Organization: Quebec English Literacy Alliance (QELA)

The 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.

QELA is comprised of representatives from the Quebec Literacy Working Group (QLWG) and Laubach Literacy of Canada-Quebec/Literacy Volunteers of Quebec (LLC-Q/LVQ). (See also LLC-Q/LVQ and QLWG.)

The QELA website is divided into the following sections:

Resources specific to the area of family literacy/ prevention

Prevention Projects:

The QELA website links to the Espace alpha (NOTE: This site is available in French only.) database of projects related to the prevention of illiteracy that have been completed in the last ten years by school boards, community-based literacy groups and other groups.

http://alpha.cdeacf.ca/ifpca/prevention/index.html

http://espacealpha.cdeacf.ca/les_projets/

Websites:
The QELA website links to The Centre for Literacy of Quebec website (www.nald.ca/province/que/litcent) which lists IFPCA projects for the Anglophone sector (including family literacy projects) and has an extensive library collection (including specific resources related to family literacy).

The QELA website lists useful websites, including:

• Children’s and Family Literacy Resources
• Educational/Information Resources
• Teaching/Learning Resources

www.qela.qc.ca/useful_web_sites.htm

Books and Materials:

The QELA website has a listing of Books and Materials which can be found at:

www.qela.qc/Books&Materials.htm