THE LEARNING EXCHANGE/TLE
& V i ew s
Adult Literacy Recognition Awards
D. Brown
The third Adult Liter-
acy Recognition Awards
is now accepting submis-
sions from tutors and
learners. Learners are
encouraged to write
about how literacy has
changed their lives. It
can be in any form of
writing: a poem, story,
essay, comic strip, etc.
Tutors can help the
Family Literacy News
D. Adrian, B. Beauvais & D. Brown
Family literacy events
will continue this year
thanks to another gen-
erous donation from the
Merck Frosst Employ-
ees’ Charity Trust Fund,
free books from Scho-
lastic Books and Mr.
Jack Hannan of Raffin
bookstore who donated
bags to hold all of the
literacy goodies.
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News
WINTER EDITION
ISSUE 39
Editor/Layout: Darlene Brown
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
President’s Message 2
From the ED Desk 2
learner where neces- Centre Hotel in Mont-
sary. Awards of $125 real. Two awards in the Karen’s Office News 2
plus a framed certifi- community sector: One
cate will be presented for a tutor and One for Book Club Info 2
to winners by former a learner. Two awards in
world champion super the school board sector: NALD@work 3
middleweight boxer One for a teacher and
Family Literacy News cont’d 3
Otis Grant, spokesper- One for a learner. Apply
son for the Semaine or nominate someone Volunteers Wanted 3
québecoise des adultes soon: Deadline for sub-
en formation, on April 7, missions is Midnight, Center News 4
2008 at the Sheraton March 10th, 2008!
On the Horizon 4
Dates to Remember 4
The Family Literacy FLC volunteers went to
TLE Literacy Supporters
Committee (FLC) met in St. Paul’s Elementary
November to plan this School and spent the • CANADA POST
year’s activities. The morning of November
• CASCADES FINE PAPER GROUP
2007/2008 committee 20th sharing their love
members are: S.Jakab, of reading with children • CDC LAURIER - VIMONT
A.Sroka-Fillion, B.Green, in Kindergarten to • LAVAL ROTARY CLUB
D.McMorran, B.Beauvais grade three. The school
• LIBRARIE RAFFIN
D.Adrian, V.Sauriol, was celebrating I LOVE
D.Richard, and TO READ week, to en- • MERCK FROSST EMPLOYEES’
N.Pilato. courage the students to CHARITY TRUST FUND
enjoy reading. • SCHOLASTIC BOOKS CANADA
Continued on page 3
President’s Message
Life is made of millions of moments
but we live only one of these moments
at a time. As we begin to change this
moment, we begin to change our lives.
Trinidad Hunt
We begin the New Year, with new
hopes and dreams for change in
our lives. With the move to CDC-
Vimont, TLE began to change.
Our News & Views newsletters,
GOOGLE calendar of Events and
our ResourceMate library are now
online. Our website is open
(www.TLEliteracy.com) and pro-
vides so many resources for our
From the Executive Director’s Desk
My family and I would like to ex-
tend a warm “thank you” to every-
one at TLE for their un-
derstanding and support HUGS TO OUR GREAT
regarding my extended VOLUNTEERS!
absence from the office, April 27 to May 3 is National Volunteer Week
after the holidays, to be
with my mother. Sadly, we lost
her late January to cancer. Many
of you may not know this, but my
Karen’s Office News
I would like to wish everyone a
Happy New Year!!! Our Knowledge
Exchange Open Forum will be re-
scheduled at a later date. I will
keep you informed. Volunteers
don’t forget to fill out your volun-
teer/tutor forms. Spring is com-
ing, HAPPY SPRING to everyone!
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TLE Board of Directors
President: Donna Adrian
Past President: Mona Arsenault
use. Vice-President: Christiane Dabbagh
Each moment you, as volunteers
spend, teaching, and each mo- Secretary: Beth Green
ment, you, as students, spend
Treasurer: Valerie Sauriol
learning, changes your life. Live
your life one moment at a time, Director: Alice Sroka-Fillion
and thrill to each change.
Director: Susan Jakab
mother was also a TLE volunteer. subsequent packaging & delivery.
She handled our BC subscription Not wanting us to lose this pre-
cious resource (not available to
readers outside of BC), my
mother recruited my father to be
our new BC volunteer. I am happy
to say he accepted and has al-
to The Westcoast Reader ready been busy sending off our
by taking care of the renewal notice and packaging up
monthly post office pick-up and the Feb. issue for TLE members.
BOOK CLUB NEWS by B. Beauvais
The Book Club met on Tuesday, February 5th at 7:15 p.m.
Erica Axani led the discussion of Ami McKay's interesting book The Birth
House. Our March meeting will be on the 4th with Davy-Belle McMorran
animating The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards.
