#LifeatICCIT: On January 27th, 2023, @iccitcouncil hosted an annual Creative workshop where students have learned hands-on Adobe InDesign skills by creating a rebranding kit for the company Ebay. The workshop schedule consisted of learning formatting, elements, guidelines, fonts, and so on. Such an exciting event was helpful for students who were looking to create their own books, journals, and publishing content in the future!

Celebrate #WomenPower this International Women’s Day by attending Pitch with a Twist where you can see the innovative business ideas of female-identifying entrepreneurs!

Presented by @icubeutm, @iccitutm, @utmiec, and @utmedo, Pitch with a Twist is an opportunity for you to watch our women-identifying entrepreneurs deliver an investor pitch while presenting their innovative concepts and competing for prize money!

Join us from 5:30pm to 7:30pm this Women’s Day for our annual Pitch with a Twist competition!

ICCIT's Daniel Tsai spoke to CBC Business reporter  about the impact of the outage.

"It's going to have an impact on their sales and reputation because consumers are really focused on the reliability of the site and if they can't go on ... guess what, they're not going to come back," he said in an interview. "The longer this goes on, the greater the punishment."

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#LifeatICCIT: Last Thursday, on Feb 2nd, 2023, @iccitcouncil and @iccit_mentorship hosted a hands-on Portfolio Review Night, where industry reps across product, design and marketing fields have come in to help our students establish and optimize their portfolios to kickstart their career journey.

Below are the photos from the event

ICCIT's Rhonda McEwen shares her insights on academic writing and the applications of an extraordinary artificial intelligence (AI) tool, called ChatGPT, in the Toronto Star this weekend!

McEwen says "I propose it changes the game and that we need to redesign our play." 

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ICCIT's Brett Caraway, Director of the DEM Program, shares his insights on the current issue of Big Layoffs in the tech sector as well as the future of the industry on TVO Today.

What was once seen as a safe industry at the beginning of the pandemic is now in upheaval as tech companies around the world lay off workers. Big tech companies have made headlines with tens of thousands of layoffs since last year. Has the bubble burst? Experts weigh in on what the sector is experiencing and what to expect in the future.

Phishing scams through text on the rise in Canada.

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In light of the most recent news involving Elon Musk, an article by ICCIT’s Associate Professor, Bree McEwan was published in the Toronto Star.

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The Data Sciences Institute is a central hub and incubator for data science research, training, and partnerships at the University of Toronto. Its goal is to accelerate the impact of data sciences across disciplines to address pressing societal questions and to drive positive social change.

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