Preparing for the coming workplace automation revolution
Manitoba's Red River College's Smart Factory offers a solution by bringing students and industry together
August 25, 2017, 8:13 am
Daniel Komesch
Daniel Komesch is a senior policy analyst with Polytechnics Canada.
Automation has become a scary word. As new technologies proliferate, unease and uncertainty surround the labour market of the future.
Will jobs be destroyed? Created? Can a robot really replace what I do? What kind of career should my child pursue if we don't know what the jobs of the future will look like? How can I retrain?
If new studies are to be believed,
If we are to harness all the talent we have, it's time Canada's policy-makers recognized the importance of polytechnics among the educational opportunities available to Canadians.
