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Digital Technology Supercluster makes new investment to create $8.7 million tech talent program
The British Columbia-based Digital Technology Supercluster has invested in a new $8.7 million program focused on fostering tech talent in Canada.
The new program, called the Canadian Tech Talent Accelerator, comprises a total investment of $8.7 million, with $7.3 million invested by industry and other partners and $1.4 million of co-investment by the federal government’s Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Industry through the Digital Technology Supercluster.
The investment comes days after it was revealed the Supercluster is lobbying the federal government for more funding.
NPower Canada, a charity that aims to help launch young adults into sustainable careers, is working with Microsoft Canada and Blueprint to launch the new program. The project is also hoped to support the growth of NPower Canada as a Canadian workforce development initiative. That initiative will