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Directory
of Quebec groups linking museums and adult literacy
In 2002, a national symposium in Montreal asked how the learning from
the Reading the Museum projects could be captured and sustained. From
these consultations, The Centre and the Canadian Museums Association
developed two new projects
– in Montreal and in Vancouver – to test the potential of
using community facilitators to link groups across these sectors and
help create new partnerships.
In 2004-05, The Centre received funding for the Montreal project from
the Ministry of Education of Quebec (now known as MELS). Having
examined several European countries where the practice of independent
community facilitation in adult education is well established, the
Ministry was interested in exploring the idea in Quebec. This project
generated a high level of engagement. Some museums, arts and adult
literacy groups reported projects already in place, but most expressed
openness to new possibilities.
A directory of Quebec museums that was created in 2005 has been updated
and expanded in 2008-2009 with a grant from The
Adult Learning
Knowledge Centre, Canadian
Council on Learning. While not exhaustive,
it now includes many new entries describing institutions or groups who
already work with or want to work with adult basic learners. As before,
it also has links across Quebec for those who live beyond Montreal. We
outline opportunities in almost every corner of the province, and many
on the web. The list crosses language lines, as we hope will become the
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in collaboration with The Centre for Literacy of Quebec