Nonprofit Tech Readiness Program
To help ENGOs gather and leverage data to meet their organizational missions, as well as build capacity to plan and implement organization-wide technology projects, we are collaborating with NTEN to offer their popular Nonprofit Tech Readiness Program to the ENGO community in Canada.
Designed for non-profit professionals who want to improve their technology leadership skills and capacity to manage tech projects across an organization, this program is both successful and well-established. NTEN has run over 45 cohorts of this program to date, including 1,000 organizations in various geographies and interest areas for more than 12 years but these will be their first Canadian cohorts.
These 21 ENGOs will meet from the fall of 2024 through the spring of 2025 and comprise the first NTR program cohort:
- Neighbours United
- Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES)
- Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF)
- Climate Action Network Canada (CAN-RAC)
- CPAWS Northern Alberta
- Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA)
- Wildlife Conservation Society Canada (WCS)
- Canadian Coalition for Environmental and Climate Justice (CCECJ)
- Nature Trust of New Brunswick (NTNB)
- Pembina Institute
- Student Energy
- Generate Canada (formerly The Natural Step)
- Environmental Law Centre (ELC)
- Evergreen
- Sierra Club BC
- Green Economy Canada
- Ecology Action Centre (EAC)
- David Suzuki Foundation (DSF)
- Foundation for Environmental Stewardship (FES)
- Ontario Nature
- Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative (Y2Y)
A second cohort will be assembled in the spring of 2025 and run from the fall of 2025 through the spring of 2026.
Jeremy Garcia and Tahira Abbas of NTEN are co-facilitating the 2024-2025 TRP cohort.
Jeremy Garcia was born in Guatemala but he grew up in the U.S. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Rhode Island and served in the U.S. Air Force. After leaving the military, he transitioned to college and discovered a passion for volunteering and nonprofits through AmeriCorps. This experience reshaped his career goals, leading him to work in the nonprofit sector.
Tahira Abbas is originally from Iraq, grew up in Canada, and currently lives in the US. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Université de Montréal and a master's degree in international relations from the University of Westminster. Tahira's journey in tech began by facilitating a course on digital sustainability. She has a growing interest in the intersection of technology, sustainability, equity, and education.
