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Expanded Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show returns to Toronto

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An expanded Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show returns to Toronto at the end of this month with a focus on the technologies driving the future of Canada’s manufacturing sector. 

Top-notch speaker on the roster include industry innovators Jim Balsillie, Jean Charest and Ric Fulop.

CMTS is said to be Canada’s leading industry event and is held at the International Centre Toronto, from September 30 to October 3. This year, organisers say it will be bigger in both size and scope. [Read more…] about Expanded Canadian Manufacturing Technology Show returns to Toronto

Robots threaten 42 per cent of Canadian jobs, says report

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Possibly the most dishevelled robot we’ve ever seen… not sure how he/she got a job. Is that contraption even a robot? Picture: TheVerge.com

Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship releases most comprehensive report to date assessing how automation will impact future employment in Canada

Automation is transforming traditional occupations, changing the day-to-day tasks of Canadians, and potentially creating new jobs, states new research from the Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship (BII+E) at Ryerson University.

The report, released this week, entitled The Talented Mr Robot: The Impact of Automation on Canada’s Workforce analyzes automation and how it will directly affect the Canadian labour market over the next 10 to 20 years.

The report indicates that nearly 42 per cent of the Canadian labour force is at a high risk of being affected by automation – the replacement of workers by technology and computerization – in the future.  [Read more…] about Robots threaten 42 per cent of Canadian jobs, says report

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