Machine learning: Why it s changing your industry – and how you can capitalize on it obj.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from obj.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The same technology that generates video suggestions on Netflix and filters suspicious emails is now used by a broad range of businesses to improve customer conversion rates, automate labour-intensive processes and predict workflows.
Once a buzzword mostly of interest to academics, machine learning is an increasingly mainstream technology used by law firms, accountants and in a range of tech sectors to accelerate business growth and gain a competitive advantage.
To help local executives understand the opportunities that machine learning presents to their business and the ease with which these solutions can be implemented, OBJ, CENGN, AuditMap and sponsor the University of Ottawa Professional Development Institute teamed up to explore how machine learning is changing industries.
Lights, camera, action!
A great documentary is groundbreaking, with the power to change minds and actions to make the world a better place.
Canadian Geographic has affirmed its commitment to this genre of visual storytelling with the announcement of a Filmmaker-in-Residence program.
Matt LeMay will be
Canadian Geographic’s inaugural Filmmaker-in-Residence, a prestigious role that will give him opportunities to bring his stories to wider audiences through the dedication and support of
Canadian Geographic, which has lately increased its engagement with video content production.
“For over a decade, I have been honoured to use film as a medium to tell and share stories with a strong focus on reconciliation and the environment,” says LeMay. “I am grateful to have been selected as
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A new film, released today by McIntrye Media and
Canadian Geographic, puts the east coast cod fishery collapse back in the spotlight, nearly three decades later. Funded by the Canada Council for the Arts, the animated short film called
Last Fish, First Boat recounts the 1992 cod moratorium, from the perspective of fifth-generation fisherman, Eugene Maloney.
Film synopsis
When the cod fishery collapsed, fisherman Eugene Maloney’s livelihood is yanked out from underneath him. All his pride, all his life, everything he’s ever known is suddenly gone. Gene doesn’t recall spending days and weeks on land, certainly not in summertime. But here he is with fishing gear that’s no longer of any use. In the spring of 1992, when the Canadian government shuttered the cod fishery, Gene had fished his last cod, marking an abrupt end to a five-generations-old way-of-life for the Maloney family. But every bit the enterprising Newfoundlander, Gene turns the end of the fishery into a new