The Globe and Mail Content from Globe Content Studio Published January 15, 2021
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What will the workplaces of 2021 and beyond look like? Experts have warned about Canada’s digital skills gap for almost a decade. Now, COVID has accelerated the urgency to re-evaluate the future of work. Finding ways to boost Canada’s post-pandemic economic recovery will come down in large part to embracing more technology.
“Advances in technology like cloud, data and artificial intelligence are transforming the world’s economies, changing labour market needs, and reshaping how people work and what the workforce looks like,” says Kevin Peesker, president of Microsoft Canada.