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In recent months Canadian-based technology companies have downsized, trimming large portions of their staff.  At the end of July, e-commerce company Shopify laid off 10...

It's a highly competitive tech sector -- and here are the Canadian cities where you are most likely to find a job, according to a recent report

Their salaries might stagnate. They might have few or no opportunities for advancement. They might not be included in training and professional development programs. Why longevity has its downside

More immediate layoffs may come out of the IT management layer, but experts warn that once firms determine their needs at spike in rank and file job cuts might soon follow...

U.S. IT workers are needed and encouraged to take jobs in Canada, said Keith Parsonage, director general of Industry Canada's Information and Communications Technologies branch. In a recent interview with Computerworld's Patrick Thibodeau, Parsonage discussed the opportunities and lifestyle that await IT workers in Canada.

Outsourcing of IT services and back-end business processes to low-cost countries like India, the Philippines and Ghana is seen as a big money-saver in corporate boardrooms in the U.S. and Europe. But laid-off workers, hit by recession, look at it differently: Offshore outsourcing is moving jobs outside their countries, and they are pushing policy-makers to put on the brakes.