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Take advantage of these free training programs to expand your knowledge, gain in-demand skills, and boost your confidence. Give yourself every advantage in today’s competitive job market.

  • Literacy Council York-Simcoe:

    Offering a number of different online courses ranging from computer training to literacy/numeracy skills.

    www.skillsupgrading.ca/programs

  • GCFLearn Free:

    From Microsoft Office and email, to reading, math, and more—GCFLearnFree.org offers more than 200 topics, including more than 7,000 lessons, more than 1,000 videos, and more than 50 interactives and games, completely free.

    www.gcflearnfree.org

  • University of Toronto:

    Offering a wide variety of free online courses through Coursera, including Mind Control: Managing Your Mental Health During COVID-19.

    coursera.org/utoronto

  • University of British Columbia:

    Offering a wide variety of free online courses through edX.

    edx.org/school/ubcx

  • Coursera:

    Offering a wide variety of free online learning and community resources during COVID-19 including Mental Health and Wellbeing, Cloud Technology, Spanish and other career development courses.

    blog.coursera.org/coursera-together-free-online-learning-during-covid-19/

  • CHA Learning:

    Offering two of their most popular express courses for free: Engage To Influence Change and Time Management.

    chalearning.ca

  • CPA Canada:

    Their blog has a running list of free reading material, webinars, and courses for CPAs to sharpen your professional skills online.

    cpacanada.ca

  • Harvard University:

    Offering a list of over 50 free online courses.

    online-learning.harvard.edu

  • MIT:

    Offering a variety of free online courses through edX.

    edx.org/school/mitx

  • Princeton University:

    Offering a wide variety of free online courses through Coursera.

    coursera.org/princeton

  • Stanford University:

    Offering a wide variety of free online courses through Coursera.

    coursera.org/stanford

  • Yale University:

    Offering a variety of free online courses through Coursera.

    coursera.org/yale

  • The Linux Foundation Training:

    Offering a wide range of free courses, webinars, tutorials and publications to help you explore the open source technology landscape.

    training.linuxfoundation.org

  • LinkedIn Learning:

    Learn in-demand skills with over 14,000+ online courses taught by real-world professionals. First month is free.

    linkedin.com/learning

  • General Assembly:

    A variety of free online courses in UX/design, coding, marketing, data and more.

    generalassemb.ly