E-Learning Initiative

The Community E-Learning Initiative by Starts With One provides free online tutoring to youth and adults in the Greater Toronto Area. Founded in 2020, our mission is to ensure that quality education is accessible to all, especially those from immigrant and low-income backgrounds. We offer tailored lessons in English, Math, Science, and more, fostering a supportive learning environment where students can thrive. Our community-led approach focuses on mutual aid, bringing together volunteers and students to build connections across ethnic and socioeconomic lines.

Providing FREE Online Tutoring Support for GTA Families.

What is the Community E-Learning Initiative?

The Starts With One E-Learning Initiative was founded on March 30th, 2020, in response to the coronavirus outbreak in Canada. Since then, we have provided hundreds of hours of free tutoring and are currently providing over 65 hours of free tutoring each and every week. Our team has realized that access to quality teaching instruction is an essential service and we will be continuing this program in the long-term, even after COVID-19 has subsided and school resumes.

We offer:

Basic Homework Help
University Preview Lessons
English, Math & Science Teaching
And more!

All online lessons are completely FREE of charge and via Zoom, Skype and/or WhatsApp.

All ages are welcome: we have adult students registered as well! A minimum of one hour of teaching instruction is guaranteed each week per student.

Enroll by filling out the form through the button below and emailing it to us at startswithonecanada@gmail.com. Our team will get back to you with more details on how to get started.

Enroll Your Child Today

What differentiates our E-Learning Initiative from other tutoring programs?

Starts With One’s E-Learning program focuses on providing mutual aid to our communities. Our volunteers and executive members are all a part of the GTA community themselves, and understand that community service exists for the purposes of building solidarity, rather than for the sake of service itself. Our students and parents are continually involved in the design and operations of our program, as well as its advocacy work. Thus, we provide a service of mutual aid, focused on community learning and advocacy for individuals of all ages, predominantly from immigrant, low-income backgrounds in the GTA.

What Makes Our
E-Learning Initiative Unique?

In Canada, extracurricular tutoring services are highly inaccessible for the majority of families, especially lower income families. Please visit our “Our Cause” page to learn about our dedication to mitigating the effects of socioeconomic inequality in Canada.

At SWO, we believe that as class sizes become larger, more and more students are being left behind when they need and deserve one-on-one attention. SWO's tutoring lessons give space for our students a safe space to learn, make mistakes, and grow.

Our program, by virtue of its design, builds friendships across ethnic and socioeconomic lines. Most of our tutors are first or second-generation immigrants themselves, who are paying it forward out of the kindness of their hearts to students who are also in need of some extra support.

We are committed to understanding and addressing the needs of the communities we serve, especially refugee and immigrant families. By focusing on their unique challenges—like adapting to a new education system or language barriers—we ensure our support is inclusive, accessible, and responsive.

Who Do We Serve?

Our students come from a variety of backgrounds, from Chinese to Somali to Syrian! Many of our students have come here on refugee status or have recently immigrated. Most live in the Toronto area, mainly in St. James Town & Regent Park neighbourhoods. Currently, all the students we serve identify as a visible minority group. Our students are aged from kindergarten to adult! We also offer ESL support for parents of students in our program.

Learn More by Reading Our Impact Report!

Enroll Your Child Today!

Ready to provide your child with free, high-quality tutoring? Enroll by filling out the form through the button below and emailing it to us at startswithonecanada@gmail.com. Our team will get back to you with more details on how to get started.

Join us in creating a brighter future for your child through the power of community learning!