Literacy Link South Central is proud to have received funding through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada as part of their second phase of the Digital Literacy Exchange Program (DLEP). In a format similar to our Community Tech Connect project, we will once again deliver basic digital literacy programming to underrepresented populations in Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford, Brant, Haldimand and Norfolk Counties, but this time at a much larger scale. 

Through the Digitally Safe and Strong project, we will deliver hundreds of hours of digital literacy programming to help people to overcome fear related to using technology and the internet and become self-assured citizens who can fully participate in the digital economy – confidently and safely. This training will be offered in various formats: in-person, online and a hybrid of both approaches. Be sure to watch this page for training dates and times!

 

In support of this project, Literacy Link South Central will develop new digital literacy resources, some of which will be translated for use within the Francophone community as well. 

To deliver this training, we are working with twelve community partners, each of whom will design digital literacy programs that best fit the needs of the people and communities they serve. Our partners include:

• ATN
• Brant Skills Centre
• Carrefour communautaire francophone London
• Conestoga College
• Fanshawe College London-Middlesex
• Fanshawe College Simcoe
• Fanshawe College St.Thomas-Elgin
• Fanshawe College Woodstock-Oxford
• Haldimand Norfolk London Learning Centres
• The Quest Centre
• Tillsonburg and District Multi-Service Centre
• YWCA St. Thomas-Elgin