Lighthouse Labs
Type of business | Coding Bootcamp |
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Available in | English |
Founded | 2013 |
No. of locations | Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa |
Industry | Education |
URL | www |
Lighthouse Labs is a tech education company that offers 12-week bootcamps for web development and data science, as well as part-time up-skilling courses, with locations across Canada. In previous years, they organized an annual free learn-to-code event, The HTML500, in partnership with Telus.[1]
Locations
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Vancouver
Opened in 2013, Lighthouse Labs' first immersive bootcamp facility started out of Launch Academy, an incubator in the heart of the city's Gastown neighborhood, before moving to new premises in the heart of downtown Vancouver in 2018.[2] Students learn front and back-end development through the bootcamp's web development full-time program, and learn data science with a 12-week Data Science Bootcamp.
The iOS program, launched in July 2014, was arguably Canada's first immersive iOS immersive program, and ran until summer 2019.[3]
Toronto
As part of a national partnership with Highline, a seed stage investment platform, Lighthouse Labs announced the launch of its Toronto operations during The HTML500 in February 2015.[4] Located in Devhub in downtown Toronto, Lighthouse Labs joins existing Toronto-based bootcamps such as Bitmaker Labs, BrainStation, HackerYou, and Red Academy as one of several developer bootcamps that offer in-person learning opportunities to individuals in the Greater Toronto Area.[5]
Montreal
Operating out of the beautiful Spaces Mile End, Lighthouse Labs Montreal currently offers a: 12-week Data Science Bootcamp, 12-week Web Development Bootcamp, and three part-time courses in web development, and in data analytics.
Victoria
Located in downtown Victoria at KWENCH, Lighthouse Labs immersed themselves in the local tech community by partnering with various community tech leaders such as Viatech and Ladies Learning code. The Victoria location currently runs the web development bootcamp and data science bootcamp twice a year, and three 6-week part-time web and data analytics programs.
Calgary
In April 2015, Lighthouse Labs launched a 'pop-up' program in Calgary through its national partnership with Highline, a co-venture platform that helps early stage digital startups. Originally a 6-week part-time program, it has grown into a satellite campus offering both full and part-time courses in front and back-end development.[8][9] With on-site mentorship and access to student aid and in-person career services, Lighthouse Labs have seen their cohort numbers grow over the past year.[6][7]
Ottawa
Lighthouse Labs hosts their part-time courses at Bayview Yards, and hosts a Bootcamp to become a developer in 12 weeks at Spaces Laurier.
Scholarships
Simon Fraser University
The 'Lighthouse Labs Prize' is an annual scholarship open to students of Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology. Worth over $7000, the scholarship awards one student a spot in the bootcamp's web-development program in Vancouver and is currently in its second year of institution.[8]
Futures in Innovation and Technology
Futures in Innovation and Technology, a digital skills training initiative of the First Nations Technology Council, is open to all Indigenous peoples in British Columbia. Through a combination of over $150,000 in First Nations Technology Council funding and the new Lighthouse Labs Scholarship Fund, seats will be made immediately available in the Web Development bootcamp program.
COVID-19 Scholarship Fund
Part-time course scholarships
Scholarships of $750 are available towards any of our part-time courses.
Full-time bootcamp scholarships
Scholarships are available in varying amounts, up to $5,000 towards our Data Science and Web Development bootcamps.
See also
- Coursera
- The Data Incubator
- Codecademy
- Khan Academy
- General Assembly
- Lynda.com
- App Academy
- Bloc (code school)
References
- ^ "The HTML500 Bootcamp Teaches Free Coding To Promote Digital Literacy". huffingtonpost.ca. 25 Jan 2015.
- ^ Joseph Czikk (3 September 2013). "New Vancouver-Based Coding Academy to launch this fall". betakit.com.
- ^ "Vancouver's Lighthouse Labs Launches Canada's First iOS Bootcamp Course". Retrieved 2015-06-11.
- ^ "Toronto's Newest Tech Bootcamp Will Change Your Career Forever". Archived from the original on 2015-05-16. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
- ^ "Learn to Code in 2015: A List of Toronto's In-Person Learning Opportunities". Retrieved 2015-06-11.
- ^ "National Partnership with Highline". Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ^ "Lighthouse Labs Calgary". Retrieved 2015-06-10.
- ^ "Apply Today to Earn a Spot in Lighthouse Labs Web Development Bootcamp". 2015-06-10.