{"id":11356,"date":"2022-01-10T14:31:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T14:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/?p=11356"},"modified":"2022-01-19T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T11:34:45","slug":"cisco-and-stem-fellowship-launch-cybersecurity-program-in-canadian-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/2022\/01\/10\/cisco-and-stem-fellowship-launch-cybersecurity-program-in-canadian-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco and STEM Fellowship launch cybersecurity program in Canadian schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cisco Canada and STEM Fellowship have launched Canada\u2019s widest-reaching cybersecurity education program for high school students \u2013 the Cybersecurity Classroom Training Program (CCTP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCTP addresses the growing need for cybersecurity awareness and education and provides early exposure to the various tools, technologies, and career paths available in IT and digital industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funded by a substantial investment from Cisco, the program aims to engage upwards of 40,000 students and 2,000 teachers across Canada by 2023 and inspire the next generation of IT leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have a tremendous opportunity to better prepare young Canadians for a digital future in which they can participate safely and productively,\u201d said Shannon Leininger, President of Cisco Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCanada is facing a digital skills gap, and it\u2019s critical that we find creative&nbsp;ways to spark students&#8217; interest in cybersecurity with programs that appeal to them using real-world examples. The CCTP equips students with the building blocks for a future in IT and helps fuel Canada\u2019s digital talent pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The CCTP features seven modules that were&nbsp;adapted&nbsp;from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netacad.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Cisco\u2019s Networking Academy&nbsp;<\/a>that&nbsp;weave the latest cybersecurity content into core subjects like math, business, English and social studies.&nbsp;Teachers can access resources, animated videos and activities that provide engaging and relevant content to students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cisco Canada and STEM Fellowship have launched Canada\u2019s widest-reaching cybersecurity education program for high school students \u2013 the Cybersecurity Classroom Training Program (CCTP). The CCTP addresses the growing need for cybersecurity awareness and education and provides early exposure to the various tools, technologies, and career paths available in IT and digital industries. Funded by a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":11357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,15,17,34,513,514],"tags":[139,140,121,718],"class_list":["post-11356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-education","category-enterprise-security","category-more-news","category-regional-news-newsletter","category-used","tag-canada","tag-cisco","tag-cybersecurity","tag-education"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11356"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11530,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11356\/revisions\/11530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/north-america\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}