From Deployment to Employment

From Deployment to Employment

What We Do

Coding for Veterans helps Canada’s military veterans to retrain and reskill for jobs in Canada’s tech sector. If there is a “secret sauce,” it’s our personal approach. We help Canada’s war heroes to retrain in one of two programs

1) Software Development
2) Cyber Security.

147,000

Projected Tech Job Openings in Canada

At Coding For Veterans, we work with key stakeholders – particularly Veterans Affairs Canada and the Canadian Armed Forces – in order to identify candidates for the Coding For Veterans program. Once prospective students engage through the C4V website and submit their resume, they are invited to complete the online intake assessment that provides feedback on cognitive, motivation and personality factors pertaining to a career in Software Development or Cybersecurity.

Classes Start in January, May and September

Great Tech Careers Waiting For Our Graduates

Take the life skills you have learned in the military, together with our university accredited classes, allows you to the opportunity to enter Canada’s technology based workforce in as little as 8 months.

Software Development Certificate
Cyber Security Certificate

Upon graduation you will receive industry recognized certification from the University of Ottawa and with our Cyber Security program, you will received the CISSP (Cyber Industry Recognized Accreditation)

From Deployment to Employment

Learn what career opportunities what for you upon graduating from the Coding for Veterans program

Coding for Veterans – In the Community

TV Interviews

BNN Remembrance Day 2021
CTV News – Windsor
CTV News – Edmonton
Global News – Kingston
CBC News – Toronto
City TV News – Toronto

Radio Interviews

NewsTalk1010 – Omny.fm
Good Morning Hamilton – Hamilton
The Feed • Episode 270 – York Region
CFRB 1010 – Toronto
NewsTalk 610 – Omny
Radio Canada Ohdio – Junction 11 – 17

Newspapers

The Coding For Veterans Career Caravan will be pulling into Atlantic Canada
Coding for Veterans To Provide Free Tution for Afghan Interpreters
Veterans are offered training to serve in cyberspace
Coding for Veterans Seeking New Recruits
CODING FOR VETERANS – Ontario Press Release
Veterans are given the opportunity to serve on the "glass battlefield" of cyberspace.

Why veterans choose a career in IT

A stable career is waiting for you in Canada’s tech sector with long term job security

The Canadian tech sector has some of the highest average salaries of any job occupation in Canada.

A job in the tech sector provides the flexibility to work in either an office setting or work remotely.

 

 

 

What makes Coding for Veterans unique?

100% Online Delivery

Our program is delivered by professors

University Professional Development Program

Upon completion participants will receive a professional development certificate

Industry Accreditation

You will graduate with industry recognized accreditation (CISSP, Linux, CCNA, Python)

Tech industry mentorship

We have tech industry mentors who work with students

$0 Tuition Cost

We are a VAC Approved program that pays 100% of your tuition. (if qualified)

To find out more information or to apply to the program

Our Program Partners

Coding for Veterans is making an impact and the results are showing!

Our team has visited over 30 SCAN Seminars from coast to coast

Listen to endorsements about our program

Coding for Veterans Why veterans become an IT professional?

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Coding for Veterans together with industry partners have established a program to teach computer software development skills along with advanced program course work in the areas of cyber security to the men and women from Canada’s armed forces. It is an intensive program designed to equip veterans from the Canadian military with the skills required to enter and succeed in Canada’s technology-based workforce.


Our Mission: is to help the men and women of Canada’s military to retrain and reskill for jobs in Canada’s tech sector


The Format: Classes are taught 100% online. The program starts in January, May and September. All students are in a protected cohort meaning that you and your classmates are all military veterans. Whether you are a person with minimal coding skills or an advanced IT specialist, we have a program to fit your needs.

What they are saying.

Going through the Coding for Veterans program with other veterans and being able to work through projects with them was a very beneficial aspect of the program.

Class of 2020 Ret. Gunner

Andrew Kennedy

The team at Coding For Veterans as well as the program content has surpassed my initial expectations. I landed my ideal career job within the Federal government while in the midst of working on the Coding for Veterans curriculum.

Class of 2019 (Ret.) LCdr. Naval Warfare Officer

Dean Braknis

I’m proud to be part of the Coding for Veterans program and encourage any military veteran who wants to retrain for a career in IT to enroll.

Ret. (Lt) Navy

Marsalie MacKenzie

Protected Cohort

Classes are comprised of individuals who have all served

Industry Mentors

We have tech industry mentors who help you with your studies

University Education

Classes are taught at a university level which is higher than private colleges and other service providers

Industry Accreditation

Our program offers graduates industry accreditation in addition to their University certificates (CISSP, CCNA, Linux etc.)

Job Opportunities

Employers have helped build our curriculum and are eager to hire our graduates

Stable Employment

Jobs in Canada’s tech sector are among the highest paid and most stable of any career in the country