Literacy Quebec

It's Raise a Reader Week!📚 Check out these tips from our member QCRC

Everyday skills open doors.

Today is Skills for Success Day, a time to recognize the skills that help us learn, work, and navigate everyday life.

Reading, writing, numeracy, digital skills, problem solving, communication, collaboration, adaptability, and creativity and innovation are all part of the picture. These skills build on one another and help us keep learning and adapting as life changes.

As part of the Community Empowerment Literacy Initiative (CELI), TALQ, Literacy Quebec, and PERT have released the CELI 2026 Inventory of English-Language Literacy, Essential Skills & Employment Programs in Quebec, featuring 381 active programs across the province.

🔎 Explore the inventory and find out what resources are available:
https://celi-quebec.org/inventory/

We would also like to thank all CELI partners for their contributions to this project as a whole: TALQ - formerly QCGN Regional Development Network - RDN Provincial Employment Roundtable - Table ronde provinciale sur l’emploi Cedec
Brigid Hayes

🗳️ Accessible information helps people participate.

Literacy Quebec welcomes today’s court decision requiring Élections Québec to send election reminder cards in both French and English. Clear, accessible information is essential for participation in our democracy. This decision will help more English-speaking electors understand where and how to vote. While the solution is limited, this decision is an important step toward ensuring that language and literacy are not barriers to exercising the right to vote.

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🗳️ Une information accessible aide les gens à participer.

Literacy Quebec (Alphabétisation Québec) salue la décision rendue aujourd’hui par le tribunal, qui enjoint Élections Québec d'envoyer les cartes de rappel électoral en français et en anglais. L’accès à une information claire et accessible est essentiel à une participation à notre démocratie. Cette décision rend l’information électorale plus accessible aux électeurs et électrices d’expression anglaise. Bien que la solution soit limitée, cette décision constitue un pas important pour veiller à ce que la langue et l'alphabétisation ne soient pas des obstacles à l’exercice du droit de vote.

🗳️ With Quebec’s provincial election coming up on October 5, staying informed is an important part of civic literacy and participating in our communities.

Want to learn more about the parties’ positions on education, health care, language rights, and other important issues?

Research the sources below to learn about their platforms and make informed decisions. 👇

📰 Quebec election 2026: Where the parties stand on Bill 96, French and English-language rights

📰 CBC News - Compare the promises of Quebec’s major parties in the 2026 election

📰The Montreal Gazette - Here’s where Quebec’s parties stand on dropping English election guides

Important voting information! 🗳

🗳 It’s almost time to vote again! If you are not yet registered to vote or if you are unsure if you are, now is the time to figure it out.
☑ To check if you’re eligible: https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/vote/can-you-vote/
☑ To check if you’re registered: https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/vote/making-sure-your-name-is-on-the-list-of-electors/
☑ To register or change your address online (by Sept. 21): https://www.electionsquebec.qc.ca/en/vote/registering-your-name-on-the-list-of-electors-or-changing-your-information/

International Literacy Day - Free Books and Trivia!📚💙

On September 8th, we set up a booth at Parc du Souvenir in Verdun, where we shared free books for children, teens, and adults, and invited visitors to test their knowledge with our spin-the-wheel trivia game. We also chatted about the importance of literacy and the work Literacy Quebec does to promote literacy skills development in Quebec’s English-speaking communities through our Members, networking, collaboration, and advocacy.

We were thrilled to share approximately 100 books and connect with so many people. Thank you to everyone who stopped by, played a round of trivia, picked up a book, or took a few minutes to learn more about literacy.

👉Check out our What Is Literacy? page to learn more: literacyquebec.org/what-is-literacy/

📰 We’re in the Montreal Gazette!

We’re proud to have placed an ad for International Literacy Day in the Montreal Gazette to help spread the word about the free literacy tutoring, programs, and activities our network offers to English-speaking communities across Quebec.

Literacy skills are part of everyday life—from reading and writing to using digital tools, understanding health information, and managing our finances. If you or someone you know would like to strengthen these skills, support is available. 💙

👉Call our helpline at 1-888-521-8181 to be connected with a literacy organization, or visit our Member Network page to find an organization near you: https://literacyquebec.org/member-network/