Microsoft
Bell Canada
British High Commission
Canadian Information Processing Society (CIPS)
Canadian National: North America's Railroad
CIBC
ergoCentric Seating Systems
Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC)
Ottawa Central Railway
Royal Bank Financial Group
Telus
Union Gas
xwave
Computers for Schools thanks Microsoft Canada for its donation of the license for the Windows operating system installed on its computers.
In conjunction with Industry Canada and a host of different companies, Microsoft Canada is donating software, operating systems and technology equipment to be recycled and used with retired computer technology and equipment donated by members of the public, private and volunteer sectors. The refurbished equipment will go to Canadian schools.
Bell Canada supports many programs which focus on education and youth including: SchoolNet, the Great Canadian Geography Challenge, Expo Science, the Chemistry and Physics Olympiad, and the Youth Science Foundation. BellCanada also supports the National History Awards for teachers. In addition, Bell Canada invests over $3 million per year to support research at universities in Ontario and Quebec for a total of more than $5.1 million dedicated to the field of education annually.
The British High Commission is happy to be associated with the Computers for Schools program. First established in Ottawa in 1928, our mission is to represent the British Government in Canada and to promote and support closer links between our two countries. For more information about what we do, and about Britain, please visit us at: www.BritaininCanada.org
CIPS is Canada's largest association of IT professionals and will support CFS by providing links and information on how to donate a surplus computer on its web site and to its members. They will also respond to technology career questions from students throughout Canada via their Teens-Ask-CIPS on-line mentoring program.
CN provides rail and intermodal freight transportation services over a16,000 route miles network that spans Canada and the central United States. It is the only railroad in North America to cross the continent east-west and north-south, serving ports on the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf coasts. Through its alliance with Kansas City Southern, CN customers have access to all three NAFTA nations. This service links points across Canada with major markets in the United States and with Mexico’s largest rail network – Transportacion Ferroviaria Mexicana S.A. de C.V. (Grupo TFM). CN moves a diversified and balanced portfolio of goods, including petroleum and chemicals, grain and fertilizers, coal, metals and minerals, forest products, intermodal containers as well as automotive products (cars and car parts). . It provides shippers with more options and greater reach in the rapidly expanding market for north-south trade. The company employs 22,000 people, both in Canada and in US. CN is investor owned. Its stock trades on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges. Corporate headquarters are located in Montreal, Quebec.
CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with more than eight million personal banking and business customers. CIBC offers a full range of products and services through its comprehensive electronic banking network, branches and offices across Canada, the United States and around the world.
CIBC is one of Canada's largest corporate donors. Last year, CIBC invested more than $33 million in community-based organizations including support for hundreds of initiatives that help young Canadians realize their full potential and have brighter futures.
ergoCentric Seating Systems is a Canadian owned and operated company and proud national sponsor of all ergonomic seating to Computers for Schools.
At ergoCentric, our mission is to design and manufacture the best ergonomic seating available today. All of ergoCentrics’ seating is modular, which means that ergoCentric can fit every individual with a comfortable and productive seating solution. Rather than diversify into other product lines, we have chosen to stay focused. Ergonomic seating is our only business. In addition, ergoCentric is the first seating manufacturer to have its ergonomic seating recognized by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.
ergoCentric strongly believes every computer should have a good ergonomic chair in front of it. Ergonomic seating has been proven to increase individuals’ health and productivity. The seated posture causes stress to the human body in ways most people do not appreciate. A proper ergonomic chair along with the education and motivation to use it results in healthy and productive people.
As a national sponsor, ergoCentric supports Computers for Schools with the ongoing donation of all ergonomic seating throughout their facilities, so both staff and students are comfortable and productive.
ITAC is the voice of the Canadian information technology industry. Together with its partner organizations across the country, the association represents 1,300 companies in the computing and telecommunications hardware, software, services, and electronic content sectors. This network of companies accounts for more than 70% of the 512,000 jobs, $116.4 billion in revenue, $4.4 billion in R&D expenditure and $30.8 billion in exports that IT contributes annually to the Canadian economy.
ITAC's mission is to identify and lead on issues that affect our industry and to advocate initiatives, which will enable its continued growth and development.
Ottawa Central Railway
Ottawa Central Railway is located in Ottawa, Ontario and has been in operation since December 1998. OCR accesses a full-service reload facility in Ottawa operated by Rideau Bulk Terminal. Its goal is to offer a dependable full line service to various industries. OCR is a proud supporter of the Computers for Schools Program.
Royal Bank Financial Group believes in helping students make a smooth transition from the classroom to the workforce. Royal Bank's major investments in this regard include: Career Edge, designed to give recent graduates practical work experience; and SHAD International, which introduces students to entrepreneurship, information technology, science and engineering. Royal Bank's After-School Grants Program as well as the Canadian Living Foundation's Breakfast for Learning and Junior Achievement's The Economics of Staying in School are just a few of the hundreds of initiatives supported by RBFG that help young Canadians realize their potential, many dedicated to keeping kids in school. Each year, about one-quarter of Royal Bank Financial Group's charitable donations are invested in education - more than $6 million in 2000. Over the past fiv years, more than $25 million was given to support education.
TELUS is one of Canada's largest telecommunications companies - offering a full range of telecommunications products and services. We help educators integrate communications technology into learning by providing Internet access, funding innovative distance education and learning programs, and sponsoring scholarships and stay-in-school programs.
Union Gas is a major Canadian natural gas utility that provides energy delivery and related services to 1.1 million residential, commercial and industrial customers in over 400 communities in northern, southwestern and eastern Ontario. The company also provides natural gas storage and transportation services for other utilities and energy market participants in Ontario, Québec and the United States. Union's storage and transmission system forms an important link in the movement of natural gas from Western Canadian and U.S. supply basins to Central Canadian and Northern U.S. markets. Union Gas has assets of approximately $4 billion and employs about 2,200 people. Union Gas is a member of the Westcoast Energy group of companies.
xwave is one of Canada's largest and fastest-growing IT companies, with more than 2400 professionals in locations across North America and Europe. With key strengths in the Energy, Telecom and Public Sector industries, xwave plans, designs, builds and operates integrated IT solutions for its clients corporate and operational systems. As a Canadian IT Company, xwave is committed to helping youth across the country gain access to the tools and knowledge that is demanded by today’s employers. xwave is truly excited at the opportunity to work with Computers for Schools to increase awareness and participation in the program, and to maximize the value realized within the Canadian school system through this initiative.
