{"id":41936,"date":"2018-12-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/blog\/opening-soon\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:56:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:56:52","slug":"opening-soon","status":"publish","type":"cira_news","link":"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/en\/resources\/news\/state-of-internet\/opening-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At CIRA, we love opening gifts. We also love giving them. Do you have an innovative internet project that needs funding? The application period for CIRA&#8217;s Community Investment Program is opening soon!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At CIRA, we love opening gifts. We also love giving them.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, CIRA provides over $1 million in grants to Canadian not-for-profits, charities and academic institutions doing good things for and through the internet. CIRA&#8217;s Community Investment Program funds innovative internet-related projects that build a stronger, safer and more accessible Canadian internet. Now in its sixth year, this program has provided $5.45 million in grants to date.<\/p>\n<p>There are many organizations doing impressive work to build a better online Canada, but what exactly are the needs? According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/gaps\">report CIRA released in June 2018<\/a>, which reflected the experiences of organizations on the front lines of Canada&#8217;s internet, some areas include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Investments to extend Canadian internet infrastructure, particularly in connecting rural, remote and Indigenous communities.<\/li>\n<li>Getting more Canadians online &#8211; especially marginalized or vulnerable individuals often left out of Canada&#8217;s digital economy.<\/li>\n<li>Building digital literacy among all Canadians to use the internet safely and securely, including seniors, new Canadians, Indigenous peoples and people living in poverty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get inspired by any of the <a href=\"\/improving-canadas-internet\/grants\"> 130 projects <\/a> we&#8217;ve funded already! If your organization has a digital project that will help build a better online Canada, apply for a Community Investment Program grant at <a href=\"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/cip\">www.cira.ca\/cip<\/a> between January 15 and February 28, 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps in 2019, CIRA will have a gift for you to open too!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At CIRA, we love opening gifts. We also love giving them. Do you have an innovative internet project that needs funding? The application period for CIRA&#8217;s Community Investment Program is opening soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2069,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"slim_seo":{"title":"Opening soon - CIRA","description":"At CIRA, we love opening gifts. We also love giving them. Do you have an innovative internet project that needs funding? The application period for CIRA's Commu"},"footnotes":""},"topic":[1028],"class_list":["post-41936","cira_news","type-cira_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cira_news_type-cira-news-type-blog","cira_topic-cira-topic-state-of-internet","cira_author-alison-gareau"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/41936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cira_news"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/news\/41936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cira_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.cira.ca\/en\/wp-json\/cira\/v1\/topic?post=41936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}