YLC Programs
The Family Literacy Centre
The Family Literacy Centre at the Canada Games Centre in Whitehorse houses a broad range of programs, activities and resources to meet the literacy and essential skills needs of Yukon children, families, youth and adults.
The Literacy Connection
YLC's newsletter - released most Fridays except for summer months (monthly).
Literacy & Essential Skills Presentation
The Yukon Literacy Coalition has developed an interactive presentation to share information with Yukoners about Literacy and Essential Skills. This presentation is based on information from Human Resource and Skill Development Canada Office of Literacy and Essential Skills.
If you would like us to bring the presentation to you, give us a call, drop us an email, or send up a flare! Call 867-668-6535 or send us an email: communications.literacy@northwestel.net.
The nine LES are:
- Reading Text
- Working with Others
- Continuous Learning
- Thinking Skills
- Computer Use
- Document Use
- Numeracy
- Writing
- Oral Communication
You can find out more about LES by visiting www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/oles/olesindex_en.shtml (or see Literacy Facts in this website).
Yukon Dolly Parton Imagination Library
The Yukon Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a free gift to our children! Children residing anywhere in the Yukon who are registered before their first birthday will receive an age-appropriate book in the mail every month until their fifth birthday. Imagine up to sixty books in their very own library!
Partnership Development
New Handbook on Partnerships now available!
Thanks to a number of Yukon organizations and with special mention to Volunteer Yukon and Patti Balsillie, we are very pleased to present our handbook on partnerships: ‘Partnership Building in Yukon – for Government, Not-for-Profits & Industry Organizations’. Two partnership forums contributed to the development of the handbook.
Partnerships are not new. They have been around for a very long time. What is new is the emphasis being placed on partnerships in so many different aspects of our lives.” HRSDC Partnership Handbook, found at www.servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/sid/cia/partnership/partnerhb_e.pdf
