Council: Quebec City Reading Council

Workshops: Family Literacy Workshops

• Community Awareness
• Learning Styles
• Homework Tips
• Preparing Your Child for School
• Preventing Failure/Creating a Learning Environment in the Home

Duration: 2 hours each

Availability: 6 per year

Style: Participatory

Goals: To increase public awareness of literacy issues and to demonstrate available resources.

Target: Parents and literacy students

Description: The workshops all focus on prevention, identification of barriers to learning and how the Quebec City Reading Council can help. Parents and students leave with a list of community resources and a paper copy of the workshop.

Partners: Holland Centre, Central Quebec School Board, St. Brigid's Home, Quebec Community Groups Network

Event: Community Awareness Campaign

Duration: Annual event, time varies

Goals: To raise awareness of literacy issues; to give organizations the tools to identify possible literacy students and what to do next.

Target: Community groups

Description: Interactive session with key community groups and health professionals. Publicity materials are provided to the groups attending. Invitations are extended to many groups.

Partners: Central Quebec School Board