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Watch the recordings of CIPS' IT Professionalism Week events:

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), CIPS National CEO

Greg Lane has over 30 years of leadership experience in IT. 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.

Watch the official launch of this new CIPS Member benefit providing curated professional development.

This webinar provides a brief overview of how CIPS members can assess their skills with the CIPS Skills Assessment tool, and then utilize D2L Wave to find professional development that will help address skills gaps.

In recognition of IT Professionalism Week, and Remembrance Day, Master Corporal (Retired) Thomas Boxall talked about his career in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Signal Operator, about the various IT jobs in the military, and the unique challenges that servicemen face.

In celebration of CIPS' IT Professionalism Week and upcoming 65th anniversary IT professionals can Join CIPS with a discount of $65 off CIPS membership!*

To become a member visit cips.ca/membershipapplication and use the discount code: ITPRO65

New Members can Join Here

By: Donna Lindskog, FCIPS, I.S.P. (ret.)

There has been recent progress since Rogers cell coverage was unavailable July 8 and several days afterward. The government is now requiring all cell companies to implement changes to avoid long outages like this. In the case of Rogers they will have to split their wireline from their wireless network. This will result in a higher quality of systems that will provide customers with better service.

Queen’s University professor Christian Leuprecht told Global News that it’s “wireless 101″ to have a built-in redundancy to avoid single points of failure. “The disclosure by Rogers that they’re running their wireline and wireless business on the same back end in itself is quite stunning,” he said.

Everyone should work to deliver good quality service. A definition of good ethics, such as CIPS provides, always includes the need to deliver good quality work. And customers always expect the best we have. Defining good quality in the network and IT sectors must always change as technology improves and best practices are developed to ensure various possibilities are covered.

Are you a CIPS Member that would like to submit an article to the CIPS Members Blog on IT World Canada? 

Please email your article to info@cips.ca. This must be a unique article that has not been published anywhere else and should mention CIPS or themes such as Professionalism, Ethics, Privacy, Competency, Integrity, Responsibility and Accountability, and Public Obligation.

Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) is not only a framework that financial institutions and investors have to report on; it is also on the radar of employees, regulators, and everyone involved in the value chain.

– Environmental (E) How to assess the company’s performance as a steward of nature. Analyze how its activities impact the environment and manage environmental risks.

– Social criteria (S) Examine the strengths and weaknesses of how a company manages relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and the communities where it operates.

– Governance (G) Understand how a company’s leadership, executive pay, audits, internal controls, and shareholder rights affect how investor’s level of trust and what kind of decisions are taken behind closed doors.

TECHNICITY WEST brings together provincial and municipal technology leaders in Western Canada to celebrate the power of information technology to transform both the public service and the citizen experience.

Join us on December 6, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM (PT) for an exclusive, interactive virtual experience that combines live presentations, recorded panels and a Town Hall.

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.

For information on the awards visit Awards Information

Sponsorship opportunities are also available. 

For more information please contact Gina van Dalen, Executive Director, CS-CAN|INFO-CAN or 647 376 6036 or visit www.cscan-infocan.ca

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.