24 projects share $1M in funding to build a better online Canada

Press Release

CIRA supports Internet-enabled projects from Canada’s non-profit community

Ottawa, ON – June 9, 2016 – The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) today announced funding for 24 projects that contribute to CIRA’s goal of building a better online Canada. This announcement builds on an existing $2.2 M investment since 2014 that is helping to create new online services, improve Canada’s Internet infrastructure, support digital literacy programs, and fund research on emerging digital issues.

Key facts

CIRA’s Community Investment Program was founded in 2014 with a mission to fund innovative technology projects from the non-profit and research communities that contribute to building a better online Canada. The program, now in its third funding cycle, has distributed over $3 million to 78 projects from coast, to coast, to coast.

CIRA supports its community investment efforts through revenue from products and services such as the registration of .CA domain names or CIRA’s D-Zone Anycast DNS offering.

This year’s projects include funding to support research on how Internet use transforms the lives of new immigrants, digital storytelling that maps cyberbullying experiences, as well as several projects to extend Internet services in rural communities.

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