About DATAide

Context

The community sector has significantly lagged other areas when it comes to technology. According to a study by the Observatoire québécois des inégalités, nearly 30% of community agencies in Greater Montreal were very behind on their use of technology even before the health crisis.

While the pandemic has forced the sector to speed up its transformation, the digital shift nevertheless remains a major challenge for many agencies across all regions of Quebec.

DATAide's mission

Help develop a digital culture in the community sector and encourage ethical practices.
Reinforce the ability of community agencies to contribute to developing applications with high social utility by:
- Supporting an effective understanding of data usage.
- Contributing to reflections on the ethical use of data.
- Reinforcing the social acceptability of these uses.
Support community agencies as they learn and build skills related to the possible uses of technology and digital applications:
- Through training, coaching and mentoring with Quebec talent on data usage.
Facilitate the deployment of digital transformation projects:
- Through grants to acquire technical equipment or to launch developmental projects.

Accelerate the community sector’s digital transition to build greater social equity.

DATAide Program Partners

Operator

Centraide of Greater Montreal

For over 15 years, Centraide of Greater Montreal has been implementing a variety of strategies to help community agencies develop their skills. These strategies have given rise to significant cultural changes in many areas, such as leadership and peer learning.

DATAide is in line with these initiatives and is a complement to other projects initiated by Centraide of Greater Montreal that include ÉvalPop, Leadership rassembleur and Ateliers/C.

Project partners

The Centraides of Quebec

Although steered by Centraide of Greater Montreal, the DATAide project is open to all community agencies in Quebec. This is why the province's Centraides are contributing to strategic reflections that will guide the project in the coming years. They will jointly select the agencies that benefit from the training program and receive the grants.

Open North

To deploy the DATAide training program, Centraide of Greater Montreal has partnered with Open North, a recognized leader in the field of data and technology governance in Canada.

Open North is a not-for-profit organization that works with public, private, and community partners to foster the effective, responsible and collaborative use of data and technology. It acts as a driving force for research, capacity building, program implementation, and collaboration within and across sectors to enable the creation of transparent, accountable, and inclusive communities. Pour déployer le programme de formation DATAide, Centraide du Grand Montréal a réalisé un partenariat avec l’organisme Nord Ouvert, reconnu dans le domaine de la gouvernance des données et des technologies au Canada.

Financial partner

Ministère du Travail, de l’Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MTESS)

Centraide of Greater Montreal is receiving financial support from the Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MTESS) to deploy the DATAide program over the next three years (2022-2024). Investments to provide these grants to agencies to support their projects has been made possible thanks to the financial contribution of the Fonds québécois d'initiatives sociales (FQIS).