CIPS “Refer a Friend” Promotion and Prize Draw! |
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CIPS Members get a FREE YEAR of CIPS Membership for referring a new member and are entered into a Prize Draw worth $250!*
Encourage your friends and colleagues to Join CIPS and have them enter your name and email at the bottom of the membership form in the “REFERRED BY A CIPS MEMBER?” field.
You’ll then be provided with a free year of CIPS membership! (e.g. if your membership expires October 2023, after referring a new member your membership expiry will be updated to October 2024.)
* Promotion runs until May 31st 2023. Each CIPS member is eligible for a maximum of one year of free CIPS membership regardless of how many new members they referred. The new member must join as a full CIPS member. Student membership does not qualify for this promotion.
Prize Draw – For both Referring Members and New Members!*
Referring Members – The more new CIPS members you refer, the more entries you’ll receive in the prize draw!
New Members – Become a CIPS Member (student membership not eligible for promo) and indicate a CIPS member that referred you to also be entered into the prize draw! Enter the name of the CIPS member that referred you and their email at the bottom of the membership form in the “REFERRED BY A CIPS MEMBER?” field.
* Promotion runs until May 31st 2023.
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WithYouWithMe and CIPS to Help SMBs Tap into Fully Funded Tech Talent Program |
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Palette Skills Secures $250M for Tech Talent – WithYouWithMe and CIPS to Seek Expressions of Interest from SMBs for Program
WithYouWithMe (WYWM), a leading talent solutions provider, has partnered with CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society) to assist SMBs who are suffering from the digital skills crisis and help them in joining an innovative government funding opportunity.
The Palette Skills $250 million government funding initiative is aimed at supporting 15,000 mid-career workers in transitioning into new positions within the cybersecurity and digital technology sectors. WYWM is actively working with advocate and supporter CIPS, “Canada’s Association of IT Professionals”, to foster support for Palette Skills to provide SMBs with access to this valuable resource through WYWM’s programs.
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CIPS Alberta seeking Project Manager for new ICT Mentorship Program |
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The Canadian Information Processing Society of CIPS Alberta (CIPS Alberta), with funding from the Alberta Immigrant Mentorship Innovation Grant, is embarking on a three year project to develop and execute a unique mentorship program for immigrants arriving in the province.
To address the talent shortage and skills mismatch, every province in Canada has a fragmented ecosystem with many players involved in the value chain. The Alberta ICT Mentorship Program will bring all elements of the value chain together. It will help an individual find where their professional strengths and weaknesses are, identify the possible pathways to learning, provide access to free learning opportunities, qualified mentors, and a marketplace to find a job.
To get the program started, CIPS Alberta is seeking a qualified Project Manager. CIPS Alberta is the professional regulator in Alberta for IT practitioners and serves IT professionals and the public in Alberta as a non-profit entity.
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Webcast: Mobilizing your workforce with SFIA - Roundtable discussion with CIPS CEO Greg Lane |
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WithYouWithMe hosted an insightful roundtable discussion featuring a panel discussion on the advantages of implementing the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) in organizations and its transformative potential to enable talent mobility across the Canadian Government.
Our esteemed panel of thought leaders included Brigadier General Chris Ayotte CD, Greg Lane from CIPS, and Karen Figuerola from FINTRAC.
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Call for Volunteers: CIPS Certification Review Committees |
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Interested in actively supporting your Professional Society? Looking for a new challenge? CIPS is looking for Certified Members (I.S.P. or ITCP holders for over 2 years) to serve on the CIPS Experience and Education Review Committees.
Before starting the review of certification applications review committee members will virtually attend an orientation session to get familiarized with the review processes and procedures. Experience reviewers are also required to complete Accredited SFIA Assessor training prior to conducting reviews. The monthly time commitment is around 3 hours.
Offering your expertise to ensure the quality of the next generation of your profession is one of the most important contributions you can make.
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iTech Ottawa (May 23rd) and iTech Montreal (May 25th) |
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Check out IT Industry’s leading speakers at the iTech Conferences and Exhibition!
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!
