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Literacy Contacts
Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia

Provincial Government

Department of Labour and Workforce Development
Karen Gatien, Acting Director
Adult Education Division
4th Floor, 2021 Brunswick Street, P.O. Box 578,
Halifax, NS B3J 2S9
Tel: (902) 424-6503 - Fax: (902) 424-1171
Email: gatienkm@gov.ns.ca
http://www.gonssal.ca

Department of Labour and Workforce Development
Marjorie Davison, Director
Apprenticeship Training and Skills Development
4th Floor, 2021 Brunswick Street, P.O. Box 578,
Halifax, NS B3J 2S9
Tel: (902) 424-5191 - Fax: (902) 424-0489
Email: davisome@gov.ns.ca
http://gov.ns.ca/lwd

Provincial Coalition

Literacy Nova Scotia
Ann Marie Downie, Executive Director
c/o NSCC Truro, Room 125
Forrester Hall, 36 Arthur St.
Truro, NS B2N 5V2
Tel: (902) 897-2444 - Direct line: (902) 539-4326 - Fax: (902) 897-4020
Email: literacyns@nscc.ca
http://www.ns.literacy.ca

* Pour la coalition francophone, cliquer ici.

Literacy Organizations

Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton County
Karen Blair, Coordinator
P.O. Box 1283 Sydney,
Nova Scotia B1P 6J9
Tel: (902) 564-8404 - Fax: (902) 567-2521
Email: alacbc@syd.eastlink.ca
http://www.nald.ca/alacbc/

Antigonish County Adult Learning Association (ACALA)
Lise de Villiers, Coordinator
220 Main Street, Suite 104
Antigonish, NS B2G 2C2
Tel: (902) 863-3060 - Fax: (902) 863-3060
Email: acala@strait.ednet.ns.ca
http://www.acalalearn.ca/

Association of Workplace Educators of Nova Scotia (AWENS)
Margan Dawson
, Coordinator
33 Old Mill Road
Hammonds Plains, NS
B3Z 1K3
Tel. (902) 835-7949
Email: awens@eastlink.ca
http://www.awens.ca/

Community Learning Association North of Smokey (CLANS)
Faye Fricker , Administrator
PO Box 270,
Ingonish, NS B0C 1K0
Tel: (902) 285-2354 - Fax: (902) 285-2052
Email: clans@ns.sympatico.ca
http://www.nald.ca/clans/

Cumberland Adult Network of Upgrading (CAN-U)
Beth Smith, Coordinator
141 Victoria Street, Unit P
Amherst, Nova Scotia, B4H 1X9
Tel: (902) 661-0153
Email: can-u@ns.sympatico.ca

Dartmouth Learning Network
Sunday Miller
, Executive Director
260 Wyse Rd., Suite 203
Dartmouth NS B3A 1N3
Tel: (902) 464-3265 - Fax: (902) 464-3052
Email: dln@dartmouthlearning.net
http://www.dartmouthlearning.net

Digby Area Learning Association (DALA)
Clyde Baltzer, Executive Director
Tel: (902) 245 7532
Fax: (902) 245 7531
Email: clyde@staff.ednet.ns.ca
http://www.dala.digby.ns.ca

Eastern Shore-Musquodoboit Literacy Network
Tina Boutilier, Community Learning Initiative (CLI) Coordinator
23649 Highway #7
Sheet Harbour, NS B0J 3B0
Tel: (902) 885-3473 - Fax: (902) 885-2713
Email : btboutilier@ns.sympatico.ca

Frontier College - NS
Kim Williams,
Regional Manager – Atlantic Canada Programs
6136 University Ave.
Dalhousie Student Union Bldg., Room 320
Halifax, NS B3H 4J2
Tel: (902) 483-3688 - Toll-free: 1-888-425-1517
Fax: (902) 860-4801
Email: kwilliams@frontiercollege.ca
http://www.collegefrontiere.ca

Hants Learning Network Association,
Karen L. Ferguson, HLNA Coordinator
117 Wentworth Road
P.O. Box 2465
Windsor, NS B0N 2T0
Tel: (902) 792-6754 - Fax: (902) 798-1987
Email: hants.literacy@hotmail.com
http://www.hantslearning.com

Lunenburg County Adult Learning Network
Sue Kaulback, Tutor Coordinator
110-215 Dominion Street,
Bridgewater, NS B4V 2K7
Tel: (902) 543-0488
Fax: (902) 543-0284
Email: lcaln@eastlink.ca

Pictou County Continuous Learning Assocation (PiCCoLA)
Carollynne Nemecek, Executive Director
PO Box 670 Pictou, NS B0K 1H0
Tel: (902) 485-7014 - Fax: (902) 485-7065
Email: piccola@nald.ca
http://www.piccola.ca

Port Hawkesbury Literacy Council
Crystal Samson, CLI Coordinator
304 Pitt Street, Unit 4
Port Hawkesbury, NS
B9A 2T9
Tel./Fax: (902) 625-1599
Email: phlc@nsme.library.ns.ca
http://www.nald.ca/phlc

Queens Learning Network
Marlene Duckworth Network Coordinator
Box 1156, Liverpool, NS B0T 1K0
Tel:(902) 354-3635
queenslearning@ns.aliantzinc.ca

Valley Community Learning Association
Peter Gillis, Executive Director
22 Cornwallis Street
Kentville, NS B4N 2E1
Tel: (902) 542-4403
Email: vcla@eastlink.ca
http://www.vcla.ca/

Literacy Related Organizations

John Howard Society of Nova Scotia
Paul Gallagher, Executive Director
Head Office
1657 Barrington Street, suite #220
Halifax, NS B3J 2A1
Tel: (902) 422-2640 - Fax: (902) 492-1469
Email: jhsns@navnet.net

Learning Disabilities Association of Nova Scotia
Annie Baert
, Executive Director
46 Portland St., Suite 605
Dartmouth, NS B2Y 1H4.
Tel: (902) 423-2850 - Fax: (902) 423-2834
Email : info@ldans.ca
http://ldans.nsnet.org/

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Literacy Contacts
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