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British Columbia contacts

Provincial government

Ministry of Advanced Education

Steven Rumpel, Director, Colleges and Essential Skills
Colleges and Skills Development Branch
PO Box 9894, Stn Prov Govt
835 Humboldt Street
Victoria, BC  V8W 9T6
Tel: 250-387-3395 - Fax: 250-952-6110
Email: steven.rumpel@gov.bc.ca
Website: http://www.gov.bc.ca/aved/

Ministry of Advanced Education

Marissa Thola, Senior Policy Advisor
Workplace Learning and Essential Skills
4th Floor, 835 Humboldt Street
PO Box 9882
Victoria, BC  V8W 9T6
Tel: 250-387-6174 - Fax: 250-387-0878
Email: AVED.LearningPrograms@gov.bc.ca
Website: http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/abe/welcome.htm

Provincial coalition

Decoda Literacy Solutions

Brenda LeClair, Chief Executive Officer
Suite 560, 510 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC  V6C 3A8
Tel: 604-681-4199 - Fax: 604-681-3006
Email: info@decoda.ca
Website: http://www.decoda.ca/

Other organizations

Adult Basic Education Association of BC

Linda Ohashi, President
Delview Adult Learning Centre
5476 45th Ave
Delta, BC  V4K 1L4
Tel: 604-664-8567 - Fax: 604-931-9036
Email: linda.ohashi@sd41.bc.ca
Website: http://www.abeabc.ca

Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training (ASPECT)

Norma Strachan, Executive Director
975 Alston Street
Victoria, BC  V9A 3S5
Tel: 250-382-9675 - Toll-free: 1-888-287-4957
Fax: 250-382-9677
Email: nstrachan@aspect.bc.ca
Website: http://www.aspect.bc.ca/

Camosun College

Wendy Magahay, Project Coordinator, Continuing Education and Contract Training
4461 Interurban Road
Victoria, BC  V9E 2C1
Tel: 250-370-4786 - Fax: 250-370-4777
Email: magahay@camosun.ca
Website: http://www.camosun.ca/ce/training.html

Canucks Family Education Centre

Jean Rasmussen, M.Ed., Director
1001 Cotton Drive Room 110
Vancouver, BC  V5L 3T4
Tel: 604-713-8266, ext. 7110 - Fax: 604-713-8265
Email: jean.cfec@gmail.com
Website: http://www.cfecbc.ca

Chilliwack Learning Community Society

Debbie Denault, Literacy Outreach Coordinator
45905 Yale Road
P.O. Box 21081 Southgate
Chilliwack, BC   V2P 6T4
Tel: 604-392-2404 (general inquiries) - 604-701-9794 (Volunteer Adult Learner/Tutor Program)
Email: debbied@chilliwacklearning.com
Website: http://www.chilliwacklearning.com

Comox Valley Adult Learning Centre

Janice Cashin, Chairperson, Board of Directors
1507A McPhee Avenue
Courtenay, BC  V9N 3A6
Tel: 250-338-9906 - Fax: 250-338-9226
Email: admin@cvalc.ca
Website: http://www.cvalc.ca

Douglas College

Pam Tetarenko, Community and Contract Services Programmer
A1410 - 1250 Pinetree Way
Coquitlam, BC  V3B 7X3
Tel: 604-777-6055 - Cell: 604-781-3217
Fax: 604-777-6151
Email: tetarenkop@douglascollege.ca
Website: http://www.douglas.bc.ca/training-community-education/essentialskills.html

Frontier College

Kathy Powelson, Regional Coordinator, BC/Alberta
1001 Cotton Drive
Vancouver, BC  V5L 3T4
Tel: 604-713-5848
Email: kpowelson@frontiercollege.ca
Website: http://www.collegefrontiere.ca

John Howard Society British Columbia

Tim Veresh, Executive Director
763 Kingsway
Vancouver, BC  V5V 3C2
Tel: 604-872-5651 - Fax: 604-872-8737
Email: jhsed@jhslmbc.ca
Website: http://www.johnhowardbc.ca

