Recoding Futures - Meet Cole!
Oftentimes, in tech there are stereotypes for people studying or working in the industry. Here at ComIt, sometimes people think that they can’t pursue tech because they don’t fit the stereotype of...
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2024
JULY 05
2024
JUNE 03
Building an inclusive tech industry
It’s no secret that the tech industry has a real problem with diversity. In recent years, industry moguls like former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, former Reddit CEO and current Project Include co-fou...
2023
MAY 04
Google announces its new cybersecurity training, and partners with ComIT and CLC to bring more diverse talent to the industry
Today, Google is announcing the launch of the Google Cybersecurity Certificate; the newest addition to their Google Career Certificates program that provides job seekers with paths to careers in Data ...
2023
JANUARY 19
2022 Year in Review
2022 was a year marked by change and progression, and as the world carried on in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, those of us in the tech world continued to explore new ways to innovate, educate and in...
2022
OCTOBER 19
ComIT welcomes CIBC Foundation to its community
October 19th, 2022 – Today, ComIT welcomes CIBC Foundation as a partner and supporter of our programs. Their generous donation will be making possible for more marginalized Canadians to gain access ...
2022
OCTOBER 04
Google Canada commits $2.7 million to online safety & digital skills training for Indigenous communities
Toronto, ON – Today, Google Canada is announcing $2.7 million in Google.org grants to empower Canadians to stay safe online and to build more inclusive economic opportunities for Indigenous communit...
2021
OCTOBER 14
Improved connectivity - Program helps people overcome barriers to success
As an immigrant to Canada who came from Argentina about seven years ago, Pablo Listingart has gained an oversized level of empathy for the challenges Indigenous people face in this country. He’s be...
2020
DECEMBER 09
ComIT introduces Recoding Futures, a new program to provide 450 Indigenous learners with free IT training
Google Canada to invest $250,000 to support free access to the program December 9th, 2020 – Today, ComIT announced the launch of Recoding Futures, a program to provide IT training to 450 Indigenou...
2020
NOVEMBER 30
Huawei and ComIT Partner to Reduce Barriers for Tech Students
Winnipeg, Manitoba, November 30th, 2020 — Huawei Canada is donating 17 Huawei MateBook laptops and 14 Huawei MediaPad tablets to Winnipeg’s ComIT for students that aspire to be the next generation...
2020
AUGUST 17
Autumn courses
After a successful summer of courses running in seven major cities from British Columbia to Ontario, ComIT is eager to start the next cycle of autumn courses in September. New courses in Winnipeg, Edm...
2020
JANUARY 15
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Current and Upcoming courses in Canada
These are our announced courses for 2020 so far!!! Starting Date: January 6th Topic: NodeJS Place: The Network Hub, Vancouver, BC Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6pm to 8,30pm Starting Date: January...
2019
OCTOBER 04
Non-profit gives students a chance in IT sector
A passion project geared at supporting the information technology industry is growing into a multinational charitable organization. Pablo Listingart is the founder and executive director of ComIT, a ...
2019
OCTOBER 04
2019
OCTOBER 04
Canadian immigrant providing free IT career training across the country
Pablo Listingart moved to Canada from Argentina in 2015 after a successful career working in IT for such companies as Microsoft Corp. and IBM Corp. He brought with him a project he had started in his ...
2019
AUGUST 27
ComIT Expands Operations into Western Canada, Thanks to Federal Investment
Pablo Listingart, ComIT’s Founder, changes lives by offering free career training, allowing unemployed Canadians to break the cycle of “survival jobs” and create lucrative, sustainable futures i...
2019
APRIL 18
ComIT highlighted by Canada Government’s #ImmigrationMatters campaign
WINNIPEG, April 17, 2019.- The Government of Canada’s Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship of Canada (IRCC) featured the work of ComIT on a brief documentary video posted in its #Immi...
2019
FEBRUARY 28
'Way beyond my dreams': Free technology training in Sask. helps unemployed, underemployed find IT jobs
Adrien Martin was unemployed and felt like he was spinning his wheels, looking for an opportunity to find meaningful work in Saskatoon. He'd moved back to the city after working in Vancouver in video...
2018
NOVEMBER 23
Mobile application helps training and employment in IT
BUENOS AIRES, November 21, 2018.- ComIT launched today, November 21, 2018, its mobile application for training and skills in information technology (IT) skills. The app was presented with eight ComIT ...
2018
AUGUST 08
ComIT: A classroom, a helping hand, and newfound programming skills
ComIT co-founder Pablo Listingart, at left, listens as students show off their new programming skills, including Kamal Vattikuti, second from right, who was recently hired by OpenText. (Communitech ph...
2018
JUNE 05
New tech training program aims to address developer shortage
Pablo Listingart spent years working for some of the world’s largest technology companies in his native Buenos Aires before quitting to help others find jobs in the Argentine software sector. Over ...