Happy IT Professionalism Week! (Oct 31st - Nov 4th) |
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IT Professionalism Week is a yearly celebration held by CIPS across Canada. CIPS hopes to increase awareness about the importance of professionalism, ethics, and standards in the IT industry and profession today. This week is also a time to celebrate CIPS and our professionalism resources.
IT Professionalism Week is being held this year from Monday Oct 31st to Friday Nov 4th 2022.
Here are 3 free Featured online events:
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Building your Skills Inventory for a Digital Future
(Oct 31st, Webinar) - Free Virtual CIPS Event!
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FREE Virtual Event on Monday October 31st 2022 at 11am ET
Do you know what skills you need in the future? Do you know what skills you currently have? As the Association of IT Professionals in Canada CIPS is trying to assist by allowing all members to assess their knowledge and experience and access training to help improve both. The demand for IT talent worldwide is increasing so the entire IT community needs to work together to advance individually and collectively. That journey starts with an understanding of where “we” are and a plan to get to where we need to be. The Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) is one of the tools CIPS is employing to help with the journey. This session will help attendees understand the challenge of Digital Transformation and plan for the future.
Speaker:
Greg Lane MBA, FCIPS, I.S.P. (ret) has over 30 years of leadership experience in IT. He did his master research report on Customer Service and Outsourcing. He has worked on product sales with Microsoft and Cisco and in consulting with Deloitte and Accenture.
His leadership experience includes volunteer activity with CIPS, ICTC and ITAC (now Technation). He has published on the topic of building relationships in a digital world and portals. He has lectured at both Algonquin College and University of Ottawa on Relationship Building and IT Governance.
Greg is currently an Executive in Residence at the University of Ottawa’s eHub program and the national CEO of CIPS, Canada’s Association of IT Professionals.
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D2L Wave - Curated Professional Development
New CIPS Member Benefit Launch and Demo (Nov 1st)
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Join CIPS and D2L Wave on November 1st at 11am ET for the official launch of this new CIPS Member benefit providing curated professional development.
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A Soldier’s Story of IT in the Military
with Thomas Boxall, I.S.P., ITCP (Nov 2nd)
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CIPS Saskatchewan Presents: A Soldier’s Story of IT in the Military
Wednesday November 2nd, 2022
11am PDT / 2pm EDT
In recognition of IT Professionalism Week, and Remembrance Day, Master Corporal (Retired) Thomas Boxall will be talking about his career in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Signal Operator. He will be talking about how the various IT jobs in the military, and the unique challenges that servicemen face. MCpl (Ret) Boxall will be drawing from the lessons he learned over his career, and on his Tour of Duty to Afghanistan in 2004.
Speaker: Thomas RM Boxall, BSc, I.S.P., ITCP, MCpl (Ret)
Thomas Boxall served in the Canadian Armed Forces fron June 1999 till June 2008. He was a Signal Operator with 734 Communication Squadron, a Reserve Communication Unit, and reached the rank of Master Corporal before being honourably discharged. MCpl (Ret) Boxall was proud to support several Regular Force Units throughout his career, including NORAD, and the Canadian Forces Joint Signal Regiment (CFJSR). MCpl (Ret) Boxall served one Tour of Duty with CFJSR to Afghanistan in 2004. He now serves as the Sergeant at Arms for Branch 35 of the Royal Canadian Legion.
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iTech Downtown Toronto 2022 (Nov 1st, Toronto) |
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iTech Downtown Toronto 2022 is at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on November 1, 2022!
Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, Data Centre Virtualization, AI & Machine Learning and so much more!
Check out IT Industry’s leading speakers at the iTech Conferences and Exhibition taking place this fall.
Join us at iTech, to learn about the IT Industry’s latest trends and information. Share your expertise and knowledge at our networking reception, visit the exhibit floor for product demos and expert knowledge, learn and network from the leaders in the industry all in one day!
Other Upcoming ITech Evens:
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SFIA User Webinar – University of South Florida - Focusing on Skills (Nov 3rd or 4th) |
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This SFIA user story webinar is from Lani Boothman-Carpenter, Associate Director of Resource Management in the IT department at the University of South Florida (USF IT).
In addition to growing the talent needed to meet the IT needs of the University of South Florida, the USF IT Department competes with the IT industry to recruit and retain IT employees.
- One way they aim to keep up with industry while retaining and engaging the best talent is to focus less on roles and more on skills.
