Lighthouse Labs is a tech education company that offers 12-week boot camps 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]
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| Type of business | Coding Bootcamp |
|---|---|
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 2013 |
| No. of locations |  Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa |
| Industry | Education |
| URL | www |
Locations
editThis section contains promotional content. (March 2020) |
Vancouver
editOpened in 2013, Lighthouse Labs' first immersive boot camp facility started out of Launch Academy, an incubator in the city's Gastown neighborhood, before moving to new premises in downtown Vancouver in 2018.[2] Students learn front and back-end development through the boot camp's web development full-time program and learn data science with a 12-week Data Science Bootcamp.
Toronto
editAs 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.[3] Located in Devhub in downtown Toronto, Lighthouse Labs is one of several developer boot camps that offer in-person learning opportunities to individuals in the Greater Toronto Area.[4]
Montreal
editOperating out of the 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 data analytics.
Victoria
editLocated in downtown Victoria at KWENCH, Lighthouse Labs partners with other organizations in the area such as Viatech and Ladies Learning Code. The Victoria location currently runs the web development boot camp and data science boot camp twice a year and three 6-week part-time web and data analytics programs.
Calgary
editIn April 2015, Lighthouse Labs launched a 'pop-up' program in Calgary through its national partnership with Highline. Originally a 6-week part-time program, it has grown into a satellite campus offering full- and part-time courses in front- and back-end development.[5][6]
Ottawa
editLighthouse Labs hosts their part-time courses at Bayview Yards and hosts a Bootcamp to become a developer in 12 weeks at Spaces Laurier.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.