The Community Access Program (CAP) is a Government of Canada initiative, administered by Industry Canada, which aims to provide Canadians with affordable public access to the Internet and the skills they need to use it effectively. With the combined efforts of the federal, provincial and territorial governments, community groups, social agencies, libraries, schools, volunteer groups and the business community, CAP helps Canadians, wherever they live, take advantage of emerging opportunities in the new global knowledge-based economy. Under CAP, public locations like schools, libraries and community centres act as "on-ramps" to the Information Highway, and provide computer support and training.         CAP is the key component of the Government of Canada's Connecting Canadians initiative, whose goal is to make Canada the most connected nation in the world. CAP started in 1994 in rural communities with populations up to 50,000. Then in December 1999, following a successful pilot program in urban communities, CAP is now being rolled out to larger population centres of over 50,000. By March 31, 2001, Industry Canada wants to establish public Internet access sites in up to 10,000 rural, remote and urban communities across Canada. It's hoped that CAP sites will increasingly join together in networking opportunities enabling them to pool resources and form networks to be able to offer even more to their communities. Scotsburn is a member of the North Shore Cap.

SCOTSBURN CAP

The Scotsburn Cap site is based out of the Scotsburn Elementary School, which is located at 4100 Scotsburn Road, Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The Scotsburn Community Access Program (CAP) Society became official August 21, 2000. It has been up and offering free Internet access since October 17, 2000. Currently there are 11 computers available for use.  We can help you one-on-one with most common software and internet applications.  We also lend out cameras and other devices to the public.

    Scotsburn CAP Hours of Operation:    

Hours
Monday	6:00 pm  -  9:00 pm
Tuesday	6:00 pm  -  9:00 pm
Wednesday	6:00 pm  -  9:00 pm
Thursday	6:00 pm  -  9:00 pm

We are offering a class in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, FrontPage and PowerPoint) to anyone interested!  The class will be on Mondays and Wednesday from 6:30-8:30 starting on January 24th and continuing for 4 weeks.  If you interested in taking the course, e-mail us at scotsburn_cap@hotmail.com or call(485-7980) Justin during regular C@P hours(6-9).

Because of the aforementioned class, the C@P site will be closed to users (except those in the class) during the times noted above.  Thanks for your cooperation.

One on one training available for: Basic Computer Usage Internet Microsoft Word Microsoft Excel Borrowed devices (cameras, projector, DVD player etc..) And More

Resources Available: Free Internet Access Scanners CD Burner (2)Digital Cameras (can be borrowed) Video Projector (can be borrowed) DVD player (can be borrowed)

C@P Site Prices: Black & White Printouts: $.25 Color Printouts: $1.00 Diskettes: $1.00 CD-R: $2.50 CD-RW: $5.00