June 2007 - Quebec English Literacy Alliance

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Québec English Literacy Alliance
22 adult literacy providers
across the province.
Comments Suggestions Please contact:
QELA Website Coordinator
Tel.: (418) 651-3022
Fax: (418) 651-3025
Email: moorep@cqsb.qc.ca
Website: www.qela.qc.ca
Deadline for article submissions for the
November 2007 issue of QELA CONTACT
is October 19, 2007.
Karen Ingalls
QELA Newsletter Editor
Email: k_inga23@sympatico.ca
ELA gratefully acknowledges the
continuing support received from the
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Initiatives fédérales-provinciales
conjointes en matière d’alphabétisation
(IFPCA) program, a joint project of the
National Literacy Secretariat and the
Direction de la formation générale des
adultes, for the production of this website
newsletter.
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Should you
wish to contact the
QELA Steering Committee
regarding any
comments or questions
that you may have, please
feel free to contact
Carolyn Marsh, QELA
Project Coordinator.
June 12, 2007
End-of-Term BBQ for all Literacy Unlimited volunteers, students and friends will be
held in Pointe-Claire’s Riverside Park from 5-9pm. For more info call 514-694-0007.
June 14, 2007
Official dedication of the Freda Hudson Reading Room at the Yamaska Literacy
Council in Cowansville from 5-7pm.
June 21, 2007
The workshop, “ALLS Survey: What Do the Statistics Mean for Quebec” is being
held at the English Montreal School Board (6000 Fielding Ave., Montreal) from 1-
3pm in the MacVicar Room on the 4 th floor. Presented by Patti L. Moore.
June 27-29, 2007
Summer Institute 2007: “Libraries and Literacy: Making it Work” at the Centre for
Literacy.
June 29, 2007
Laubach Literacy of Canada’s Annual General Meeting at the Delta Brunswick in
Saint John, NB starting at 1:15pm.
August 16-19, 2007
St. Lambert Days Street Fair. Look for the South Shore Reading Council’s
booth. Lots to do: sidewalk sales, cultural activities, activities for kids,
concerts, dancing, etc.
August 27, 2007
Literacy Unlimited’s Annual Golf Tournament at Whitlock Golf Club in Hudson, QC.
For further info visit www.literacyunlimited.ca
September 8, 2007
International Literacy Day.
Just Point and Click!
lick on Learning Links for quick and easy access to
C interactive and ready-to-print learning activities and resources
without having to search through numerous sites. It
is an invaluable “find-it-fast” way to tap into helpful websites
created for students, tutors and teachers. Locate multimedia
resources, tutorials, information, references, interactive
materials, games and quizzes. Little to no computer experience needed!
Odds and Sods
A
national research project, funded by the National Office of Literacy and
Learning, Human Resources and Social Development Canada, is studying
the process of moving findings from the research literature on violence and
learning into ABE/Literacy practice and program policy. A survey is being conducted
to find out what people in the ABE/Literacy field think about the relationship
between learning and learners’ past or current experience of violence.
The survey will be open until July 1, 2007. Contact: Kate Nonesuch.
o, you’ve always been meaning to work on that “Family Tree”
S but it just keeps being pushed to the back burner. Well, fire
up the grill this summer and visit www.geni.com. Have fun and
learn with this genealogical website that makes building your
family tree a snap. It’s free, you can add photos AND it allows
you to “invite” relatives to help flesh out branches of the family
that you’re not too familiar with!
QELA CONTACT, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Mid-June 2007 Page 12