Ottawa – Canada’s leading digital literacy organization, Media Awareness Network (MNet), is sounding the alarm that Canada will continue to trail other countries in productivity and innovation unless a national plan for digital literacy is put in place.
We can either continue with our traditional ways of doing business and educating our students, workers, [...]
The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), CANARIE, Compute Canada, and the Council of Canadian University CIOs (CUCCIO), recently presented this submission, entitled Canada’s Digital Environment for Research, Innovation and Education to the Government’s Digital Economy Strategy consultation.
Preface
The foundation for a prosperous, sustainable and growing digital economy is a broad [...]
With the conclusion of Canada 3.0, what is the state of Canada’s global competitiveness in terms of intellectual property?
“Mind that bird”, Taiwan and other outliers
According to OECD, China had been innovating its way past competitors in the same fashion as “Mind that Bird” at the 2009 Kentucky Derby.
The biggest outlier, however, was Taiwan.
Canadian digital media innovation will be in the spotlight when leaders from around the world attend the G-8 and G-20 Summits June 25 – 27. The Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) has attracted high-tech participants from CDMN-affiliated organizations across Canada to the Experience Canada marketing pavilion in downtown Toronto where they will showcase unique digital [...]
Justin Kozuch of 49 Pixels looks to digital industry professionals to help him define and quantify Digital Media in Canada as part of his Pixels to Product study.
A bill to amend Canada’s Copyright Act is being read in the House of Commons today. Here’s a list of the reactions so far. A good source of conversation and reaction can be found on the #C32 Twitter hashtag.
The Bill itself can be found here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/32401372/Copyright-Bill-C32
“Flawed but fixable” (video) by Michael Geist
The Problem with Bill C-32 [...]
