ISED announces 23 organizations getting funding for digital literacy

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...