Infrastructure, Cloud, Security, Data Centre Virtualization, AI & Machine Learning and so much more!
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Digital Analytics and its Impact on Digital Marketing
(June 8th - Virtual & Regina)
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CIPS Saskatchewan Presents:
Digital Analytics and its Impact on Digital Marketing
Hybrid Event (Regina & Virtual) – June 8th, 2023
11:30 am MST – Registration and lunch (in person only)
12:00 pm – 1:00pm MST – Presentation
In-Person Location: SaskTel, 2121 Saskatchewan Drive, Auditorium Room, Regina, SK
Virtual Attendees will be sent an event link
Speaker: Jarrett Emslie, Chief Technology Officer, sMedia
Jarrett is a proven results-driven leader with a passion for innovation and growth. He is the Chief Technology Officer at sMedia, where he began his career in September 2020 as an Ad Operations Assistant and quickly worked his way up through various leadership roles. With five years of experience in software development, technical training, and solution consulting, Jarrett has launched several successful products at sMedia, including the Performance Dashboard, Attributely Digital Attribution Solution, and Smart Offer Lead Generation Product.
Currently, Jarrett is leading the company’s transition from an Advertising Service Business model to Software as a Service, including rebuilding legacy systems to scalable microservices. He excels at simplifying technical concepts for a business audience and is passionate about data storytelling.
In his presentation, “Digital Analytics and its Impact on Digital Marketing,” Jarrett will discuss industry-forced events such as the deprecation of Google Universal Analytics and the transition to Google Analytics 4, and what this means for existing users. He will also emphasize the integral role IT plays in shaping the marketing landscape, with companies striving to collect and make sense of mountains of data.
Jarrett will guide the audience in understanding which digital marketing analytics to focus on to improve the way they serve their customers and expand their audience. He will also emphasize the importance of ensuring that the measurement strategy aligns with the business-ready questions the organization is looking to answer. With his expertise in data storytelling, Jarrett is poised to deliver an insightful presentation that will help organizations stay ahead of the curve in the ever-evolving digital marketing landscape.
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Digital Transformation in Government Conference
(June 13-16 - Virtual & Ottawa)
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The 2023 (4th Annual) Digital Transformation in Government (DTiG) Conference is hosted by the ISACA Ottawa Valley Chapter, the University of Ottawa and the Association of Enterprise Architects (AEA) and is conducted in partnership with Dalhousie University, the Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS), and the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC).
The conference brings together government professionals, private sector practitioners, and academia to share experiences, innovation and emerging standards and technologies in support of both government digital transformation (strategic effectiveness) and digitization (operational efficiency) initiatives. Attendees will be able to claim up to 30 CPEs, PDUs, or CEUs.
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IT World Canada Research is conducting a study on the Canadian IT job market and wants CIPS member input |
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In the context of Canada's tech talent shortage IT World Canada, a CIPS Partner, is looking for insight into what messaging resonates - or fails to resonate - with today's developers. If you have been in an IT developer role in the Greater Toronto Area for 3-7 years, we want to hear from you.
We will be conducting a 90-minute online focus group on how developers and programmers decide who they think might – or might not – be a great company to work for. If you are selected to participate, you will receive a $200 gift card with our thanks for your participation.
If you are interested in participating in this focus group, please apply here. Successful applicants will be invited to join us for the 90-minute session.
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Join Discussions and Meet CIPS Members
in the new CIPS IT Community Forum!
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CIPS has launched its new IT Community Forum, which allows its members to participate in a variety of discussion, network, and share knowledge and resources with members locally, across Canada, and around the world.
The CIPS IT Community Forum can be accessed at community.cips.ca and members will also receive email discussion summaries based on their email preferences.
Members can engage in discussions locally within their CIPS Provincial Society communities, or with all CIPS Members in Canada and around the world in the “The Water Cooler Forum” community.
Other closed communities include those for CIPS Volunteers Reviewers, and Staff to help improve communication, engagement, and sharing of information and resources.
Join this Featured Discussion:
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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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Featured CIPS Member Benefit: Bell |
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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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