NEWS & VIEWS
New Website to Support Workplace Learning
The National Adult Literacy Data-
base (NALD) expanded its ser-
vices late in 2007 with the launch
of NALD@Work, a website that
will benefit the
workplace liter-
acy and essential
skills community
in Canada.
www.naldatwork.ca
NALD@Work www.naldatwork.ca
is an Internet database of infor-
Family Literacy News cont’d D. Adrian, B. Beauvais & D. Brown
Throughout January, a volunteer
visited St. Charles Elementary, to
distribute free books to lucky
children from all grades, in cele-
bration of International Family
Literacy Day January 27th. Mem-
bers of the FLC will be reading to
students at John F. Kennedy
School on February 20th and to
News & Views’ New Format D. Brown
The Learning Exchange/TLE
Tel: 450-688-2933 ext. 3126
WINTER EDITION
NALD
mation and resources. It is a one- Katherine d’Entremont says indi-
stop shopping site for program viduals must have a firm founda-
models and approaches, teaching, tion of literacy and essential
learning and research materials, skills to participate fully in the
news, events, contacts, websites, workforce.
tools and support – all available in
‘‘As the workforce becomes more
one central location.
knowledge-based, people need
The NALD@Work Library con- higher literacy levels,” she said.
tains important resources, many “If people don’t continue to learn
of which are not available elec- or to read or to study, their liter-
tronically anywhere else. It is acy levels are not going to remain
available to anyone, anywhere, at constant; they are going to de-
any time, at no cost, in both Eng- cline. At the same time, the work-
lish and French. place requires higher literacy lev-
els, so the gap is widening.”
NALD’s Chief Executive Officer
the students at Crestview Ele-
mentary on February 27th. The
children in Kindergarten to grade
four will receive books, book-
marks, stickers, etc. They will
also take home a literacy informa-
tion package. In addition, a liter-
acy night at Jules Verne is
planned for May 5th.
Family Literacy Committee preps for school visits
Volunteer today to change
someone’s life tomorrow!
We are looking for general volunteers for TLE and volunteer tutors to work
one-on-one or in small groups with adult learners.
Training sessions start April!!
Call Karen for information
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 How to Contact Us
THE LEARNING EXCHANGE STAFF
Darlene Brown
Executive Director
Karen Mockler
Administrative Assistant
Jacklyn Freedman-Spector
Communications Director
Center News D. Brown
Our Resource Center is really be-
ginning to come
together!
Our newly pur-
chased com-
puters and
printers are in
the process of be-
ing installed. They will be ready
On the Horizon
Java U Tuesdays Mar. 18 @ 1:30
Volunteers, would you like to
share and learn about some inter-
esting websites over a cup of cof-
fee or tea? I thought it would be
fun to try an informal exchange
of websites at our local JAVA U
down the street. I will bring my
laptop and a few website ad-
dresses to share. Bring your lap-
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TLE RESOURCE CENTER
2100 Blvd. des Laurentides
Vimont, Laval, Quebec.
H7M 2Y6
Phone: 450-688-2933 ext. 3126
Skype: TLETLE1
Fax: 450-663-1290
Email: TLE_literacy@yahoo.ca
Website: www.TLEliteracy.com
WEBMASTER
Errol Pinto
for use by students and tutors by
the end of March!
New materials have arrived and
are being catalogued for library
use by Kate and Karen.
Once the computers are up-and-
running, we will also begin our li-
brary training. Stay tuned for
D. Brown
top (if you have access to one)
and any interesting websites you
want to share. See you then!
Strategic Planning March 29/30
The 2007/2008 Board of Direc-
tors and staff will be holding a
strategic planning session at the
Willow Inn and the Anchorage
house March 29/30, facilitated
by Ann Gauvin once again!!
WINTER EDITION
Dates to Remember
Go to TLE online under EVENTS to view our Google
calendar for details of all dates/events
• 1st Tuesday of every month:
Book Club Meeting @ Laval
Multicultural Library
• February 18: TLE BOD Meet-
ing 1:00
• February 20: Family Literacy
visit JFK Elementary
• February 27: Family Literacy
visit Crestview Elementary
• March 1 to 9: School closed
for Spring Break
• March 12: Family Lit. Commit-
tee planning meeting
• March 13:
→ QELA meeting 9:00
→ PR Team meeting 1:00
• March 18: “Java U Tuesdays”
Internet sharing 1:30
• March 21 to 24: School
closed for Easter Break
• March 29/30: Strategic Plan-
ning for BOD and staff
• March 29 to April 4: Adult
Learner’s Week
• April 7: Adult Recognition
Awards/Sheraton downtown
• April 27 to May 3: National
Volunteer Week
• May 5: Family Literacy Festi-
val at Jules Vern Elementary
• May 19: School closed for
Victoria Day
Call Karen at:
450-688-2933 ext. 3126
or see our website for more details:
www. t l e l i t e r a c y . c o m
NEWS & VIEWS