Katłįà (Catherine) Lafferty for IndigiNews writes, “barriers exist between Indigenous people and access to technology in B.C., but those hurdles are slowly being lifted to increase representation in the booming tech industry. Only 2.2 per cent of the Canadian tech workforce is Indigenous — according to a 2019 study from Ryerson University’s Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship.
Michelle Malpass, vice president of community performance at tech company Traction on Demand, speaks on the need for tech programs to increase access to underrepresented groups. Recently, her company partnered with MOSAIC, an employment service that supports newcomers and Indigenous people interested in entering the tech job force, but lacking in training.”