Two digital skills non-profits announce merger

Author Sharlene Gandhi

Two Canadian non-profits focusing on digital skills and technology education are merging.

Canada Learning Code’s programs will now run under the same leadership as Ampere, formerly the Pinnquag Association. 

Canada Learning Code runs a variety of digital skills training, including on data analytics, cybersecurity, user experience for good, and responsible AI. 

Meanwhile, Ampere began with a Makerspace in Iqaluit, and has since expanded to Cambridge Bay in Nunavut, Curve Lake First Nation and Lindsay in Ontario, and Bathurst in New Brunswick. 

A year ago, Ampere changed its name from Pinnquag to reflect its “growth journey from Pangnirtung to a truly National organization.” 

As a result of the merger, Melissa Sariffodeen, Canada Learning Code’s previous CEO, has stepped down after 14 years, and Ampere’s CEO, Ryan Oliver, will assume leadership of both organizations.

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  • Sharlene Gandhi is the Future of Good editorial fellow on digital transformation.

    Sharlene has been reporting on responsible business, environmental sustainability and technology in the UK and Canada since 2018. She has worked with various organizations during this time, including the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business at Lancaster University, AIGA Eye on Design, Social Enterprise UK and Nature is a Human Right. Sharlene moved to Toronto in early 2023 to join the Future of Good team, where she has been reporting at the intersections of technology, data and social purpose work. Her reporting has spanned several subject areas, including AI policy, cybersecurity, ethical data collection, and technology partnerships between the private, public and third sectors.

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