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Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit

The Public Policy Forum and the Government of Ontario hosted the first Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit in Toronto on Feb. 9-10, 2018. The digital age creates opportunities for people to participate in society, the economy and civic life in new ways – to build businesses, movements, and communities. But we know that those opportunities aren’t equally available to everyone. The Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit was an opportunity for all Ontarians to share insights, identify knowledge gaps and set a course to work on digital inclusion together.

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Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit

Making Technology Work for Everyone

The digital age creates opportunities for people to participate in society, the economy and civic life in new ways. To build businesses, movements and communities. But we know that those opportunities aren’t equally available to everyone. It’s more than a “digital divide.” It’s many digital divides, connected to geography, literacy,...
February 9 – 10 YMCA Toronto
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Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit – Summary Report

Released: Tuesday May 29, 2018

PPF hosted Ontario's first Digital Inclusion Summit back in February. Now, the summary report is available with key takeaways from the event that sparked a larger conversation on making the internet work for all.
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The internet is transforming the world, but not for everybody

Friday October 13, 2017
The Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit aims to find, understand and fix the gaps that keep some citizens from accessing and benefiting from the digital world.  Ontario Digital Inclusion Summit Making Technology Work for Everyone Feb. 9–10, 2018 Toronto, Ontario Contact: inclusion@ppforum.ca We’d like to bring people together around the idea of...
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