Accessibility Funding SMCDSB recently secured over $2M from the Province to advance accessibility upgrades; this indicates a strong funding trajectory and openness to vendor solutions. Opportunities exist in accessible hardware and software, web and LMS accessibility consulting, captioning, translation, and assistive technology for students and staff.

Cybersecurity Needs A cybersecurity breach in January 2025 involving the PowerSchool portal highlights cyber risk across student information systems. This creates demand for security assessments, managed detection and response, identity and access management, endpoint protection, data backup and disaster recovery, incident response planning, and staff cybersecurity training.

Facilities & LTAP Launched Long-Term Accommodation Plan signals ongoing capacity planning and modernization needs across facilities. Potential offerings include facilities management software, space optimization tools, project portfolio management, CAD/BIM integration, and energy management with IoT sensors.

Cloud & Data Current tech stack includes AWS and Cloudflare CDN; opportunities exist to optimize cloud spend, strengthen data governance and privacy, improve backup and disaster recovery, and ensure secure SIS/LMS integrations. Additional value could come from security monitoring, IAM enhancements, and compliant data lifecycle management.

Communications An award-winning communications team demonstrates emphasis on stakeholder engagement; this presents a chance to provide CMS and web modernization, CRM and marketing automation, multilingual content workflows, analytics, and video production for parent, student, and community outreach.