I’ve blogged on multiple occasions, most recently here and here, about the workforce challenges facing the utility industry in the world’s advanced economies. At today’s Gridweek lunch session, Pat Ryan of the IEEE PES said […]
With 90,029 confirmed registrations, Ontario has reached a new record for the number of incoming undergraduates according to the Ontario Universities’ Application Centre. Enrollment in Ontario has been increasing every year since 2004 and the […]
As I have blogged recently, advanced economies are facing a shortage of skilled labour. This is partly the result of an aging workforce, but also results from decreasing enrollment in technical courses at the high […]
At the GITA ANZ Geospatial Solutions Conference Ken Lyons organized a skills workshop on addressing the workforce challengs, specifically in the area of geospatial skills including surveying. Dr Ken Lyons – Spatial Info Services – […]
According to a recent report Task Force on America’s Future Energy Jobs at the Bipartisan Policy Center, it is estimated rhat 30 to 40 percent of the 400,000 people employed in electricity generation, transmission and […]
One of my takeaways from the annual GITA ANZ 2010 conference in Brisbane earlier this year was from Graeme Anthonsen’s presentation in which he outlined the cadet program that City West Water has implemented to […]
Autodesk has announced that it is extending the license term for free software available through its online Education Community from 13 to 36 months. The license term extension applies to over 25 products, including Inventor, […]
There is a discussion going on across the country about who can legally use a GPS to determine the location of man-made objects. For example, at the moment there is a bill before the New […]