CCNDR CoLabs
Collaborative spaces for co-creating practical digital solutions.
CCNDR CoLabs are how we bring people together to solve real digital challenges facing nonprofits across Canada.
Each CoLab is a national, time bound collaboration anchored in one of our focus areas:
Data Management & Literacy
Cybersecurity Readiness
Emerging Technology
Rather than developing solutions behind closed doors, CoLabs create structured spaces where nonprofits, community partners, and experts work side by side to design learning, tools, and pathways that are practical and grounded in lived experience.
CoLabs are intentionally designed to be practical, inclusive, and repeatable. They create focused environments for shared problem solving, applied learning, and sector wide collaboration.
Explore our CoLabs to find opportunities to collaborate on shared nonprofit digital challenges.
At their core, CoLabs centre:
Real nonprofit share-lived experience
Responsible and equity informed design
Shared learning and collective insight
Outputs that are ready for real world use
AI Nonprofit Skilling CoLab
An Emerging Technology CoLab focused on responsible AI adoption
The Nonprofit AI Skilling CoLab is CCNDR’s first national CoLab and the first application of this model at scale.
Led by CCNDR and supported by Microsoft Elevate, this Emerging Technology CoLab brings together nonprofit organizations, learning partners, and practitioners to co-create practical, nonprofit specific AI learning.
The focus is not on AI hype. It is on helping nonprofits explore AI thoughtfully, responsibly, and in ways that protect community trust.
Through structured collaboration, the CoLab is developing a dual track AI credentialing program that supports:
- Frontline nonprofit professionals building applied confidence
- Organizational leaders strengthening internal capacity
Learning is delivered through self paced modules, live cohorts, and community led facilitation, ensuring it is accessible, credible, and grounded in nonprofit realities.
Work is currently underway, with learning design and community co-creation taking place through the first half of 2026.
The Nonprofit AI Skilling CoLab is CCNDR’s first national CoLab and the first application of this model at scale.
Led by CCNDR and supported by Microsoft Elevate, this Emerging Technology CoLab brings together nonprofit organizations, learning partners, and practitioners to co-create practical, nonprofit specific AI learning.
The focus is not on AI hype. It is on helping nonprofits explore AI thoughtfully, responsibly, and in ways that protect community trust.
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Could this be a CoLab?
Some challenges are too complex for one organization to solve alone.
If you’re seeing a digital issue that requires coordination, applied learning, and sector wide collaboration, it might be a fit for the CoLab model.
We welcome ideas from nonprofits, funders, and ecosystem partners who want to build practical solutions together.