Mandalab

The Mandalab is a Living Lab network, hosted by Communautique. Communautique is a Montreal-based non-profit urban community network founded in 1995 to assist low- income individuals and families and other groups potentially excluded from participating in the information society. It provides Internet access and other ICT services and training throughout the province of Québec. In addition, Communautique has raised public awareness of the potential impact of provincial government online initiatives on the voluntary sector and the populations its serves. Communautique was invited to present its actions as part of the Quebec delegation to the World Summit on Information Society in Tunis. Communautique is also active in building ICT capacity within the voluntary sector itself to enable community groups to work more effectively to accomplish their goals. Communautique is actively involved in Industry Canada’s Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) program, which aims to increase the technological capacity of the voluntary sector in Canada.

Areas of work:

• Culture and Creativity (Creative Sectors)
• Education and/or Vocational Training
• Environment/Climate Change
• Social Innovation and Inclusion