Quebec Literacy Working Group VOX Newsletter

What's Inside

"the literacy resource for adult education teachers"

QLWG's Working for You

International Literacy Day

Resource Room

Keeping you Connected

Have Your Say


1 in 5
Quebecers have difficulty reading

and have only few basic skills or strategies for decoding and working with a text. According to the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), an estimated one million Quebecers are at Level 1 Literacy Prose, which is defined as adults having few decoding skills. Parents at Level 1 cannot determine the correct dosage of medicine to administer to a sick child, or help their children with their home work.


QLWG Contact Details

Quebec Literacy Working Group
Patti Moore, Coordinator
c/o Eastern Quebec Learning Centre
3005 William Stuart
Sainte-Foy (Québec) G1W 1V4
Tel: (418) 651-3022
Fax: (418) 651-3025
Email: moorep@CQSB.qc.ca
Web: www.qela.qc.ca












  

QLWG's Working for You:

pair of glasses on top of a stack of books imageQLWG is a grouping of English adult literacy consultants from 11 English school boards across the province of Quebec. Our vision is to provide a leadership role in promoting positive awareness, increasing services and building stronger partnerships within the English school board environment. Our mission is to promote, advance and support adult, youth and family literacy within the English sector. QLWG is committed to lifelong learning.

world imageSome of the ways QLWG can help you in your commitment to lifelong learning and the advancement of literacy:

  • Professional development for teachers, volunteers and coordinators.
  • Access to a vast network of resources through the partnership with the communitybased literacy groups (Quebec English Literacy Alliance (QELA)) and with the Centre for Literacy.
  • Information and support through ongoing updates to the school boards, newsletters and the QELA website.
  • Improved learning abilities for your students through literacy instruction and the promotion of family literacy programs within the school boards.
  • Government representation through regular participation on MEQ task forces and committees.

Keeping You Connected

numerous communication devices in collage imageThe National Literacy and Health Program

is planning the Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health. The event takes place from October 17-19 in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, see their link: www.cpha.ca/
literacyandhealth/.

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pile of folders imageResource Room

The Quebec English Literacy Alliance Web Site (www.qela.qc.ca) is a joint provincial partnership of English literacy councils: Laubach Literacy Canada – Quebec / Literacy Volunteers of Quebec (LLC-Q/LVQ) and the Quebec Literacy Working Group.
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