Chic Geek raises over $300k in grant funding
Chic Geek is happy to announce we have been awarded over $300,000 in Provincial/Federal grants in 2021 to implement NEW programming!
Now more than ever in Alberta we see the importance that our local tech sector plays in the evolution of our regional and national economy. Chic Geek program development in 2021 will help to accelerate the advancement of not only Alberta’s growing tech sector, but focus on female leadership roles and career retention in STEM industries.
“We are elated to have this influx of funding from the Alberta Government as it allows Chic Geek to directly create programming that will help to retain talented womxn in tech, and support them in their career trajectory.”
— Kylie Woods, Founder, Chic Geek
With the support of industry-leading partners such as Absorb, AltaML, Attabotics, Avanti software, Benevity, Cisco, Clio, Enverus, Evans Hunt, Garmin, ICwhatUC, Improving, Konstruct, Krux, Myntex, Shareworks, Skip the Dishes, Suncor, Tiller, Tykans, Calgary UX, CCIS, Rainforest Alberta, Lighthouse Labs and more, the government funding will help to enable the Chic Geek organization to further technology solutions, while engaging and retaining intermediate womxn/women in the sector, and building greater gender diversity in the technology ecosystem.
Grants received by Chic Geek include: The Labour Market Partnership Federal-Provincial; Small Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant; Civil Society Fund Grant and Coalition Support for Calgary Entrepreneurs in partnership with Alberta Innovates.
“Alberta’s tech sector is vital to the success of our economy, and we hope the Civil Society Grant helps encourage more women into this field. It is no secret women are underrepresented in technology careers. This program will help more women enter the workforce and become leaders in the province’s STEM industries.”
—Rajan Sawhney, Minister of Community and Social Services
What this means is we have more resources to expand on important programming for individuals and groups!