ent and skills programs - so
you can leverage each one of
them to support your business
needs.”
Another important area that
ITAC focuses on is education
and gender equality. The as-
sociation works with other
groups such as CCICT which
delivers school programs to
increase interest for IT as well
as universities, “so the kids of
both sexes can look at tech-
nology as a good place for
career growth and improve-
ment.”
The idea of female IT pro-
fessionals and female board
members is a position that
ITAC fully endorses, offer-
ing a ‘Women in Business’
event. ITAC recently released
a whitepaper on “Women in
Board in Canada”. The event is
“a series of speaking engage-
ments from top-notch female
executives from the US and
Canada... We had a session in
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