Bright future: More than $27 million for training and upskilling in N.L. tech sector

More than $27 million for training and upskilling in N.L. tech sector techNL is working with 11 partners, including Keyin College, Memorial University, ACENET, Ethree Consulting, Get-Coding, The Leap Method, Women in Resource Development Corporation, CoLab, Genoa Design and SEM Ltd. ■■■

A federal government investment will support technology training and upskilling education in Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Find Your Future in Tech program, funded with $27,172,355, will be administered by techNL, a not-for-profit industry association.

Private and public sectors, together with Memorial University and other educational institutions, are collaborating to offer meaningful opportunities to continue to build and reinforce a robust technology sector in the province.

Memorial is benefiting from the program in several ways.

Funding will cover 20 tuition vouchers for students in several graduatelevel, tech-based degree programs—the master of artificial intelligence, master of data science and the master of applied science in software engineering—and 10 undergraduate computer science programs; the Office of Career Development will promote training opportunities being offered by Keyin College to specific cohorts of graduating students and alumni; the Faculty of Business Administration, in partnership with the Husky Centre and the Office of Student Life, is leading a project focused on connecting students with opportunities and training in the tech sector; and ACENet is launching an advanced computing training program.