Academic Partners – Nonprofit Digital Capacity Curriculum Initiative
Date Issued: December 1, 2025
Submission Deadline: December 19, 2025 at 12 p.m. AST
The Pictou County Partnership is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) to invite accredited academic institutions to serve as the academic partner for the Nonprofit Digital Capacity Curriculum Initiative. This national initiative will deliver high-quality, accessible digital and AI literacy training to nonprofit organizations across Canada, strengthening the sector’s operational efficiency and long-term sustainability.
The successful academic partner will collaborate closely with the curriculum development contractor, subject matter experts (SMEs), and industry stakeholders to ensure pedagogical integrity, academic rigor, accessibility, and alignment with adult-learning best practices. The partner may also support credentialing, research integration, evaluation frameworks, and knowledge translation activities as appropriate.
This partnership role is essential to ensuring that the curriculum is evidence-based, inclusive, reflective of nonprofit realities, and suitable for deployment at scale—including potential alignment with micro-credentials or continuing education certification pathways.
View the full RFP by clicking on the ‘View Document’ button below.