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Quebec websites
Provincial coalition
Quebec English Literacy Alliance (QELA)
Category: Learning
Dedicated to English language literacy delivery in the province of Quebec, the Quebec English Literacy Alliance website provides information on activities as well as research initiatives.
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ACCESS Continuing Education and Career Training Centre
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This centre, which is part of the Riverside School Board, offers academic courses to help students obtain a high school diploma as well as prerequisites for CEGEP and trade programs. Other offerings include non-credit courses such as French second language and Basic English and competitive career training courses that prepare students for immediate entry into the workforce.
The Association of Teachers of English of Quebec (ATEQ)
Category: Learning
ATEQ's main goal is to provide leadership in English language arts teaching theory, practice and resources to educators who are striving for excellence in the classroom.
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Black Studies Centre
Category: Learning
The Black Studies Centre (BSC) has been providing a wide range of services to the Montreal community and to various institutions and communiity-based organizations for approximately 40 years. In 2004, in partnership with Concordia University, the centre began a small business incubator initiative to stimulate the growth of local businesses. It is the only program of its kind in the Montreal black community.
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Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials/ Postsecondary Education in the Provinces and Territories
Category: Essential skills
CICIC is a unit of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC). It offers information on working in Canada and a listing of post-secondary education institutions for all provinces and territories. This page takes the viewer to a clickable map with links to educational system directories, information for international students, student tools and other government resources.
Commission des partenaires du marché du travail
Category: Essential skills
The Commission des partenaires du marché du travail is a provincial consultation body that brings together representatives from business, labour, education, community and governmental organizations dedicated to improving the efficiency of the labour market in Quebec. These stakeholders pool their expertise and ideas in order to enhance public employment services and foster workforce skills development and recognition.
Community Table
Category: Learning
The Community Table, a volunteer-driven initiative, supports employability and community economic development in English-speaking Quebec through its Community Economic Development and Employability Committees. The organization promotes economic diversification, leadership development, community planning and partnership development at all levels of government and community.
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Dawson College
Category: Essential skills
The Centre for Training and Development at Dawson College offers a wide range of learning activities from non-credit courses for those seeking personal or professional development, to customized training tailored to meet the specific needs of any given industry.
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First Nations Education Council (FNEC)
Category: Learning
The FNEC is a representation and support organization made up of 22 Quebec Aboriginal communities from eight nations. The FNEC's mission is to defend its member communities' interests in order to improve the educational services for their students.
Frontier College - Concordia University
Category: Learning
Frontier College is a Canada-wide, volunteer-based, literacy organization. It teaches people to read and write and nurtures an environment favorable to lifelong learning. Since 1899, the college has been reaching out to people wherever they are and responding to their particular learning needs. It believes in literacy as a right and works to achieve literacy for all.
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Heading for Success
Category: Essential skills
The mission of the Heading for Success website is to better inform youth about employment opportunities and careers that demand either high school vocational training or CEGEP technical training.
Huntingdon Learning Centre
Category: Learning
This independent, non-profit literacy organization, located in the Haut-Saint-Laurent region, offers workshops in both French and English that include basic reading, writing and mathematics. The centre also offers second language courses in French and English for residents and newcomers to the area.
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Info route FPT
Category: Essential skills
Info route FPT is a website of interest to those looking for vocational and technical training in Quebec. The site offers several products and services that are related to education and employment, and provides information on programs and admission requirements, learning institutions, discussion forums and relevant publications.
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Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec (LDAQ)
Category: Learning
The Learning Disabilities Association of Quebec is a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase knowledge about learning disabilities and to favour the right to education, social development and employment, as well as the well-being of the client group it represents.
The Learning Exchange
Category: Learning
The Learning Exchange (TLE) provides confidential one-on-one and/or small tutorial instruction for adults. TLE works with volunteers to promote literacy within the community through adult and family literacy programs. They offer quality training and workshops for parents, tutors, trainers, adult learners, coordinators, and educators.
Literacy Foundation
Category: Learning
This group is a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that all adults have access to basic training in reading and writing. Their specific mandates are: organization of fundraising activities, awareness, community support, prevention and referral.
