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D2L values the importance of fostering social and physical well-being for all employees. The D2L Social Fun Committee kicks off 2024 with a rock climbing event. D2Lers are invited (including kids and partners) to come together for some social time and healthy activity at a local rock climbing gym.
D2L and Unity Partner to Help Revolutionize Education with Immersive Real-Time 3D D2L, a global learning technology company, today announced a new partnership with Unity, the world’s leading platform for creating and operating interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content with a goal to transform the education landscape through classroom integration of immersive Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and RT3D technologies. The partnership is a direct response to the increased demand for innovative and engaging learning experiences in the classroom.
D2L is helping more British and Irish medical and healthcare associations to train, develop and upskill their professionals while helping to raise standards in the industry—through the adoption of its award-winning learning innovation platform. “We’re pleased to see so many medical and healthcare associations investing in modern learning platforms to help improve education and professional development,” said Stewart Watts, Vice President, EMEA, D2L. “In line with the NHS Long-Term Workforce Plan, this commitment to learning can empower healthcare professionals to upskill and adapt to the ever-changing healthcare landscape. By embracing a highly accessible and flexible learning innovation platform like D2L Brightspace, these associations are paving the way for enhanced knowledge sharing, continuous professional development and improved patient care.”
As part of our 2023 D2L Gives Back campaign, D2Lers around the world donated time, funds and products to a variety of community-based organizations that support individuals facing food insecurity. In addition, the D2L Philanthropy matched $3,000 in donations, amounting to a grand total of $15,000 in monetary donations in just two weeks. D2Lers alone raised $6,738.67 giving to organizations that are near and dear to their hearts. Food banks across Canada, the US and the UK have been positively impacted by their kindness, including The Food Bank of Waterloo Region and Save the Children UK. A group of D2Lers happily set out to deliver the donation boxes of products collected at our HQ, spreading warmth and goodwill to our beloved community.
Excited to announce that D2L has won an award for Canada's Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures of 2023 – Mid-Market! 🏆 😍 "The 2023 Canada's Most Admired award recipients exemplify how culture drives performance, especially in the face of economic uncertainty and other recruitment and retention challenges," says Marty Parker, President and CEO of Waterstone Human Capital and Chair of the Canada's Most Admired™ program. "This year's winners are leveraging culture to drive growth and success in today's highly competitive talent market through the acquisition, retention, and optimization of high-performance leaders, teams, and corporate cultures."
Following D2L’s attendance at the K-12 cybersecurity White House forum, we are proud to share our advancements in our K-12 “Secure by Design” pledge commitments. D2L remains devoted to further helping protect students, teachers and schools from cyberattacks, and we are honoured to be in partnership with fellow industry leaders in ensuring that learning is a safe and secure space for all.
Join us for D2L Night School, an event series where we share what we’ve learned, network with other innovators and collectively build a stronger tech community. On November 23rd, D2L's Sustainability and ESG team will share their insight and knowledge of current state of sustainability and ESG in North America along with some best practices and lessons in developing sustainability at D2L.
Halloween at D2L! Yesterday we got to do our very 1st Halloween Costume Parade in the new office space at Catalyst! Employees came in costume and were invited to bring their family in for trick-or-treating. It was a fun and spooky time for all 👻
D2L CMO, Jennifer Ogden-Reese, proudly represented D2L as it was named BlackBerry's first Sustainability Partner. "We’re at a critical point on the path to meeting the UN Sustainability Development Goals for 2030. Now, more than ever, we need to work together to achieve them. I’m excited that together we are supporting Actua, Canada’s leading STEM outreach organization, in its ongoing work to dismantle inequalities so that all youth can participate in STEM, including its investments in Indigenous-led STEM skill development," says Ogden-Reese.
New podcast alert!🎙️Today we’re celebrating the launch of The Skill Shift, a podcast for learning organizations that want to future-proof their teams. In our bi-weekly episodes, learning experts from some of the most innovative businesses in the world share their unique approaches to L&D, give insights into how they’re preparing their workforce for the future and the ways they’re addressing skills gaps in their industries. In our first episode, we welcome Matt Sigelman, president of The Burning Glass Institute and chairman at Lightcast. He and our host, Malika Asthana, senior strategy and public affairs manager, D2L, cover the value of real-time labor market data, relevant research reports, how transferable skills can help fill skill gaps and more.
