{"id":148308,"date":"2018-01-23T06:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T11:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=148308"},"modified":"2018-01-23T06:00:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T11:00:16","slug":"new-information-hub-a-must-for-foreign-tech-workers-with-ai-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/23\/new-information-hub-a-must-for-foreign-tech-workers-with-ai-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"New information hub a must for foreign tech workers with AI experience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Candidates for Canadian immigration with Information and Communications Technology experience will want to take note of Canada.ai, a new information hub showcasing developments and research in Canada\u2019s burgeoning Artificial Intelligence industry. (Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Candidates for Canadian immigration with Information and Communications Technology experience will want to take note of Canada.ai, a new information hub showcasing developments and research in Canada\u2019s burgeoning Artificial Intelligence industry.<\/p>\n

The platform<\/a>\u00a0was recently unveiled in Toronto, Ontario, at TechTO, one of the largest gatherings of Canada\u2019s technology sector.<\/p>\n

Canada.ai was built primarily by the Toronto-based NEXT Canada in collaboration with the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, Borealis AI, the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms, the Vector Institute and others.<\/p>\n

The hub aggregates news on the latest AI research and development \u00a0in Canada and serves as a directory of AI-focused companies, organizations and research institutes. It also provides information on AI events happening around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cCanada is home to several of the world\u2019s most advanced AI organizations and companies, operating across the country from Montreal to Vancouver,\u201d said Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Gagn\u00e9, co-founder and CEO of Element AI. \u201cTogether, we can continue to push the boundaries of what Canada can accomplish with artificial intelligence, and secure our position as a leading force in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada.ai will be especially useful to immigration candidates with AI and tech expertise who are considering their options in provinces like Ontario, which is a focal point of Canada\u2019s AI sector.<\/p>\n

In 2017,\u00a0the majority of immigrants nominated by Ontario for permanent residency\u00a0were employed in Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) occupations<\/a>. Software engineers and designers led the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)\u2019s top five nominee occupation categories in 2017, followed by computer programmers and interactive media developers.<\/p>\n

One of the OINP\u2019s most popular immigration streams, the Human Capital Priorities Stream,\u00a0opened exclusively to candidates in the federal government\u2019s Express Entry pool with experience in 15 ICT-related occupations on one occasion in June 2017<\/a>. The stream, which normally only nominates candidates with at least 400 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points, waived that requirement \u00a0in this instance.<\/p>\n

Last year, Canada also introduced the\u00a0Global Talent Stream<\/a>\u00a0to accelerate work permits for highly skilled foreign workers and, in\u00a0August 2017, the province of British Columbia introduced the\u00a0BC Tech Pilot program<\/a>\u00a0to address shortages in 32 tech-related occupations.<\/p>\n

To find out if you are eligible to enter the Express Entry pool, fill out a FREE assessment form today.<\/a><\/p>\n

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