OTTAWA – Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne announced Monday that 23 not-for-profit organizations across the country will get funding to help address digital literacy.
The funding is part of the second phase of the federal government’s Digital Literacy Exchange Program, which is committing $17.6 million over three years to help 100,000 Canadians “gain the skills they need to participate in the digital economy,” including using computers, mobile devices and the internet.
The organizations receiving funding are ABC Life Literacy Canada, Altered Minds Inc., Brain Injury Association of Waterloo-Wellington, Burnaby Neighbourhood House, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Community Sector Council Newfoundland and Labrador, East Hants Community Learning Association, Fabrique Mobile, Gaspésie Literacy Council, Gluu Society, Job Skills, Labour Education Centre, The Learning Enrichment Foundation, Literacy Link South Central, Multicultural Association of Fredericton Inc., Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries, Parkland County Library Board, Pinnguaq Association, Project Adult Literacy Society, S.U.C.C.E.S.S., SADC Shawinigan, Saskatoon Industry Education Council, and Tech Manitoba.
The first phase of the program, launched in 2018, supported the training of more than 400,000 participants from under represented groups, a press release said.
The program is part of the federal government’s Digital Charter, which outlines principles to get the country to “fully embrace the benefits of the digital economy.”
