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Media Smarts

https://mediasmarts.ca/

Media Smarts provides Canadian homes, schools, and communities with various programs and online resources that focus on improving digital and media literacy.

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

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.

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

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.

Minute Skill

https://minuteskill.com/

Minute Skill is a video-based educational platform that creates brief informative videos on a variety of topics. The Minute Skill app is currently in beta testing and will launch to the Apple Store and Google Play upon release.

Partners Bridging the Digital Divide (PBDD)

https://www.pbdd.org/

Kermode Education

https://www.kermodeeducation.com/

Kermode offers digital and media literacy training for a nominal fee.