Jun 30, 2020An Update for our CommunityFor years Bridge School community organizers, staff, and other volunteers have put in thousands of hours of work to build an organization that focusses on positive direct impact for women, agender, and non-binary workers in tech. We did good work together, and saw incredible results. …3 min read3 min read
Jun 8, 2020Thank you.As has been in the works for quite some time, I have decided to step down as CEO of Bridge School, effective by the end of June 2020. …3 min read3 min read
May 29, 2020There would be no Bridge without Avery Francis.There would be no Bridge without Avery Francis. Period. She was the first to raise the idea, and she made critical contributions in the first year of Bridge’s existence. In those early days, Avery, Abdella Ali, Yuri Takhteyev and I worked so hard to found Bridge. As the project grew…4 min read4 min read
Published initsbridgeschool·May 27, 2020Programming in a PandemicWhat has the Bridge community been up to? When it became clear that due to the COVID-19 pandemic we would have to pause our regular in-person programs, the first question we asked ourselves was ‘What does the community need right now?’. …Community Programs3 min readCommunity Programs3 min read
Published initsbridgeschool·Apr 30, 2020Making the Most of our Women and Gender Equality Canada GrantIt’s been a year since Bridge School received the Women and Gender Equality Canada grant. We wanted to share with you some of the ways this grant enabled us to build our capacity to serve our amazing community. Over the past five years, Bridge has grown into a thriving organization…Nonprofit4 min readNonprofit4 min read
Published initsbridgeschool·Mar 30, 2020Bridge School’s Impact Report is Here!Bridge School is excited to announce the release of its 2020 Impact Report. This report reveals measurable evidence of how Bridge is positively impacting the community. We at Bridge believe in promoting a culture of accountability and transparency by presenting our impact data through this report. The findings were a…Nonprofit2 min readNonprofit2 min read
Published initsbridgeschool·Mar 2, 2020PagerDuty and Bridge Introduce First Free Backend Development ProgramBridge School is excited to announce its new partnership with PagerDuty to launch Cohort 1 for Backend Development! PagerDuty is a forward-thinking company with a mission to bring positive change to the digital ecosystem. …Backend Development3 min readBackend Development3 min read
Aug 26, 2019Member-onlyNext Steps: A Personalized Guide to Learning Web DevelopmentWritten by Purvi Kanal. Over the past 3 years, as a team we’ve reviewed over 1000 applications to our frontend development program and after wrapping up the 9th round I decided I want to share some learnings about applications to our frontend program. …Web Development9 min readWeb Development9 min read
Published initsbridgeschool·May 27, 2019Bridge School Awarded Grant to Build Capacity in Toronto’s Tech IndustryBridge School is thrilled to announce that it’s been named as a recipient of funding from the Department for Women and Gender Equality, as part of their Capacity Building grant. Bridge was named a recipient alongside a number of other organizations that are aimed at enabling women’s and Indigenous organizations…Gender Equality2 min readGender Equality2 min read
Published initsbridgeschool·Mar 14, 2019Tips for your job search from a recruitment insiderWritten by Tahuana Cirati, Bridge alumni. As part of our commitment to help level up junior and intermediate women, agender and non-binary professionals in tech, we’ve been offering a series of Professional Development Sessions for our alumni. …Job Hunting5 min readJob Hunting5 min read