Reclaiming Digital Technology in Indigenous Communities

Indigenous communities are underrepresented in Canada’s tech labour market. Only 2.2 per cent of the Canadian tech workforce is Indigenous, according to a study from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Brookfield Institute for Innovation + Entrepreneurship.

Although Indigenous Peoples are the fastest-growing population in Canada, there is a great deal of largely untapped talent and potential among First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. Systemic barriers and the exclusion of Indigenous from participation and leadership in the tech industry narrows the perspectives and possibilities to create better and more inclusive digital solutions for diverse societies.

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