Ottawa High School Technology Program in the News
June 17, 2009 – Ottawa Business Journal – Projected IT skill shortage prompts OCRI high school program, Elizabeth Howell, reporter
June 15, 2009 – Ottawa Business Journal paper edition – Graduate Gloom, front page and page 10-11, Elizabeth Howell, reporter
June 12, 2009 – Kanata EMC paper edition – Sabine Gibbins, reporter
June 11, 2009 – yourkanata.com / Kanata Kourier-Standard – Students fill high-tech void / Industry looks to Kanata schools for answer to $10-billion problem – Blair Edwards, reporter (and in paper edition as well)
(The story is duplicated in other “your region” sites, powered by local papers, such as yourOttawaSouth.com, yourAlmonte.com, yourKemptville.com, yourSmithsFalls.com… and quite a few more)
June 9, 2009 – ITbusiness.ca – Tech firms partner with Ottawa schools to battle IT talent crunch, Nestor Arellano, reporter
June 5, 2009 – digital LEARNING (Learning through ICTs) – Students encouraged to consider career in IT sector
June 4, 2009 – CJOH-TV (CTV) – news and interviews (with Claude Haw and young female student) from ceremony aired at 11:30 pm
June 4, 2009 – TMCnet Education technology – Canadian ICT Players Encouraging Students to Consider Careers in IT Sector
June 4, 2009 – Techvibes Global blog Ottawa channel – Ottawa High School Technology Program awards first crop of students – Also distributed via e-newsletter (Techvibes Blog Daily Digest - June 4, 2009) to contacts in Calgary, Denver-Boulder, Edmonton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Montreal, Ottawa, Portland, Seattle, South-Florida, Toronto, Vancouver and Victoria
June 4, 2009 – Kanata EMC – OCRI preparing students for career in hi-tech field
June 4, 2009 – Macadamian posts Ottawa High School Technology Program news to company Website
June 3, 2009 – IT World Canada blogs – IN Brief by ComputerWorld staff – Canadian IT leaders mentor Ottawa high school students
June 3, 2009 – Ottawa TechWatch blog – OCRI awards ceremony to hightlight school tech program
June 3, 2009 – Ottawa Business Journal online – OCRI awards ceremony to highlight school tech program
June 3, 2009 – CBC radio – business reporter Julie Ireton interviews OCRI President and CEO Claude Haw and Earl of March teacher Gina Cianci and brings attention to the event (mp3 file)
Nortel, Macadamian and IBM all confirmed the news was distributed in company newsletters and/or intranet.
And more media attention coming soon:
Professionally speaking – the magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers – Michael Benedict spoke to Claude Haw. Article publication date TBA.