Learning Difficulties Centre of BC

August Horning, Director of Service Development
785 Patricia Boulevard
PO Box 1068
Prince George, BC  V2L 4V2
Tel: 250-564-8011 - Fax: 250-564-8055
Email: director@theldc.com
Website: http://www.theldc.com

The Learning Factor

Tracy Defoe, President and Chief Education Organizer
3640 Quesnel Drive
Vancouver, BC  V6L 2W8
Tel: 604-730-0331 - Fax: 604-730-0231
Email: td@thelearningfactor.ca
Website: http://www.thelearningfactor.ca/index.htm

Literacy Alberni Society

Richard Girling, Executive Director
5100 Tebo Ave
Port Alberni, BC  V9Y 5Y6
Tel: 250-723-7323
Email: richard@literacyalberni.ca
Website: http://www.literacyalberni.ca/

Literacy Central Vancouver Island

Rebecca Kirk, CEO
19 Commercial St.
Nanaimo, BC  V9R 5G3
Tel: 250-754-8988 - Fax: 250-754-8114
Email: info@LiteracyNanaimo.org
Website: Under construction

Literacy Victoria

Ruth Derrick, Executive Director
930A Yates Street
Victoria, BC  V8V 4Z3
Tel: 250-381-3755 - Fax: 250-381-4911
Email: info@literacyvictoria.ca
Website: http://www.literacyvictoria.ca/

Literacy Victoria

Janice Dupuis, Literacy Outreach Coordinator
c/o 930A Yates Street
Victoria, BC   V8V 4Z3
Tel: 250-294-3026 - Fax: 250-381-4911
Email: jmdupuis@shaw.ca
Website: http://www.learnnowvictoria.com

Literacy Victoria

Suzanne Pederson, Project Coordinator
Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills (WLES)
930A Yates Street
Victoria, BC  V8V 4Z3
Tel: 250-381-3755 - Fax: 250-381-3755
Email: suzanne@literacyvictoria.ca
Website: http://www.literacyvictoria.ca/

Pacific Community Resources

Barb Hagan, Executive Director
#205-591 Bernard Avenue
Kelowna, BC  V1Y 6N9
Tel: 250-762-2163 - Fax: 250-762-0764
Email: barb@projectliteracykelowna.org
Website: http://www.projectliteracykelowna.org/

Project Literacy Kelowna

Blair Lischeron, Executive Director
#205-591 Bernard Avenue
Kelowna, BC  V1Y 6N9
Tel: 250-762-2163 - Fax: 250-762-0764
Email: blair@projectliteracykelowna.org
Website: http://www.projectliteracykelowna.org/

Salt Spring Literacy

Rachel Scott, Literacy Outreach Coordinator
PO Box 288
Salt Spring Island, BC  V8K 2V9
Tel: 250-537-9717
Email: coordinator@saltspringliteracy.org
Website: http://www.saltspringliteracy.org

Simon Fraser University

Tom Nesbit, Associate Dean, Continuing Studies
515 West Hastings Street
Suite 2300
Vancouver, BC  V6B 5K3
Tel: 778-782-5090 - Fax: 778-782-5098
Email: tnesbit@sfu.ca
Website: http://www.sfu.ca/cstudies/index.htm

SkillPlan

Lynda Fownes
405 - 3701 Hastings Street
Burnaby, BC  V5C 2H6
Tel: 604-436-1126 - Fax: 604-436-1149
Email: skillplan@telus.net
Website: http://www.skillplan.ca/

South Okanagan Community Literacy Society

Mary Kiviste, Chairperson
c/o RR1, S20 C23
Oliver, BC  V0H 1T0
Tel: 250-492-4305, ext. 3244
Email: mkiviste@okanagan.bc.ca

TradesInfo.ca

Drinda Tiveron, Manager
544 Columbia Street
New Westminster, BC  V3L 1B1
Tel: 604-523-5441 - Fax: 604-519-1694
Email: dtiveron@ufcw247.ca
Website: http://www.tradesinfo.ca/

Victoria READ Society

Claire Rettie, Executive Director
201 and 202 990 Hillside Avenue
Victoria, BC  V8T 2A1
Tel: 250-388-7225 - Fax: 250-386-8330
Email: info@readsociety.bc.ca
Website: http://www.readsociety.bc.ca
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