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Empower the growing generation, while you get your 40-hour projects completed by highly skilled web development and UX/UI learners. All at no cost to your business.
How the program works
What type of projects can I post?
Diverse Tech Talent Program Participants have successfully completed skills training specializing in Web Development, UX/UI Design, and Product Management and are ready to take on your projects!
What is the Diverse Tech Talent Program (DTTP)?
DTTP is a unique program designed to address a critical issue in the tech industry: the underrepresentation of Black Canadians and newcomers aged 18-35. With a focus on diversity and innovation, DTTP is poised to shape the future of tech.
Easily turn your business tasks into 40-hour projects
Access our template library for inspiration, or browse to see what other employers are looking for. We make it easy for you to convert your digital tech challenge into off-the-shelf 40-hour projects.
Who are the DTTP Participants?
DTTP participants complete specialized skills training, received mentorship, and have participated in an innovation hackathon. The final phase of their certificate connects tech talent with forward-thinking employers to gain practical experience in the industry.
Most Canadian employers are already eligible
Grow your business with the Diverse Tech Talent Program today!
Frequently asked questions
What does a DTTP project need to include?
Projects should provide 40 hours of work per learner participating. Each project must be completed within 4 weeks. For more information on how to create and submit a project for DTTP, you can consult this article.
How many projects can I submit and how many Participants can I take on?
There’s no limit to how many projects an employer can submit to the DTTP Program. You will be assigned a team of 5 per project.
What if my project requires more than 40 hours of work?
If this is the case, we suggest splitting the one project into two distinct projects. Keep in mind working with 5 learners means a project can require 200 hours of work in total.
Related resources
Program Partners
The Diverse Tech Talent Program (DTTP), is an initiative by the World Innovation League (WIL) in collaboration, with Atila, Co.Lab, Skillhat, and Riipen. DTTP is on a mission to bridge the diversity gap in the tech industry and provide essential skills, mentorship, and job placements for Black Canadians and new immigrants. DTTP is poised to reshape the future of tech by fostering diversity, providing specialized training, and opening doors to exciting career opportunities.
A registered Canadian business or non-profit organization
A member of the House of Commons or Senate of Canada
Part of an organization that engages in partisan political activities, and/or a federal, provincial, territorial, or municipal government
Get the help you need with your projects by delegating your tasks at no cost to learners specialized in a variety of product management skills.
Post your tasks and work with learners remotely. We required maximum of a 5-hour from organizations to communicate feedback over the course of your collaboration.
DTTP is designed to address a critical issue in the tech industry: the underrepresentation of Black Canadians and newcomers aged 18-35.
How does DTTP work?
WordPress Developer Role
Employer: Light Up The World
Location: Remote
Our team is looking for a WordPress wizard who can help us drive more traffic and improve our website.
- This includes helping speed up our website
- Fixing the Plugins
- Updating our website;
- and helping team members with any questions
Student will:
- handling our plugins
- improve the performance of our website
- update our website (as required)
Computer science & IT | Data | Software Development
Web App (Front End)
Project Scope:
Develop a fully functional and responsive front end for the Zinio platform, based on existing UI/UX designs.
Learners will be responsible for:
- . Implement UI Designs: Translate design files into functional HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code.
- Responsive Web Development: Ensure compatibility across various devices and screen sizes.
- Interactive Features: Develop dynamic and interactive elements using JavaScript.
- Testing and Debugging: Identify and rectify any bugs or issues.
UI / UX Design & Prototype:
Project Scope:
Our company would like to explore revisiting the current UX practice on our story-reading platform with a prototype. Our next BIG GOAL is growing the MVP to version 2.0. We are always on the lookout for innovative and fresh UI and UX ideas that will help our users.
Learners will be responsible for:
- Implement UI Designs: Translate design files into functional HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code.
- Responsive Web Development: Ensure compatibility across various devices and screen sizes.
- Interactive Features: Develop dynamic and interactive elements using JavaScript.
- Testing and Debugging: Identify and rectify any bugs or issues.
Find learners to build beautiful websites
- Develop interactive web pages using HTML, CSS & Javascript
- Convert UI designs into dynamic web pages
- Contribute to the code-base of design systems
- Contribute to continuous integration & continuous development (CI/CD) in an agile environment utilizing tools like Git & Github
- Lead a user research study
- Design a user interface
- Edit an existing UI Figma design file
- Design information architecture
- Develop an interactive prototype
- Develop user personas and journey maps
