Mississauga, Canada (October 22, 2020) – 2020 has been a challenging year for Canada’s labour market, directly affecting employers, employees and young people preparing to enter an uncertain workforce. In response, and with $32 million in additional funding from the Government ..read more

Innovative resource offers a unique and ground-breaking capability – the ability to identify desired technical and non-technical skills based on employer demand  Mississauga, Canada (September 29, 2020) – National tech industry association TECHNATION is pleased to announce the launch of CareerFinder ..read more

Mississauga, ON (September 28, 2020) – Many Canadian municipalities are struggling to meet even basic cybersecurity requirements in the face of increasing cyber attacks. Ransomware attacks in particular have been wreaking havoc resulting in significant financial losses and hampering municipal ..read more

Leveraging Canada’s technology sector to provide solutions will support growth of digital economy and SMEs hit hard by pandemic Ottawa, ON (September 23, 2020) – TECHNATION, Canada’s leading tech industry association commends the Government of Canada’s intention to implement policies ..read more

Tech industry looking for Speech from the Throne to include actionable vision for innovation adoption Ottawa, Canada (September 23, 2020) –  An immediate and significant opportunity exists for the federal government to stimulate the economy, rapidly adopt technology solutions that ..read more

Additional measures recommended to help strengthen country’s potential to regain status as world leader in digital economy in Pre-Budget Submission Ottawa, ON (August 26, 2020) – Procurement is one of the biggest and most underrated economic levers of government. Yet ..read more

Over the past week, I have had to take time to reconcile the horror of the recent tragic murder of George Floyd.  It is unfathomable to comprehend the level of anger and hatred humanity can hold onto. I turned to many podcasts to get a deeper level of understanding from authors, speakers and victims of racism.  One extremely well-spoken podcaster’s advice stood out through his bold message: Step Up, Show Up, or Shut Up (Baratunde Thurston). As we witness thousands of multi-racial protestors around the world, wearing masks amidst the COVID crisis, and marching alongside police officer ..read more

TECHNATION joins other global tech industry associations in call for action Mississauga, ON (June 4, 2020) – TECHNATION has joined more than 30 technology and business trade associations from around the world in issuing recommendations – and an important call to action – for leaders attending the G20 governments. TECHNATION is a leading national industry association of Canada’s tech sector. The list of 25 recommendations focus on: the facilitation of a global response to the COVID-19 outbreak; the advancement of global data free flows with trust; the promotion of cross-border innovation and ad ..read more

May 29, 2020 TECHNATION selected to partner with Shared Services Canada (SSC) on Agile Procurement.  We recently received great news from the President of SSC, that they have agreed to partner with TECHNATION on several upcoming ‘pilot agile procurements’.   This new pilot program is meant to test our TECH2GOV Digital Marketplace and upcoming challenge based pilots.  This  past week started engagement with the SSC Agile procurement team and expect to be launching this pilot in three weeks.  If you haven’t registered on the T2G DM, you can do so here.  We have an absolute flurry of u ..read more

May 22, 2020 Six weeks until Summer and we’re continuing our efforts around government collaboration. We’ve significantly re-vamped our B2B and B2G events, launched a new Speakers Bureau and are continuously updating our TECH2GOV Innovation Exchange. If your product or service is procurement-ready, add your information to this important database!  NOTE: Today Prime Minister Trudeau announced a nation-wide contact tracing search. CONSIDERING TRACING TECHNOLOGY. In order for people to “move around freely,” the ability to pinpoint and quarantine new cases is required, said the prime minister ..read more