CyberGuardians
Volunteer with CCN - make a difference in our community
CyberGuardians - Stronger Together
Our mission at CCN is to grow Canadian talent, businesses and to increase cybersecurity awareness. To do that we need individuals with passion, energy and the right skills to help various community or national projects achieve their goals. Are you part of that solutions.
Below are are some of the key projects CCN and our CyberGuardians have on the go. Take a look, and if you are interested, get in touch for a discussion. Make sure you review the brief role description and that it's something you feel excited and passionate about.
Discord Moderators for CCN Connect
We are looking for volunteers to moderate our CCN channels on Discord, create engagement, answer questions or call on individuals to answer questions. Keep the site free of spam and unwelcome guests.
👥 Volunteers required: 4
CCN CyberPaths Edmonton
After our success with CCN CyberPath GTA" we are looking to launch a similar project for Edmonton. It provides individuals at different stages of their career or arrival in Edmonton, including new immigrants, with access to various city and community services across the area. The program is designed to help participants grow their cybersecurity careers through city services (immigration, business services), networking, education, certification, mentoring, and more. The initiative is planned to be expanded to other cities as we move forward
Project timeline: October 2024 to end of December
👥 Volunteers required: 2 to work together
FundPath
We're excited to launch our new initiative, FundPath - Student Hiring Simplified, aimed at helping Canadian cybersecurity companies easily access government funding for hiring co-op students, interns, and recent graduates. Our goal is to simplify the process, reduce costs, and increase capacity for businesses while providing invaluable work experience for students in the cybersecurity field.
🗓 Project Timeline: September 2024 - December 2024
👥 Volunteers Needed: 2-4 to join our project team, with a need for 1 strong project manager with experience in government funding initiatives
Join us in bridging the gap between education and employment, supporting Canadian businesses, and empowering the next generation of cybersecurity talent! Let's make a difference together. 💼
CCN TechExchange - Squamish
The "CCN TehcExchange" is envisioned as CCN's first ever meetup that serves as a platform to connect, collaborate, and share knowledge. This event is intended to foster networking opportunities, knowledge exchange, and collaboration among technology professionals from cybersecurity, AI, Quantum Green technologies and more, tech founders, business owners and students. The meetups will focus on dynamic information exchanges, our brand news "spotlight exchanges" and networking. If the Squamish pilot is successful we will look to bring to other communities nationally.
Project timeline: Monthly from November 2024
👥 Volunteers required: 1
Role: Someone who can work with Francois Guay, Founder of CCN in organizing and putting these events in place. From promotion, to getting speakers, growing attendance, working the "spotlights" and getting sponsors. Must be local to the area and on-site at the events.