Cross-training competencies to integrate the human and virtual workplace

Canada needs workers with foundational sector knowledge, who also have the competencies to use technology effectively and keep pace with digital change.

It's critical that broadband access reach communities faster so everyone can keep pace with transformation and not be left behind in the race to build future-fit competencies, writes Stephany Laverty, a policy analyst at the Canada West Foundation.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY Stephany Laverty

May 9, 2022

While everyone did their best to adjust to the sudden demand for remote work and learning during the pandemic, reports of Zoom fatigue, isolation, burnout and learning delays show that society needs to be better at merging the human and virtual worlds. While governments have provided funding for dig...

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