Lighthouse Labs Explained

Lighthouse Labs
Company Type:	Coding Bootcamp
Foundation:	2013
Locations:	Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa
Industry:	Education
Language:	English

Lighthouse Labs is a tech education company that offers 12-week boot camps for web development and data science, as well as part-time up-skilling courses, with locations across Canada. In previous years, they organized an annual free learn-to-code event, The HTML500, in partnership with Telus.^[1]

Locations

Vancouver

Opened in 2013, Lighthouse Labs' first immersive boot camp facility started out of Launch Academy, an incubator in the city's Gastown neighborhood, before moving to new premises in downtown Vancouver in 2018.^[2] Students learn front and back-end development through the boot camp's web development full-time program and learn data science with a 12-week Data Science Bootcamp.

Toronto

As part of a national partnership with Highline, a seed-stage investment platform, Lighthouse Labs announced the launch of its Toronto operations during The HTML500 in February 2015.^[3] Located in Devhub in downtown Toronto, Lighthouse Labs is one of several developer boot camps that offer in-person learning opportunities to individuals in the Greater Toronto Area.^[4]

Montreal

Operating out of the Spaces Mile End, Lighthouse Labs Montreal currently offers a 12-week Data Science Bootcamp, 12-week Web Development Bootcamp, and three part-time courses in web development and data analytics.

Victoria

Located in downtown Victoria at KWENCH, Lighthouse Labs partners with other organizations in the area such as Viatech and Ladies Learning Code. The Victoria location currently runs the web development boot camp and data science boot camp twice a year and three 6-week part-time web and data analytics programs.

Calgary

In April 2015, Lighthouse Labs launched a 'pop-up' program in Calgary through its national partnership with Highline. Originally a 6-week part-time program, it has grown into a satellite campus offering full- and part-time courses in front- and back-end development.^{[5] [6]}

Ottawa

Lighthouse Labs hosts their part-time courses at Bayview Yards and hosts a Bootcamp to become a developer in 12 weeks at Spaces Laurier.

See also

• Coursera
• The Data Incubator
• Codecademy
• Khan Academy
• General Assembly
• Lynda.com
• App Academy
• Bloc (code school)

External links

• Lighthouse Labs website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The HTML500 Bootcamp Teaches Free Coding To Promote Digital Literacy. 25 Jan 2015. huffingtonpost.ca.
2. Web site: New Vancouver-Based Coding Academy to launch this fall. Joseph Czikk . 3 September 2013. betakit.com.
3. Web site: Toronto’s Newest Tech Bootcamp Will Change Your Career Forever . 2015-06-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150516161031/http://www.torontoisawesome.com/lifestyle/torontos-newest-tech-bootcamp-will-change-your-career-forever . 2015-05-16 .
4. Web site: Learn to Code in 2015: A List of Toronto’s In-Person Learning Opportunities. 2015-06-11.
5. Web site: National Partnership with Highline. 2015-06-10.
6. Web site: Lighthouse Labs Calgary. 2015-06-10.