Literacy in Action
Category: Learning
Literacy in Action is a not-for-profit volunteer organization that promotes literacy and lifelong learning. It develops and supports community-based programs that emphasize adult literacy, the acquiring of basic literacy skills, and non-formal education for both children and adults.
Literacy Unlimited
Category: Learning
Literacy Unlimited offers free, confidential, one-to-one tutoring to English-speaking adults for reading, writing, spelling, grammar and numeracy.
Literacy Volunteers of Quebec
Category: Learning
LVQ is a provincial not-for-profit coalition that supports community, volunteer-based literacy groups through professional development, communication and advocacy for English literacy.
Little Burgundy Employment Centre/Tyndale St-Georges
Category: Essential skills
The Little Burgundy Employment Centre, a branch of the Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre, is committed to empowering people with the skills and qualifications that are necessary to meet the demands of the work environment. On this website, you will find courses on job search techniques, language training and computer skills.
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Ministère de l’Éducation, Loisir et Sport
Category: Essential skills
For those students not fluent in French, the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec offers a variety of language learning support measures. The ministry offers these services in cooperation with school boards which oversee preschool, elementary school and secondary school education.
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The Québec City Reading Council
Category: Learning
The Québec City Reading Council is a non-profit community-based volunteer organization whose aim is to promote a literate environment in the school, home and community, through a variety of services.
Quebec English Literacy Alliance (QELA)
Category: Learning
Dedicated to English language literacy delivery in the province of Quebec, the Quebec English Literacy Alliance website provides information on activities as well as research initiatives.
Québec English Schools Network
Category: Learning
This is a site that delivers information on projects, curriculum, school improvement and contacts for the anglophone community of Quebec.
Québec Library Association (AQBLA)
Category: Learning
The ABQLA, a non-profit voluntary association of library personnel and friends in the province of Québec, provides a network for its members' mutual support. It services the community through education, advocacy and communication.
Quebec Literacy Working Group
Category: Learning
The Quebec Literacy Working Group is a provincial support group for school board personnel involved in adult and youth literacy within the English Sector.
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RÉCIT Provincial Service – General and Continuing Adult Education
Category: Learning
RÉCIT is a network of resource people for the development of student competencies through the integration of technologies.
RECLAIM
Category: Learning
The Reading Council for Literacy Advance in Montreal (RECLAIM) is a non-profit organization providing free, confidential and individualized literacy instruction to adults by using trained volunteers.
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SOFAD
Category: Learning
The mission of SOFAD (Société de formation à distance des commissions scolaires du Québec) is to provide school boards with printed and online learning materials, thus helping them meet their needs stemming from the diversification of places, methods and courses of study, and to make its expertise available to other networks and organizations. SOFAD’s services are intended for francophone and anglophone school boards and the schools under their jurisdiction.
South Shore Reading Council
Category: Learning
The South Shore Reading Council is a not-for-profit volunteer literacy organization in the Montreal South Shore area. They are committed to teaching basic English reading, writing and life skills to adult, youth and family learners and also to providing on-going professional development for tutors and other members.
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Western Quebec Literacy Council (WQLC)
Category: Learning
The mission of the WQLC is to help English-speaking adults, families and youth improve their reading, writing, listening, speaking, numeracy and other lifeskills through programs adapted to the needs of the individual.
Women’s Centre of Montreal
Category: Learning
The Women’s Centre of Montreal provides services to help women help themselves. It offers educational and vocational training, information, counselling and referral services. The non-profit organization also communicates women’s concerns to the public and acts as a catalyst for change regarding women’s issues.
WORKink
Category: Essential skills
WORKink is an extensive online career development and employment portal for Canadians with disabilities. The site provides job search tools, career guidance and resources pertaining to education and employment. Whether you are a job-seeker, employer or career practitioner, WORKink outlines options and materials that are available to help you meet your needs.
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Yamaska Literacy Council
Category: Learning
The vision of the Yamaska Literacy Council is to reach English-speaking members of the community who need literacy, numeracy and life skills in order to attain their full potential as active and contributing members of society.
YWCA Montreal – Literacy Services
Category: Learning
The YWCA Montreal Community Services offers two literacy programs developed specifically for women and their families: Words for Women - Literacy tutoring for women (offered in French and English) and ABC en famille - Family literacy (offered in French only).
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