Information and Communications Technology Council

The Information and Communications Technology Council was founded in 1992 as the Software Human Resources Council (SHRC), one of 31 sector councils funded in part by the Government of Canada's Sector Council Program. The organization adopted its new name in October 2006 to reflect an expanded mandate.

Contents

• Interview namir anani of the information and communications technology council
• Board of directors
• References

In 1998 the Software Human Resources Council (SHRC) was implicated in the controversial Software Development Worker Pilot Project, a program that allowed the Canadian Department of Citizenship and Immigration to fast-track the visa applications of foreign workers. The story was covered in a paper by Dr. Alasdair Roberts titled "Making Policy Behind Closed Doors", which criticized the Department of Human Resources Development Canada for allegedly handling this project in such a way as to allow for fast-tracking of visa applications The paper argued that the Canadian government handed decision-making to SHRC/ICTC.

According to a 2003 story by Juliet O'Neill in the The Ottawa Citizen the Canadian federal government gave $1.1-million to the Software Human Resources Council for the development and dissemination of the Information Technology-industry labour market information. The story covered the lives of tech workers who lost their jobs after the disappearance of jobs in the tech industry in the early part of the 21st century.

In 2005 the SHRC was supported by $2 million from the Canadian federal government

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