- Focusing on skills helps the department to pivot and leverage internal resources to accomplish the University’s IT goals.
- The SFIA framework lends itself well to the Agile methodologies that the department follows as it identifies the IT skills needed to perform various jobs in the IT industry.
The webinar is taking place twice – November 3rd/4th depending on your time zone.
You can book your place at the webinar here:
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Call for Nominations for the CIPS Fellowship Award |
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The CIPS Fellowship Electoral Committee is seeking nominations from CIPS member societies and members.
Being awarded the CIPS Fellow status is earned recognition of significant development or outstanding contribution to the advancement of the profession, computer technology, the ICT sector or the adoption of ICT. Contributions can be made at a local, provincial, national or international level. Contributions can be made within or for the profession, business or government or industry. They can be made through research, systems development, education, authorship, public policy or advocacy. CIPS Fellowship Awards are open to members of CIPS member societies.
Applications are being received until March 1st
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Computer Science Canada/Informatique Canada
Call for Nominations for the CS-CAN|INFO-CAN Awards
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It’s time for the Computer Science community to come together to recognize achievements over the past year, and to celebrate them in the 14th year of award presentations in Montreal on June 5, 2023.
Award nominations are accepted in the following categories
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Award for Lifetime Achievement in Computer Science – Nomination deadline Dec 1st, 2022
- Outstanding Early Career Computer Science Researcher Award – Nomination deadline February 1, 2023
- Distinguished Dissertation Award - Nomination deadline February 1, 2023
- Excellence in Teaching Award - Nomination deadline February 1, 2023
These awards celebrate excellence in research, teaching, service, or any combination by recognizing faculty members, researcher, and graduate students in Canadian Computer Science Departments/Schools/Faculties who have made outstanding and sustained contributions to computing over their careers. In alignment with the commitment of CS-CAN|INFO-CAN to increase diversity and foster inclusion, we encourage nominators to consider nominating individuals from underrepresented groups to help ensure a full and diverse slate of candidates for these prestigious awards.
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3rd Annual Big Data & Analytics West Summit
(Nov 9-10th, Vancouver)
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CIPS Members receive 20% off registration! Use the code: CIPS20OFF
Ahead of the upcoming 3rd Annual Big Data & Analytics West Summit in Vancouver on November 9 & 10, the event’s Chair, Scott Taylor (A.K.A. The Data Whisperer) outlines his philosophy on how Data Management fits into every aspect of an organization’s data strategy.
In this unique assessment, Scott claims that he “helps data calm down” and opens with the following statement:
“I am a firm believer in “making your data do the work,” and have enlightened countless business executives to the value of proper data management by focusing on the strategic rationale and business
alignment rather than technical implementation and system integration.”
Scott provides his take on Data Management and its influence on Business Insights, Data Architectures, Data Monetization, Digital Transformation, and a word on the future of data.
Join Scott and 300+ Big Data executives at the conference in Vancouver and claim 20% with discount code ‘CIPS20OFF’: https://bit.ly/CIPS20OFF.
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Atlantic Technology Summit 2022 (Nov 16th, Halifax) |
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On November 16th, Atlantic Canada’s premier technology conference returns to Halifax, live and in person at the Cineplex, Park Lane. We will welcome technology leaders, industry disruptors and tech workers from across our 4 Atlantic provinces and beyond.
Our theme this year is “Fuelling your Digital Acceleration”. Join us in person or online, as our regions leaders share their insights and experiences from the past 12 months as well their thoughts on what’s coming next.
Meet and network with some of Canada’s top tech companies and fellow attendees both in person and online via our digital app.
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New CIPS Certification Application |
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CIPS has released a new CIPS Certification Application! This new single application is for all CIPS Designations (AITP, I.S.P., and ITCP) and application routes, and applicants will be provided with the designation(s) that meet their education and experience.
This new Certification application utilizes the CIPS IT Skills Assessment tool for the Experience section which identifies your current IT skills, skills gaps, and the skills required to progress in your career. IT skills are assessed using SFIA (Skills Framework for the Information Age), which is a technical competency and skills framework that provides a method of mapping an individual’s professional skills to a set of internationally relevant standard definitions.
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The following organizations support CIPS' commitment to professionalism, ethics, and high standards for the IT profession and industry. CIPS thanks all its partners for their contribution.
Become a CIPS Partner Today! - Send an email to info@cips.ca.
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