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Connecting Communities

Support civic participation by promoting information literacy, appropriation of information and communications technologies and contribution to their development.

Our Objectives

• Enhance access to ICTs and to the Internet
• Promote resourcefulness and self-reliance among voluntary sector groups, citizens and within the community environment
• Create a democratic cyber-culture
• Combat socioeconomic exclusion and unequal access to ICTs

Our Strategies

• Provide training in the strategic use of ICTs and enhance access
• Develop tools for deliberation and analysis with a focus on research, experimentation and innovation
• Engage and co-operate within the community environment

Our Activities

Training

Communautique offers training to various organizations across Quebec, enabling groups and citizens to make strategic use of the Information Highway. We offer both basic as well as tailor-made training, including:

• Basic Internet and an introduction to some social issues surrounding ICTs
• Intermediate Internet (Web search and e-mail)
• How a web site can affect your organization
• Informing, communicating and co-operating on the Net: An introduction to interactive services
• Passing it on: Teaching the Internet to beginners
• Open Source Software: Issues and practices

Web Development

Communautique offers web development services. Our outlook is that of fostering autonomy and universal access to Information and Communication Technologies. Our work conforms with standards and best practices established by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

For a look at our latest creations, visit our on-line portfolio (in French). Want more information? We will be happy to meet with you. Write to us at projets@communautique.qc.ca or call us at 514.948.6644, ext. 234.

Access

Communautique is active in various projects and provides services to increase access for segments of the population that are usually excluded. These services include:

• Projects that allow groups to acquire hardware and get connected and that allow employees and volunteers to receive training in the use of these technologies
• Educational initiatives that focus on the particular challenges facing persons with disabilities in the use of ICTs
• Web development services
• Support for Community Internet Access Points (CAP Sites)
• Peer training

Research

Communautique conducts or contributes to various studies that aim to assess the level of appropriation of ICTs and how this is influenced by socio-economic factors. We are also working to analyze the impact of the Digital Divide in Quebec and to study the process of citizen appropriation of ICTs as well as the issues surrounding cyber-democracy.

Consensus-building

Communautique is engaged in activities that foster discussions and consensus-building with a focus on fostering an inclusive, co-operative and knowledge-based society in which each individual is a full participant. We believe this goal can be achieved through:

• A democratic access to ICTs
• The development of common cyberspaces

The dissemination of new forms of communication that will encourage collective projects

Publications

• Communautique produces literature related to its activities, including:
• Studies regarding the adoption of ICTs and the needs expressed by community stakeholders
• Memoirs and press releases about the place of ICTs and community groups in public policies
• Manuals and user-guides for Community Internet Access Centers’ staff and for on-line training
• Our “CommInfo” newsletter that reflects on various topics related to ICT appropriation

To access these publications (in French), visit our Core Issues section.

Contact Us

Drop by, call or e-mail us:

65, De Castelnau Ouest, suite 202
Montreal, Quebec, H2R 2W3

Telephone: 514.948.6644 (greater Montreal region) or 1.877.948.6644 (toll free)
Fax: 514.948.3320

info@communautique.qc.ca