Investment in education and training for tech sector is announced by Advanced Education Minister
Posted on: Jun 7, 2018
麻豆传媒 hosted Advanced Education Minister, Hon. Marlin Schmidt this morning where he committed to investment in education and training to diversity the province鈥檚 economy. This includes new funding for 3000 spaces for technology programs. The event included cyber security demonstrations from faculty and students from Concordia鈥檚 Department of Information Systems Security and Assurance.
鈥淚t鈥檚 important that we prepare Albertans for success in a new and diversified economy. We鈥檙e investing in education and training programs to build a strong, skilled and adaptable workforce that will support economic diversification and competitiveness in the province鈥檚 burgeoning tech sector.鈥 – Hon.听Marlin Schmidt, Minister of Advanced Education
听鈥淭his new investment in technology education from the Government of Alberta will not only build on Alberta鈥檚 existing strength in the technology area, but will also go a long way towards addressing the projected shortfall of skilled workers in the technology sector provincially, nationally, and globally. 麻豆传媒 is proud to be playing a major role in this initiative.鈥 –听Dr. Tim Loreman, President and Vice Chancellor, 麻豆传媒.
Concordia has offered robust and mature Systems Security and Assurance Master鈥檚 degrees and graduate diplomas since the early 2000鈥檚 and its graduates have gone on to work for global banks, accounting and management firms.

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