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Across North America, passionate people help out at their community Free Geek organization to refurbish discarded computers and make them useful tools again for people who need them. In the process, people build community, gain skills, and help the planet.
Our mission is to provide low-cost computers, offer green solutions to unwanted and end-of-life technology, and work with partners to increase digital inclusion in our city.
Free Geek Toronto is a federally-registered not-for-profit organization but is not a charity. We cannot issue tax-deductible receipts.
Our vision is a city with options for access to technology that reflect people’s ability to pay, a collective commitment to digital inclusion, and the planet’s well-being.
We focus on promoting a circular economy, extending the life of products and reducing our reliance on virgin materials. We seek out unwanted electronics for reuse and refurbishment, selling them at accessible prices. Only items that cannot be reused or refurbished are ethically recycled. Without our commitment to environmental change, we would not have products that help create social change. We take pride in being an employment social enterprise, serving as a model for the circular economy, and moving towards a zero-waste society.
Free Geek Toronto (CyberEquality Inc.) launched as a grassroots organization in 2009 out of the Junction neighbourhood in Toronto. In 2011, working in collaboration with the original Free Geek in Portland, we began running our own independent organization in Toronto under the Free Geek banner. In 2014, we moved our shop to the heart of West Queen West, where we continue to operate today. Free Geek Toronto is a not-for-profit organization incorporated under the federal NFP Act.
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Our vision is a city with options for access to technology that reflect people’s ability to pay, a collective commitment to digital inclusion, and the planet’s well-being.
learn moreFree Geek Toronto (FGT) is a hybrid-model employment social enterprise (ESE). We use our technology reuse operation as the foundation of a digital skills-building program through which we offer an environment for people to gain tech industry experience, emphasizing computer repair and refurbishment.
We uniquely offer the benefits of both linking employment and parallel employment as part of our program. We train employees to use open-source software, which provides critical skills for participating in today’s digital world.
