Contact North

Contact North is a distance education network in the Canadian province of Ontario, with 112 online learning centres throughout the province. Based principally in Sudbury and Thunder Bay, the network partners with Ontario's 24 public colleges, 22 public universities and 250 public literacy and essential skills and training providers to help Ontarians in over 600 communities across the province participate in education and training opportunities without leaving their own community.

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In Anishinabek News

• September 2014: The network partnered with the Niigaaniin Program to deliver online courses and employment coaching to youth in Garden River First Nation. As of September 2014, the organization operated online learning centres in 27 First Nations communities. The organization collaborated with Constance Lake First Nation, Ginoogaming First Nation, and Attawapiskat First Nation to offer job readiness programming.
• March 2020: The organization partners with Sault College to deliver a certificate program focused on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
• December 2021: The organization opened a new online learning centre within the Kettle and Stony Point First Nation community in December 2021. It provides free services including high-speed internet, computer access, and technical support to help residents complete online programs from Ontario colleges and universities. This facility is the first online learning centre established by the network in an Indigenous community within its Southwest Region.
• July 2022: The organization partnered with the Native Education Training College to open a centralized learning centre in downtown North Bay. The service focuses on providing educational access to smaller rural, Indigenous, and Francophone communities. Staff assist students with registration, computer access, and navigating online learning from start to graduation.