Once again The Centre teamed up with Giant Book Sales to hold a fundraising book sale during International Literacy Month (September).

This year donations of books were made to the following organizations and community groups: Head and Hands, L.O.V.E., Tyndale St-Georges, Miriam Home, Literacy Unlimited, The Black Community Centre, 3rd Avenue Resource Centre, Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations, Born to Read, Elizabeth House, Atwater Library, Coronation Elementary School, The Learning Centre at Dawson College, Literacy in Action and James Lyng Adult Centre. We know that all these organizations have great fun attending the book sale and choosing books that are appropriate to their needs.

This year we would also like to thank some young people from Miriam Home who helped us with our very large mailings– Jonathan, Shawn, Warren, Alan, Robert, Leore and Ariel, along with supervisor Mindy Lefcort, THANK YOU. Miriam Home has been providing vocational services for those with intellectual challenges for over 40 years.

Working in Montreal with the Salvation Army, The Centre for Literacy is helping to establish a Quebec HIPPY Program. HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) is designed to maximize, through early intervention, the educational potential of young children at risk, to ensure that children of low-income families are ready for kindergarten and that their parents play a key role in preparing them. The strategy is simple: Help parents to help their children succeed early in life. The HIPPY program, begun in 1969 in Israel, has been very successful internationally. In Canada, the Vancouver pilot project is in its fourth year of operation with partners Britannia Community Services Society, the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada and Simon Fraser University. A national project is currently being developed.

For more information on the HIPPY program, visit their web site at www.sfu.ca/hippy.

The Centre for Literacy has joined The Quebec Learners’ Network (QLN) as a partner in their ADD-LD Support Network. The QLN uses technology to get information and resources to English-speaking residents in remote regions of the province. The Centre will be providing expert content advice on the Learning Objects project. The goal of this project is to design online learning modules on learning disabilities and ADD-ADHD, for teachers, counselors and parents. Peter MacGibbon, Director of QLN, and Linda Stilborne, Project Coordinator, are directing the efforts.

The Centre For Literacy
3040 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3Z 1A4
Tel: (514) 931-8731
ext. 1415
Fax: (514) 931-5181
www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca