#ShawHelps: Shaw Communications Makes Free Digital Educational Programming Available for All Canadians
March 30 2020 - 9:07AM
Shaw Communications Inc. today announced that it is giving families
free access to comprehensive, immersive digital educational
programming for children and youth as school facilities are closed
and students move to virtual learning modules due to the threat
posed by COVID-19.
Through a new partnership with EVERFI — an international social
impact education innovator — Shaw is making available
research-backed online programming designed to give K-12 students
access to curriculum aligned topics that are most relevant to young
people today, including personal health, financial education,
mental health, digital wellness and more.
The modules are available today for all Canadians for free by
visiting shaw.ca/shaw-helps/everfi.
“Families are now facing a new reality of being at home together
all day, every day, which, for many parents, has meant that they
have had to take on a new more formal role of teacher in addition
to all of their other work and household responsibilities,” said
Paul McAleese, incoming President, Shaw Communications. “Through
its comprehensive and immersive digital course materials, EVERFI is
helping change the way people think about education. By bringing
these online courses to families, we hope to give families peace of
mind and kids exciting and engaging learning experiences.”
"At this time of uncertainty, when millions of school-aged
children around the world are turning to distance learning, we are
happy to be able to help our strategic partners make much needed
educational content available to families in need," said Tom
Parisi, Executive Vice President of K-12, EVERFI. "Shaw's
commitment to providing education that covers social-emotional
learning and health and wellness, as well as financial education,
is exactly what is needed to support students and families during
this tumultuous period."
EVERFI’s mission is to leverage technology to build scalable and
innovative educational solutions that educate and empower people
and transform communities. Founded in 2008, EVERFI has worked with
schools, educational institutions, companies and communities
worldwide and is a recognized leader in digital educational
programming that addresses the most challenging issues affecting
society.
Digital courses will be available to students for free until the
end of June 2020.
#ShawHelpsToday’s announcement is the latest of
several #ShawHelps initiatives designed to keep individuals,
families, and communities connected and supported while they
observe physical distancing and self-isolation protocols during the
COVID-19 crisis. Other areas of support have included:
- Donating $1 million to support Community Food Centres Canada as
they work to help reduce food insecurity amongst vulnerable
Canadians during this time of crisis.
- Giving two months of free internet service to low-income
families who are part of the Government of Canada’s ‘Connecting
Families’ program.
- The opening of Shaw Go WiFi across Western Canada, which has
given people access to the country’s largest WiFi network for
free.
- Giving Freedom Mobile customers with a rate plan of 3GB of
Freedom LTE data or less — including those who have no data
allotment — an extra 2GB of extra data for free to ensure they have
the data certainty they need.
- Giving all Shaw Cable and Shaw Direct customers free access to
several TV channels at no additional cost to keep their families
informed and entertained, including CBC News Network, CTV News
Channel, Treehouse and Disney Jr.
- Ensuring our customers continue to have the data they need to
live their lives by not having hard data caps on our internet plans
and not limiting our customers’ internet data use.
A full list of these and other #ShawHelps initiatives can be
found at shaw.ca/shaw-helps
About ShawShaw Communications Inc. is a leading
Canadian connectivity company. The Wireline division consists of
Consumer and Business services. Consumer serves residential
customers with broadband Internet, Shaw Go WiFi, video and digital
phone. Business provides business customers with Internet, data,
WiFi, digital phone and video services. The Wireless division
provides wireless voice and LTE data services through an expanding
and improving mobile wireless network infrastructure.
Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and
is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX - SJR.B,
SJR.PR.A, SJR.PR.B, NYSE – SJR, and TSXV – SJR.A). For more
information, please visit www.shaw.ca
For media inquiries, please contact: Shaw
Communications Inc. Chethan Lakshman, VP, External Affairs(403)
930-8448chethan.lakshman@sjrb.ca
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