Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witnesses for being here today.
It was interesting; in the Post this morning there was an article that talked about how engineers are still in demand at tech start-ups, but so are designers.
The interesting thing to me was the statement made here:
The new breed of “user experience” designers—part sketch artist, part programmer, with a dash of behavioural scientist thrown in—are some of the most sought after employees in technology.
Really this is about identifying the gift, identifying the skill. I'm just wondering, first, how you do that.
With that, your fifth recommendation here is to launch an “own the podium” style of campaign for digital economy skills. We identified the gifts of the athletes, or the sports department did, and then they funded them. You just can't give the money to everyone.
I just wondered how you could put that model together. Does your industry identify gifted students, whether coming up through the high school or university stage? And then how do you deal with that?