Literacy Quebec

It’s time to save the date! 🗓️

Media Literacy Week returns for its 21st year from October 26-30, 2026.

Keep an eye out for exciting updates about this year’s event (and more on MediaSmarts 30th anniversary!).

📢 ABC Life Literacy Canada has announced the 2027 theme for Family Literacy Day: "Craft together, learn together."

We're so excited to announce the theme for Family Literacy Day 2027, "Craft together, learn forever".

Discover your inner artist and learn together. Crafting helps families build skills through reading, storytelling and creativity, making learning natural and fun.

Learning activities and campaign materials will be available for free download this fall. We can't wait to get crafty with you on January 27!

June 21, 2026, marks the 30th anniversary of National Indigenous Peoples Day. It is a time to recognize and celebrate the traditions, cultures, histories, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.

As an organization that promotes lifelong learning, we would like to share the following resources that have supported our own learning and deepened our understanding of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis cultures, histories, knowledges, and perspectives.

📚 Climate Atlas of Canada (Indigenous Knowledges and Climate Change): https://climateatlas.ca/indigenous

📚 Reconciliation Education (online courses tailored for individuals, communities, government organizations, businesses, and educators): https://www.reconciliationeducation.ca/en-ca/

📚 Indigenous Awareness Canada (100% Indigenous-owned and created, offering awareness training and in-person workshops): https://indigenousawarenesscanada.com/

📚 Indigenous Ally Toolkit from the Montreal Indigenous Community Network: https://reseaumtlnetwork.com/en/publication/ally-toolkit/

This past Wednesday, we had the pleasure of attending Riverview Elementary School 's End-of-Year Summer Event, where we distributed approximately 600 free books to students from K4 to grade 6 and their families. It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces excited to pick out new books to enjoy over the summer!

A heartfelt thank you to the faculty at Riverview Elementary School for having us be part of this special event, and to our member, RECLAIM Literacy, for providing the colourful pins that made the day even more memorable.

📢 Join us for two free online learning opportunities!

⚖️ Legal Information Session with Éducaloi
Learn more about the Quebec legal system, including English-language rights, small claims court, legal aid eligibility, and what to do if you receive a ticket.

🔗Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/uD6pSpZwBF

💻 Raising Digitally Resilient Kids with Jessie Curell from MediaSmarts
Get practical guidance on online safety, digital risks, and strategies to support children’s well-being in a digital world.

🔗Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/3K5S0sxZZi

Whether you’re looking for legal information or parenting support in today’s digital landscape, these sessions offer expert guidance from the comfort of your home.

Our friends at Scattered: Automatic Neurodivergent Expression are offering free employment-literacy workshops and toolkits for English-speaking neurodivergent individuals!

👉Register by scanning the QR code on this post. You can also reach out to them at [email protected]

We’re excited to share our latest Activity Report!📊

Over the past year, we’ve continued our work to support literacy and lifelong learning for English-speaking communities of Quebec (ESCQ). This report highlights the impact we’ve made, the resources and projects we’ve developed, and the strength of our network.

A big thank you to our members, partners, and supporters who help make this work possible.

🔗Read the full report here: https://literacyquebec.org/download/activity-report-2025-2026/?wpdmdl=21248&masterkey=OU5Ym5EX2pFRqOU5xbKWVVx6-VgEueCpaj8nMv3yoXP6QZZ-Y6i0r3aodqrfKeRqgtaJUbwfcLWjPz06ffliSkDc6vNJZH-l_JmCI66WGz1M

Our Policy and Research Manager, Cimminnee Holt, participated in a panel this morning at Concordia University's PhD Career Connect event, sharing insights on translating PhD skills into the workforce.

Thank you to Cimminnee and the other panelists for sharing your expertise, and to Concordia University for hosting this event. 👏

We're proud of our Policy and Research Manger, Cimminnee Holt, for this collaboration with QUESCREN - Concordia University. Way to go, Cimminnee!🙌

📣 Welcome to our new researcher-member, Cimminnee Holt!

Cimminnee Holt has over 15 years of experience in academia and the not-for-profit sector and holds a doctorate in the social sciences. She now applies her research skills to language and education policy related to official-language minorities in Canada.

She works at Literacy Quebec, where she conducts research on literacy among English speakers across the province.

Welcome, Cimminnee! ..

📣 Bienvenue à notre nouvelle chercheuse-membre, Cimminnee Holt !

Cimminnee Holt compte plus de 15 ans d’expérience dans les milieux universitaire et communautaire et est titulaire d’un doctorat en sciences sociales. Elle applique aujourd’hui ses compétences de recherche aux politiques linguistiques et éducatives liées aux minorités de langue officielle au Canada.

Elle travaille à Literacy Quebec, où elle mène des recherches sur la littératie des personnes d’expression anglaise au Québec.

Bienvenue, Cimminnee !