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The Quebec Learners’ Network is associated with many other active community organizations—provincial, regional and local—that exist to help foster and further community development initiatives. Click on the links below to learn more about them. Provincial/National Organizations English Language Arts Network (ELAN) Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) Quebec Farmers’ Association (QFA) Quebec Young Farmers (QYF) – 4H Association COCo–The Centre for Community Organizations Quebec Community Newspapers Association (QCNA) Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) Quebec Association for Adult Learning (QAAL) Centre for Literacy of Quebec (CLQ) Outaouais Region Business/Economic Development Organizations Community Economic Development and Employability Committee (CEDEC) Société d’aide au dévelopment de la collectivité (SADC) Outaouais Region English Community Organizations English Network Resources in Community Health (ENRICH) Outaouais Health & Social Service Network (OHSSN) Theatre Wakefield Provincial Organizations English Language Arts Network (ELAN) 1200 Atwater Avenue, Suite 3 Montreal, Quebec H3Z 1X4 Tel: (514) 935-3312, Toll free: 1-866-935-3312 Email: info@quebec-elan.org The English-Language Arts Network (ELAN) is a meeting place for Quebec artists who use English as their first language. Although most members are comfortable in both official languages, and have chosen Quebec as their home because they value its cultural richness, ELAN celebrates and promotes that part of our identity which is rooted in the English language. ELAN also provides a forum to make common cause with the French-speaking community and our francophone colleagues by bringing together English-language artists from all disciplines and all parts of the province to forge new alliances, build new audiences and seek new sources of support. Quebec Community Groups Network 1040, Belvédère, #219, Sillery, Quebec G1S 3G3 Tel: (418) 681-2112, Fax: (418) 681-8995 Web: http://www.qcgn.ca Email: hookd@qcgn.ca The Quebec Community Groups Network comprises some twenty English-language community organizations from across the province that, together, can more effectively support and assist the development, and enhance the vitality of, the English-language minority communities. It promotes awareness of these communities by providing information to the population as a whole, as well as to government institutions of Canada and the province of Quebec. The QLN participates in the QCGN through the Information Technology Working Group (ITWG), a group set up to explore the means by which QCGN organizations can collaborate and deliver services through the use of information and communications technologies. Quebec Farmers’ Association (QFA) 555 Roland-Therrien Boulevard, Bureau 255 Longueuil, Quebec J4H 3Y9 Tel.: (450) 679-0540 ext. 8536, Fax: (514) 398-7972 Web: http://www.upa.qc.ca Email: qfa@upa.qc.ca Founded in 1957, the Quebec Farmers’ Association is a voluntary provincial association whose membership is drawn from Quebec’s English-speaking farm and general rural community. Its mandate is to provide information and educational opportunities to the Quebec English-speaking rural community on all matters that effect farming and rural life in Quebec, to represent their views to government and other organizations on the issues that affect rural life, and to promote projects that assist in the economic development of the communities that QFA serves. Quebec Young Farmers’ (QYF) 4H Association 41 Grand Boulevard Île-Perrot, Quebec J7V 4W3 Tel: (514) 453-1731, Fax: (514) 453-7017 Email: office@quebec4h.com The Quebec Young Farmers’ Provincial Federation groups together English speaking rural youth across the province. Their aims are: to provide material and information for challenging projects; to serve as a medium of exchange of ideas within and outside the province; to serve as a voice and as a means of unity for Quebec’s English speaking rural youth (between the ages of 9 and 25) and; to promote better relations with Quebec’s French speaking rural youths. COCo–Centre for Community Organizations 3680 Jeanne-Mance, #470, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2K5 Tel: (514) 849-5599, Toll Free: 1-866-522-2626, Fax: (514) 849-5553 Web: http://www.coco-net.org Email: coco@CAM.ORG The Centre for Community Organizations is a non-profit training organization helping to build organizational and community capacity by offering other non-profit organizations throughout the province accessible, subsidized training and support. Their three areas of focus are: organizational and leadership development; facilitation of networking and collaboration; community development support. The QLN assisted COCO in the planning and facilitation of The Great Inter-Regional Forum, a day-long workshop for community developers across the province at which video-conferencing technology was also used to bring in 20 participants from the Gaspé. Quebec Community Newspapers Association 21 – 111 Lakeshore Drive Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec H9X 3V9 Tel: (514) 398-7706, Fax: (514) 398-7972 Web: http://www.qcna.org Email: info@qcna.qc.ca The Quebec Community Newspapers Association is a network of 32 Quebec English-language community newspapers, with a total combined circulation of 337,600. It produces On-Line Quebec, a free weekly newspaper offered as a public service to English-speaking Quebecers. Articles from community newspapers from all across the province, as well as selected original material posted on this site give English-speaking readers a sense of connectedness to their linguistic compatriots living elsewhere in the province. Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) 400 – 257 Queen Street Lennoxville, Quebec J1M 1K7 Tel: 1-877-964-0409, (819) 564-9595, Fax: (819) 564-6872 Web: http://www.qahn.org Email: home@qahn.org The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network is a non-partisan umbrella organization linking societies and individuals interested in local, regional and provincial anglophone history in the province of Quebec. It aims to encourage cooperation and improve communications among member groups and assist them in obtaining funding, resources and related services for their activities and facilities. It strives to encourage the collection, conservation and preservation of cultural property relating to the local, regional and provincial anglophone heritage of Quebec, encourage recognition and citation of historical monuments, and to research and publicize local, regional and provincial anglophone history. Quebec Association for Adult Learning (QAAL) 1455, boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Room LB 614-3 Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 Tel: (514) 848-2036, Fax: (514) 848-4520 Web: http://doe.concordia.ca/qaal Email: qaal@alcor.concordia.ca The Quebec Association for Adult Learning is a provincially-incorporated body of adult educators and learners. The principal activities of the organization are to promote English language learning opportunities for adults, and to provide information and resources for adults seeking self-improvement or development in the workplace. It is supported by the Official Languages Secretariat, Canadian Heritage and by individual and institutional donors. Centre for Literacy of Quebec 3040 Sherbrooke Street West, Room 4B.1-6 Montreal, Quebec H3Z 1A4 Tel: (514) 931-8731, local 1415, Fax: (514) 931-5181 Web: http://www.nald.ca/litcent.htm Email: literacycntr@dawsoncollege.qc.ca The Centre for Literacy of Quebec is committed to supporting and improving literacy practices in schools, community and workplace. It is dedicated to increasing public understanding of the changing definition of literacy in a complex society. It accomplishes its mission by providing information, resources and training. It has become a meeting ground for teachers, tutors, administrators, researchers, employers, parents, interested members of the general public and the media. Outaouais Region Business/Economic Development Organizations Community Economic Development and Employability Committees (CEDEC) Outaouais Office: 180 Centre Street, P.O. Box 823 Shawville, Quebec J0X 2Y0 Tel: (819) 647-2007, Fax: (819) 647-2022 Web: http://www.o-zone.ca/cedec Email: outadirector@personainternet.com In 1998, eight regional Community Economic Development and Employability Committees (CEDECs) were established to help the English-speaking communities of Quebec find new ways to develop and grow. Their objectives are to create opportunities for youth and others by fostering "new economy" skills for employability and self-sufficiency, to establish connectivity between groups across the region, and to build community capacity for growth and sustainability. CEDECs can provide partnership in: researching the needs and potential for economic development in Quebec communities; assessing the feasibility of community projects; consulting in approaches for reaching the English-speaking community across the regions. They also act as conduits for community economic development proposals forwarded to the National Human Resources Development Committee for the English Linguistic Minority, facilitating access to the HRDC and other federal departments for funding. Société d’aide au développement de la collectivité (SADC) Pontiac Community Futures Development Corporation 1409, Route 148 Campbell’s Bay, Quebec J0X 1K0 Tel: (819) 648-2186, Toll Free: 1-800-665-5217, Fax: (819) 648-2226 Web: http://www.commercepontiac.ca Email: sadc@qouest.net The SADC-Pontiac is a business and economic development resource centre for budding and established entrepreneurs and businesses. Its mission is to provoke, stimulate and encourage the economic development of the Pontiac through the participation of the members of its communities in determining the direction of their own future. The QLN has provided training and technical support to the staff at SADC-Pontiac in the use of information and communications technology. Outaouais Region English Community Organizations English Network Resources in Community Health (ENRICH) c/o 53, rue Principale Aylmer, Quebec J9H 3L4 Tel: (819) 827-4627, Fax: (819) 682-4033 Web: http://www.westquebecers.com/enrich/ Email: wq@magma.ca ENRICH is a community organization that has a mandate for improving health and social services for English-speaking families in the Outaouais Region of Quebec and is recognized by the Régie régionale de la santé et des services sociaux de l’Outaouais (RSSSO) and by Revenue Canada. Regional Association of West Quebecers (RAWQ) 53, rue Principale Aylmer, Quebec J9H 3L4 Tel: (819) 682-9602, Toll free: 1-877-733-0177, Fax: (819) 682-4033 Web: http://www.westquebecers.com Email: wq@magma.ca The West Quebecers serves and supports the English-speaking population of the Outaouais by fostering an environment in which it can thrive. It does this by: developing health, social, educational and cultural programs; by giving youth a strong voice within Outaouais Alliance and by extension, the community at large; by nurturing relations with the larger French-speaking population; by serving as an information/resource centre for the entire Outaouais community; by encouraging the participation of English-speaking people within all the region’s decision-making bodies; and by cooperating with other groups to promote the rights of minority official language communities across the country. Outaouais Health & Social Service Network (OHSSN) c/o 53, rue Principale Aylmer, Quebec J9H 3L4 Tel: (819) 682-9602, Fax: (819) 682-4033 Web: http://www.ohssn.org Email: dlanyi@magma.ca The Outaouais Health and Social Services Network for the English-speaking Population involves citizens, public institutions, service organizations, and community resources in the planning and delivery of quality and accessible Health and Social Services to the English-speaking population. Theatre Wakefield c/o 735 Riverside Drive Wakefield, Quebec J0X 3G0 Tel: (819) 459-3670 Web: http://www.theatrewakefield.ca Email: players@riverecho.ca In late 2001, members of the Wakefield United Church's Outreach Committee had been discussing the possibility of putting on a dramatic production to raise funds for local charities. Shortly thereafter, Wakefield Ensemble raised the possibility of using theatre as a tool for community development. In 2003, Theatre Wakefield was incorporated as a not for profit, with the Wakefield Players as its amateur performance arrm. There is an important role for Theatre Wakefield and the Players in developing local talent, offering members of our community the opportunity to express themselves creatively, and fostering community economic development-particularly in the crucial shoulder seasons of late fall and early spring.