Yamaska Literacy Council

Links

YLC is a member of the following organizations:

• La Corporation de développement communautaire de Brome-Missisquoi
  CDC Brome-Missisquoi is the local association of multi-sector community groups whose goal is to promote community development.
  www.cdcbm.org
• Quebec English Literacy Alliance (QELA), a partnership of English literacy providers, is dedicated to networking, training and information-sharing activities among Anglophone Quebec literacy providers, advocating for the advancement of literacy in the province.
  www.qela.qc.ca/en/home/index.php
• Literacy Volunteers of Quebec (LVQ) is a provincial not-for-profit coalition that supports community-based volunteer literacy groups through professional development, networking, communication and advocacy for English literacy.
  www.literacyvolunteersqc.ca
• The Literacy Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to ensure that everyone - adults and children - have access to reading and writing.
  www.fondationalphabetisation.org/en/

YLC cooperates and collaborates with many community groups including:

• Le Sac à Mots
  www.lesacamots.com/
• Townshippers' Association & Foundation
  www.townshippers.qc.ca/
• Eastern Townships School Board
  www.etsb.qc.ca/
• Comités d'action locaux (CAL)
• Avante Women's Centre
  www.avante-womens-centre.org/index.html
• Partenaires Brome-Missisquoi Partners

LITERACY ORGANIZATIONS

LEARNING SITES

Alpharoute - A Canadian website with activities to help adults improve their literacy skills.
http://199.71.28.160/home.html

BBC Skillswise is a website for adult numeracy and literacy tutors and students, with printable worksheets and factsheets and online games, videos and quizzes.
www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/english

Laubach Literacy Ontario’s E-magazine is an on-line magazine for both students and practitioners. Each article is hyperlinked to an internet resource where additional information about a topic can be accessed.  Some of the articles contain sound files to give a student the option of reading and listening at the same time.
www.laubach-on.ca/emag

The Learning Edge is an on-line student newspaper packed with interactive activities.
www.thewclc.ca/edge

Learning Links is a compiled list of interactive material on an Adult Education Web site.
www2.recitfga.qc.ca/learninglinks/

Quebec English Literacy Alliance (QELA)
The Teaching & Learning Tools section of the QELA website contains a wide variety of activities and resources for tutors and teachers as well as for students.
www.qela.qc.ca/en/teaching_learning_tools/

Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network
SMLN has researched and compiled a Compendium of Adaptive Technologies, resources that will help your students and will add to your teaching toolkit. http://alphaplus.ca/images/stories/PDF/adaptive%20technologies%20compendium%20june%202011%20final.pdf

The Skills for Life Series are meant to help develop important life skills. Competency-based learning meets the needs of all learners.
http://learnquebec.ca/en/content/adult_ed/skills_for_life/

FRIENDS OF YLC

Official site of Louise Penny, award-winning author and YLC patron
www.louisepenny.com

Official site of "Raise the Flag and Sound the Cannon", by author and YLC tutor, Don Davison, www.raisetheflag.ca

Official site of Brome Lake books www.bromelakebooks.ca

Official site of CIDI 99.1 FM, our community radio station. CIDI's mission is “Being Who We Are”. www.rcmmedia.org