In today’s Globe & Mail, there was an article about a conference being held at the University of Waterloo called Canada 3.0. Before I quote the Globe article, I have a brief word on Canada 3.0 – it is a major event that has drawn in cabinet ministers and a video of the keynote address is online. There is also an interesting reference to the somewhat mysterious “Canada Project” (an effort to make a great volume of Canadian content from archives and other places available online). There is a great opportunity here for information professionals to contribute in design, organizing systems, helping people find what they need and more.
‘Digital nation’ key to economic recovery, academics say (Globe and Mail, June 8, 2009)
At a time when governments are spending billions on ailing industries, roads and bridges, a group led by the University of Waterloo has grabbed the attention of politicians and corporate leaders with a pitch to make digital media a key part of the country’s economic-recovery plans. Organizers of a two-day conference that starts Monday in Stratford, Ont., are hoping to gain momentum for their push to make Canada a leader in the biggest technological revolution since the railway.
“We want to make Canada the first digital nation in the world,” said Ken Coates, dean of arts at the University of Waterloo. Getting there, he said, involves not just supporting high-tech tool makers, but understanding how the rising use of digital media is changing the way we communicate, do business and access news and entertainment.
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