The Intelligent Community Institute™ Canada (Atlantic) is ICF’s first Canadian Institute, operating from New Brunswick Community College in Fredericton. It was created to contribute to the acceleration of regional economic and community growth through the use of broadband and information technology and spread the Community Accelerator Strategy through workshops, consulting, research and events. 

The Institute is one of several such organizations licensed through ICF. Each Institute focuses on educating and assisting communities in becoming proficient in the Community Accelerator Strategy Factors – connectivity, knowledge work, innovation, engagement, inclusion and sustainability.

New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) is a community college with campuses in Moncton, Miramichi, Fredericton, Saint John, St. Andrews and Woodstock across the province of New Brunswick. It offers more than 90 programs across 18 industrial sectors to students, who learn in a dynamic environment through hands-on training, state-of-the-art equipment and real-world experiences that prepare them to step into the workplace with expertise and confidence.

An Intelligent Community must work for everybody is to work for anybody

In its inaugural year, the Intelligent Community Institute Canada (Atlantic) will take advantage of existing ICF programs including Intelligent Community Certification, Community Accelerator training and Community Assessment. It will develop programs and projects specific to its region with a particular focus on accessibility technologies and their application to underserved communities across the country. The Institute will provide a highly visible stage for the global promotion of Intelligent Community innovations developed in New Brunswick, along with extensive international networking opportunities which will in return bring the best global innovations and Intelligent Community thinking into Atlantic Canada.

Accomplishments 

October 2024
ACCESS: Inaugural Conference of the Intelligent Community Institute Canada (Atlantic)

November 2024
Intelligent Community Institute Canada (Atlantic) inaugurates I7 network of award-winning ICF communities to explore critical community development issues and solutions

December 2024
New Brunswick Community College offers ICF Community Accelerator online training