Reading Time: 3 minutes While it is easy to blame globalization for the job losses, the real culprits are increased automation and investment in software
Category: Technology
Preparing for the coming workplace automation revolution
Reading Time: 3 minutes Manitoba’s Red River College’s Smart Factory offers a solution by bringing students and industry together
Internetization is the new normal in the 21st century
Reading Time: 2 minutes It has enhanced the quality of our lives, and made our daily tasks easier and quicker. It has also unleashed a darker side to its opportunities and outreach
Target practice: finding the right golf rangefinder
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hand-held laser units and wrist watches that give distances dominate the market. We tested both technologies to see which best serves the needs of golfers
Breaking technology’s pernicious grip on our children
Reading Time: 3 minutes The formative years with our children only come once. When we make them the highest priorities in our lives, we give them the message that they’re worthwhile
Opening the doors to innovative young Canadians
Reading Time: 3 minutes The federal $221-million investment in work‑integrated learning placements for post-secondary students and graduates must include colleges and polytechnics
How the energy industry can reimagine itself
Reading Time: 2 minutes Blockchain could influence the way the energy sector does things, from extraction and production processes to financing and transactions
We need to broaden our focus as we push for innovation
Reading Time: 3 minutes An inclusive talent strategy for innovation must include polytechnics and colleges – to produce skilled workers who can carry out, and scale up, concepts
Give dad the gift of sound this Father’s Day
Reading Time: 3 minutes Every dad enjoys his music in different ways. Here are a few Father’s Day gift ideas so he can listen to his tunes, podcasts or news any way he likes
Serving up an unpalatable minimum wage for the food industry
Reading Time: 3 minutes The effects of artificial intelligence and the rise of the digital world will force us to rethink how we produce, process and distribute food