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Open Digital Literacy and Access Network

Open Digital Literacy and Access Network empowers 2SLGBTQIA+ communities by promoting digital literacy, safety, and inclusion. They aim to eliminate systemic barriers to digital services through resources, tools, and community engagement.

In honour of National Coming Out Day, join ODLAN&#39;s Executive Director Dr. Stephanie Jonsson for a PWYC&nbsp;webinar on self-doxxing and protecting your digital identity. Self-doxxing is the practice of investigating your own online presence from the perspective of someone who may be trying to target or identify you. This process can help you understand what personal information is publicly available and make informed decisions about what you choose to share online. During this webinar, you&rsquo;ll learn how to assess your digital footprint, identify potential risks, and take practical steps to strengthen your online privacy and safety.

Self-Doxxing: How to Find Data Before They Do

Join us for a PWYC webinar with ODLAN&rsquo;s Executive Director, Dr. Stephanie Jonsson, to explore best practices, tips, and the dos and don&rsquo;ts of incorporating AI into your grant writing.

To Use or Not to Use: Grant Writing with AI

Join the ODLAN team for &ldquo;How to Remove AI from Your Browser&quot;! This PWYC webinar with ODLAN will walkthrough how to remove AI features from all the most commonly used internet browsers.

How to Remove AI from Your Browser

Join the ODLAN team for &ldquo;AI Use Policy Development for your Non-Profit&quot;! This PWYC webinar will walkthrough our free AI Use Policy template for non-profit organizations. Get started on your custom version with support from our team!&nbsp;

AI Use Policy Development for your Non-Profit

Join ODLAN for &ldquo;How to Remove AI from Your Digital Platforms&rdquo; 🧩Learn clear, practical steps to reduce or disable AI tools in the apps, platforms, and services you use every day. We&rsquo;ll focus on privacy, consent, and safety for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities and others facing digital harms. Register to:<ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Identify where AI shows up in your digital life 💻</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Understand risks, especially for marginalized users</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Practice settings and alternatives that match your values</li></ul>

How to Remove AI from Your Digital Platforms

This pay-what-you-can webinar will explore how to remove AI features from the most commonly used internet browsers. The session will be led by ODLAN&rsquo;s Director of Education &amp; Strategy, Vivian Lee.

This Project Launch event introduces the DCCP2026 project led by ODLAN in partnership with Wisdom2Action (W2A). The project focuses on addressing online hate and mis/disinformation impacting 2SLGBTQIA+ diasporic communities in Canada through community-led knowledge mobilization, resource development, and collaborative engagement.The event will center lived experience, storytelling, and community partnership as foundational to the project. Our Project Launch is hosted in collaboration with the magnificent Tammy The Brown is Ontario&#39;s Sword-balancing, Booty Shakin&#39;, Alien Drag Queen! &nbsp;This Canadian-Arab Diva combines the dark and alternative, with her cultural roots, creating an enticing experience. &nbsp;Known for floor length Pony Tails, dance moves, and LOTS of eye contact. &nbsp;Tammy The Brown invites(encourages) you to take a long ride on her Magic Carpet Space Ship.

Project Launch - Fostering Online Cultural Safety for 2SLGBTQIA+ Diasporic Communities

Join us to help celebrate ODLAN&rsquo;s work over the past five years and the impact we have made in focusing our work in digital literacy, safety, and inclusion, for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. We will be showcasing the many resources, tools, and research the ODLAN team has published and be part of the launch of our new video series focused on Rainbow Seniors navigating dating scams.&nbsp; This event will also close our week-long virtual silent auction, with all proceeds will directly support ODLAN&#39;s mission to eliminate systemic access barriers to digital services. You will be able to pick up our newest swag items, hard copies of our resources, and buy one of our Dinosaurs for Digital Literacy t-shirts!

ODLAN’s 5th Birthday Celebration!

Getting ODLAN merch as a way of supporting our work to support 2SLGBTQQIA+ research and community resources focusing on building digital literacy, safety and inclusion!&nbsp; For items that need to be shipped, please add 1 item to the &quot;Shipping Fees&quot; item for purchase. Shipping is $10 for Canada-wide. We are currently not able to ship internationally.&nbsp; Optional Zeffy fee - on the check out page, an optional Zeffy fee is opted-in to support the Zeffy platform. In order to change this fee to $0, click on the drop down menu, and select &#39;Other&#39;.&nbsp;

Getting ODLAN merch as a way of supporting our work to support 2SLGBTQQIA+ research and community resources focusing on building digital literacy, safety and inclusion! For items that need to be shipped, please add 1 item to the "Shipping Fees" item for purchase. Shipping is $10 for Canada-wide. We are currently not able to ship internationally. Optional Zeffy fee - on the check out page, an optional Zeffy fee is opted-in to support the Zeffy platform. In order to change this fee to $0, click on the drop down menu, and select 'Other'.

Open Digital Literacy and Access Network

Open Digital Literacy and Access Network

Past events

Past events

Self-Doxxing: How to Find Data Before They Do

To Use or Not to Use: Grant Writing with AI

How to Remove AI from Your Browser

AI Use Policy Development for your Non-Profit

How to Remove AI from Your Digital Platforms

How to Remove AI from Your Browser

Project Launch - Fostering Online Cultural Safety for 2SLGBTQIA+ Diasporic Communities

ODLAN’s 5th Birthday Celebration!

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