Ladies Learning Code -- a national non-profit offering beginner-friendly tech education -- is proud to announce the second year of the Canada-wide initiative designed to promote technology education: National Learn to Code Day.

On September 27, 2014, over 750 adult learners will attend simultaneous workshops in 16 cities across the country, while hundreds more will tune in virtually. Toronto will be hosting its very own workshop at The Lab (483 Queen St W).

Workshop participants will learn basic HTML and CSS to build a beautiful and simple one-page website in a social and collaborative way. HTML and CSS are the programming languages that form the backbone of all websites and understanding them is key to building websites, creating marketing emails, blogging and successfully communicating in the digitally-driven world we live in. On National Code Day, over 200 volunteer expert developers will serve as mentors at each workshop across Canada. That’s a ratio of 4 learners to every mentor making the learning environment perfect for absolute beginners.

“National Learn to Code Day promotes digital literacy while helping Canadians skill-up on important 21st century skills. Since its inception in 2011, Ladies Learning Code has held over 300 workshops and events and reached over 10,000 learners across the country,” said Melissa Crnic, Ladies Learning Code’s Director. “Every Canadian can participate in National Learn to Code Day.

You can attend the workshop in person or virtually, sign-up to be a mentor, register to be notified of future events in a city near you or join the conversation on digital literacy by following us on social media. On National Learn to Code Day, make the decision to become a passionate builder - and not just a consumer of technology.”

Find a workshop in a city near you, or sign-up for an online workshop by visiting our website at ladieslearningcode.com/codeday.