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Here are a few examples of provincial models as they now exist :

New Brunswick:  CFS in New Brunswick is partly delivered through high school based workshops and one main coordinating workshop.  The Ministry of Education of New Brunswick took advantage of the opportunity provided by the CFS Program to build a Tech Support Program that is delivered on-line to students across the province.  Not only are students accessing technical training, they are able to access and troubleshoot using “live” computer hardware that is afterwards re-used in the school system.  As a bonus, these students become “mini experts” in their own school and community.  Some will go for their A+ Certification exams, while others will decide to pursue their studies in the field.  As a special project, a number of students have gone as far as to network their entire school with the help of a local IT company. 

Quebec:  Ordinateurs pour les écoles du Québec is mostly delivered through third party organizations that are specialized in social integration of adults or “youth-at-risk”.  For example, the Angus Insertech model in Montreal boast a 90% success rate with “on the street youth-at-risk”.  These young people either go back to school, find a job, or end up opening their own small business.  The Centre provides social integration support and work experience opportunity in the building and refurbishing of computers and the provision of technical support services to the community.

Manitoba:  As a pilot, CFS-Manitoba operated a refurbishing workshop at the Headingley Correctional Centre in partnership with the Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource Development and Manitoba Advanced Education and Training and Headingley Correctional Centre.  The project provided inmates with hands-on experience building and repairing computers as preparation for the A+ certification exam.  The project also developed general work competencies such as punctuality, teamwork, customer service, problem solving, etc.  The Headingley project was so successful that the Correctional Facility committed its own resources to continue offering the program. 

Aboriginal Community Model in Brocket (Alberta): These aboriginal workshop combines a CAP Centre, a CFS refurbishing capacity and high speed connectivity support provided by First Nations SchoolNet.  In very little time, this centre has become a hub for ICT integration in the community, access to e-learning and innovativeness.





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