work have been at the heart of these changes, yet their implications for the world of work remain uncertain. This report investigates these two phenomena and their roles in the future of work (particularly in the Canadian context) using a review of existing data and literature, web scraping of job postings, interviews with 19 subject matter experts, and a survey of 1507 individuals—two-thirds of whom were remote or gig workers. Combined, these methods outline key characteristics and challenges of evolving forms of work in Canada, how they have been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, and what might be expected for gig and remote work in the coming years. Namely, the report highlights how demand for flexibility has influenced gig and remote work, how technological development is only one factor driving changes to work, and how precarity and inequality are likely to be significant challenges for the future of work. Finally, a set of recommendations are provided to navigate gig and remote work in future years.



Subscribe to the Digital Policy Salon email briefing -> https://www.getrevue.co/profile/digitalpolicysalon

ICTC’s WIL Digital is an innovative Work Integrated Learning program that helps employers grow their businesses by providing financial assistance for hiring post-secondary students. Find out more here -> https://www.wil-ait.digital/en/

Find out more about ICTC's work by visiting our website -> https://www.ictc-ctic.ca/

The Digital Policy Salon podcast is an Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) production.