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Turn Up the DIAL on Digital Transformation

 

SFU Beedie is leading the flagship strategic Capacity Building Program of Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster with DIAL (Digital Innovation and Leadership) in collaboration with private-sector, public-sector, not-for-profit and educational partners, including Traction on Demand, Salesforce, Instructure and the First Nations Technology Council. The program accelerates economic growth and innovation to create more jobs.

DIAL provides a systems change solution for Canadian employers seeking new talent or upskilling current employees. It is custom designed to help people and companies across sectors develop capacity for digital transformation. There is an opportunity for businesses to enroll staff at substantially reduced costs.

This initiative delivers two responsive training programs:

  • Digital Transformation Management – aimed at early to mid-career individuals who want to develop a digital innovation mindset along with the skills and capabilities to generate digital innovation ideas and put them into action.
  • Digital Transformation Leadership – ideal for middle to senior-level individuals who lead teams driving digital transformation in their organizations. This program will help them develop digital and leadership capabilities and generate ideas for digital product and service transformation.

The aim is for diverse, equitable and inclusive participation, with gender parity and at least 30 percent representation from under-represented groups –such as Indigenous peoples, members of the LGBTQ+ community, racialized Canadians and people living with disabilities.

The initiative is focused first on Canada with the intention to scale to other countries in North America and then globally. Through international partnerships, there is potential to deliver the training in up to 70 countries in 30 languages. 

Program Brochure

Employers

Acquire and retain quality talent. Get ahead of opportunities for digital service and product innovation.

Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Build ecosystems that invest in people. Partners are invited to join the Digital Innovation and Leadership initiative.

Non-profits & associations

Generate revenue, increase audiences and support upskilling people.

Educators

Connect students and education programs. Complement existing university programs and create talent conversion for tech in Canada and beyond.

Consortium Partners

Meet Our Alumni

Check out our Alumni Stories and discover how leaders across different industries are turning up the dial on digital transformation and driving digital change by transforming ideas into innovative solutions.

This program was a turning point in my career. One of the first things I learned is that digital transformation has no finish line. The technology we adopt today will quickly become obsolete, so we should always be looking ahead, learning, and adapting.

Olya Ollila

Project Manager

Esri Canada

Through the DTL program, my approach to projects has changed. Initially, due to my technical background, I used to focus narrowly on technology. This program helped me to look beyond my own area of expertise and consider the bigger picture.

Amarjit Manku

IT Senior Project Manager

City of Surrey

I was impressed by the wide range of industries represented in our program cohort. I learned that large organizations all face the same challenges, depending on which Digital Transformation pathway they’re on. They all have one thing in common; shifting their focus on transforming how they do business to meet changing customer needs, both internally and externally.

Christo Carstens-Jansen van Vuuren

Senior Manager, National Operations

PwC Canada

This program has impacted my understanding of my work in the client service industry. This experience has given me a deeper understanding of the importance of managing the digital transformation process and using digital technology as a tool.

Ciana Zhou

Financing Specialist, Commercial Financial Service Department

Royal Bank of Canada

The program really changed how I view a lot of the projects that we were already doing. Learning the terminology really opened my eyes to the changes we were making and how they all fit together. Being able to come into a project with the right tools and being able to explain the big picture with the right terminology has resulted in more buy-in from everyone involved.

David Gilbert

Senior Systems Analyst

Canfor Corporation

The content of the program, the lecturers, the guest speakers involved were all incredibly knowledgeable. I hope I get to meet all the lecturers and students in my cohort one day as each of them made an impact.

Jason Williams

Manager, Innovative Travel Solutions

Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR)

What you put into the course is what you get out of the course, so take your time and mine as many nuggets as you can

Suzanne Fuller Blamey

Program Director, Outpatient Services & Holy Family Rehab

Providence Health Care

DTL: Olya

DTL: Amarjit

DTL: Christo

DTM: Ciana

DTM: David

DTL: Jason

DTL: Suzanne