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Toronto Metropolitan University
Overcoming Digital Divides Workshop Series
https://www.ryersonleadlab.com/overcoming-digital-divides
The Overcoming Digital Divides Workshop Series takes a look at the digital divide highlighted across Canada and is present in a six part workshop series. Each part focuses on a specific theme with a unique concern. Workshops: Indigenous, Remote and Rural Communities, Low-Income Communities, Older Adults and Digital Literacy, People with Disabilities and Accessibility, Public Internet Access, and Youth and Digital Skills.
DigitalLearn.org
DigitalLearn.org
https://www.digitallearn.org/
DigitalLearn.org is an online hub for digital literacy support and training operated by the Public Library Association. They offer free prerecorded courses on basic digital literacy skills, such as using a computer, navigating a website, and searching. Modules are video-based with narration, typically 6 to 22 minutes long, and written in plain language.
Gluu
Gluu
https://gluusociety.org/
Gluu is a nonprofit educational platform working to provide digital skills learning resources to older Canadians and the people & organizations that support them. They provide cost-free, ad-free digital skills education and learning resources to older adults and seniors' organizations in the form of remote online courses and articles.
TechServe
UpTOSpeed
https://www.uptospeedyou.com/
UpTOSpeed is the for-profit arm of TechServe and they provide tech training and support to seniors. They address users' technology needs by providing instantaneous video and written tutorials, timely telephone and video chat technical support, appointment-based 1 on 1 online lesson, and monthly group online lessons. Users must create an account and pay a fee for services.
TechServe
TechServe
https://www.techserveto.com/
Founded in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, TechServe connects tech-savvy millennial volunteers with older adults who just need a little bit of technical help to improve their everyday lives. TechServe is a Canadian non-profit that provides services to older adults through 1-on-1 tech support sessions, workshops in partnerships with older adults’ associations, and a set of online digital literacy resources.
Technology for Tomorrow
Technology for Tomorrow
https://tech4tomorrow.org/
Technology for Tomorrow is a Vermont-based non-profit organization that provides education and advocacy to empower individuals and organizations with accessible technology and digital literacy education. Many of their free online courses are geared towards older adults, though they also offer programs for other demographics looking to improve their digital literacy skills.
Get Cyber Safe
Get Cyber Safe
https://www.getcybersafe.gc.ca/en
Get Cyber Safe is a national public awareness campaign created to teach Canadians ways to keep themselves safe on the internet. The website offers informative articles and instructions on cyber security measures that can be taken for various of different devices.
Goodwill Industries
GFCGlobal
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/
The GFCGlobal program offers free tutorials and self-paced courses to teach essential technological skills to live and work in the 21st century. Courses and tutorials cover topics such as Microsoft Office, computer and internet basics, email, etc.
University of Waterloo enTECH Club
enTECH@Home
https://www.entech.club/new-page
The enTECH@Home program provides older adults in the Waterloo region with free phone- or email-based technology support. The program is operated by University of Waterloo undergraduate student volunteers who are part of the enTECH club. They operate several digital literacy and tech support initiatives in the Waterloo region.
Bits and Bytes Computer Club
Bits and Bytes Computer Club
http://www.bitsbytes.ca/index.htm
The Bits and Bytes Computer Club is a progressive, not-for-profit, group for adults aged 50 years or better who wish to gain a better understanding of computers. Based in Kitchener, Ontario, Bits and Bytes offers both paid and free courses in addition to a monthly speaker series. They have both physical classrooms in the Kitchener Downtown Community Centre and virtual course offerings.