Free Geek Toronto
CyberEquality Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About
Founded in 2009, Free Geek Toronto is a social enterprise based in Toronto, Canada working on employment & skills, environment & climate, community development.
Free Geek Toronto is a not-for-profit technology reuse social enterprise based in Toronto, Ontario. It began in the late 2000s as a grassroots volunteer initiative addressing the digital divide and e-waste in the City of Toronto. CyberEquality Inc. was launched in December 2009 and later became Free Geek Toronto, part of the Free Geek network across North America. The organisation refurbishes donated computers and other electronics, sells them at affordable prices, and provides low-cost technology to eligible charities and community organisations. It operates an employment social enterprise that gives people facing barriers to employment paid training in sales, refurbishment, reuse, customer service and recycling. It also runs volunteer opportunities and e-waste education, and promotes a circular economy. Its shop is located at C3-180 Sudbury Street in the Junction, Parkdale and Liberty Village area of Toronto's west end. Since 2015 the shop has been located at this address.
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Hardware Grant program
Provides refurbished computers at low cost to eligible low-income households, people on social assistance and residents of subsidized housing, and to eligible charities and community organisations.
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Provides training in sales, refurbishment, reuse, customer service and recycling warehousing to community members facing barriers to employment, many of whom earn wages while training.
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Planet Geek Toronto, Toronto FreeNet
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