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Funding to address Canada’s digital divide

Charity Village

If you are reading this, you probably have stable internet access, a laptop, smartphone, or tablet, and the skills required to use the internet effectively and safely. But many Canadians are not as fortunate.

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Give One, Get One Laptop Kicks Off

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Between November 12 and November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. During this time, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your life in recognition of your contribution.

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Nortel Pullout Hits Laptop-for-Poor-Nations Program Hard | Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper

AFP Blog

Nortel Pullout Hits Laptop-for-Poor-Nations Program Hard | Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Newspaper: "owever, Nortel was forced to file for bankruptcy protection in January and, according to officials, has ceased its involvement in the OLPC program.'As

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

Childhood Cancer Support in Canada. Finally, I liked the story of Candlelighters' Childhood Cancer Support Program in Ottawa, Canada. In this project, the Candlelighters CyberKids program provides young cancer patients with a laptop with Microsoft Windows and Office. More Stories, Let's Add Yours.

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Youth Programs Featured in TechSoup Global’s Local Impact Map

Tech Soup

Childhood Cancer Support in Canada. Finally, I liked the story of Candlelighters' Childhood Cancer Support Program in Ottawa, Canada. In this project, the Candlelighters CyberKids program provides young cancer patients with a laptop with Microsoft Windows and Office. More Stories, Let's Add Yours.

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Remote Technology in the Pandemic: Rebalancing Toward Equity and Access

Non Profit Quarterly

and Canada about their technology use. We held 33 virtual focus groups (via Zoom) with 181 CVAs in the United States and Canada. Across the US and Canada, the pandemic forced technology adoption at breakneck speed. We wanted to know how technology use has changed in volunteer management, especially through the pandemic.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

NTEN

The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. It's true: the employees of tomorrow may not have laptops or PCs. The new realm of net-enabled personal communications devices will cut down on the need for many employees to have an expensive-to-maintain PC or laptop.

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