The Graduate College is collecting used devices for refugees and new immigrants
Tech Drive is the new initiative organized by the Service Committee of the Graduate College in collaboration with the Calgary Immigrant Society. The goal of this project is to collect used electronic devices such as phones, tablets and computers. The Gauntlet interviewed Isabel Fandino, the initiator of the Tech Drive project. Fandino is an MA student at the University of Calgary. The idea of Tech Drive came to Fandino’s mind after she interviewed refugee families for her research project. Many families were in need of computers. Fandino and her supervisor decided to post an ad on the Immi...