Pascal Siakam to help Toronto kids learn to code with new training program
Toronto Raptors star Pascal Siakam’s PS43 Foundation has launched a new youth-based initiative designed to address the digital divide in Toronto.
Coding for Champions, which was announced Friday during Siakam’s 27th birthday, is the not-for-profit’s first Canadian initiative.
Participating students will be equipped with laptops, which they will be allowed to keep after the program is complete.
Funded by a six-figure donation and supported by Penny Appeal Canada, the free 10-week program aims to provide students at two Toronto schools with information technology and website building skills. Participating students will be equipped with laptops, which they will be allowed to keep after the program is complete.
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Between the public and Catholic English school boards in Windsor-Essex, there are 13 active COVID-19 cases.
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Between the public and Catholic English school boards in Windsor-Essex, there are 13 active COVID-19 cases.
On Tuesday, the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB) added one new case to its website, bringing the total active cases in the board to nine. To date, the board says since the start of the school year in September 2020 it has had 134 confirmed cases of the disease.
Region breaks 6,000 COVID cases, and reports another death over New Year s
The active outbreaks jump up to 42 with 33 people in the hospital
Jan 2, 2021 2:00 PM By: KitchenerToday Staff
Region of Waterloo Public Health reported 179 new COVID-19 cases on its dashboard Saturday afternoon.
This update includes both the COVID case numbers from December 31 and January 1.
106 new cases were reported today, with alterations made to previous counts.
This brings the new total up to 6,078 cases for the region since March.
The number of active cases has increased to 578 from 518 since Thursday.
Here are some other updates from the Region s COVID summary dashboard on Saturday: