2020 l 2021 - Annual Report

It includes an analysis of the recent economic shocks that have impacted the global and Canadian economy and provides updated employment and GDP forecasts for the Canadian economy overall, the digital economy, and six key innovation areas: cleantech, agri-foods and food tech, interactive digital media, advanced manufacturing, clean resources, and health and biotech. [...] Smart Energy and Together, the speakers and roundtable participants discussed the role of data and Environment privacy in facilitating smart mobility solutions, Policy Roundtable infrastructure developments, and the technologies required to support the smart mobility evolution. [...] For the fiscal 2020-21, the Government of Canada introduced measures to mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 and the ability of employers to hire PSE students. [...] The fact that the program was able to adapt to the COVID crisis and fund much of the salary in advance made a big difference for our cash flow and the ability to hire students.” A good example of the difference we are making is our partnership with the Centre québécois d'innovation en commerce (CQIC), now known as “Numana,” which has implemented an innovative solution to help Quebec retailers in t. [...] 27 Communications The past year has been one of tremendous growth for the ICTC Communications Team (Comms) with respect to the maturity of its services and the measures and impacts of its success.