
Bell Let’s Talk Day is Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | version française
Bell Let’s Talk is a multi-year charitable program dedicated to the promotion and support of mental health across Canada. Since 2010, Bell has committed more than $100 million to support a wide range of mental health organizations, large and small, from coast to coast focusing on anti-stigma, care and access, workplace mental health and research.
Now more than ever, every action counts. On Bell Let’s Talk Day, Bell will donate more towards mental health initiatives in Canada by contributing 5¢ for every applicable text, call, tweet or TikTok video using #BellLetsTalk, social media video view and use of our Facebook frame or Snapchat filter.
Want to join in to help create positive change, but don’t know how? It’s all about having the right tools to join the conversation and help create positive change. The Bell Let’s Talk Toolkit consists of simple everyday tools that can be used to take action to support mental health, including a conversation guide, workplace activities and social media images.
To help you spread the word about mental health, we’ve created a toolkit that includes a conversation guide and helpful templates for use in schools, communities, and workplaces.
Not sure where to go to find help or who to turn to? Consulting with your healthcare provider or another trusted professional is always a great start. You can also refer to our list of organizations with helpful resources.
If you are looking for online and other resources available to support and help manage your mental health through the COVID-19 situation, there are resources:
Stay up-to-date: Year after year, Bell Let’s Talk gets the nation buzzing and taking action to help create positive change for mental health. Stay up-to-date on everything Bell Let’s Talk with the latest articles, media releases and videos.
The From Where We Stand: Conversations on Race and Mental Health podcast highlights the experiences of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities and their impact on mental health.
A LEARNING EXCHANGE / CDC VIMONT partner event
We are The Learning Exchange and we are here to help students succeed! We invite you to discover the TLE experience! You can see the latest events and activities with our TLE event calendar and follow us on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube.
All TLE services are free, offered in English, and are open to the Laval community as well as adult ed students of CDC Vimont and the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. TLE prides itself on offering a diverse range of services, resources, events and activities. We are proud to be a working partner with CDC Vimont Adult Education. See our detailed report from the last Annual General Meeting Oct. 19, 2021: TLE Annual Report of Activities 2020 2021 and this year’s Detailed Action Plan to see what we do!
WE ARE THE LEARNING EXCHANGE *also known as TLE
Darlene Brown TLE Executive Director
Enza Ciampanelli TLE Community Manager
TLE office and resource centre: room 215
Tel. 450-688-2933 ext. 3126 | email: tleliteracy@yahoo.caAbout TLE
The Learning Exchange (TLE), is a not-for-profit literacy organization providing free, one-on-one or group tutoring to adults in need. TLE is committed to lifelong learning and the promotion of literacy awareness. As a leader in the literacy community, TLE promotes dignity, autonomy, and privacy in the delivery of its services.TLE is funded by the Ministère de l’éducation et de l’enseignement supérieur through the Programme d’action communautaire sur le terrain d’éducation (PACTE).
TLE partners with local, provincial and national organizations. TLE advocates for and represents literacy issues through representative and participatory events, including consultations, forums, roundtables and focus groups.
Vision
We envision a Quebec where everyone has the literacy skills they need to live a fully engaged life.
Mission
The Learning Exchange is a volunteer not-for-profit organization dedicated to empowering the community through improved literacy.
Mandate
~ Adult Literacy/Tutoring: One-on-one and small group instruction to adults (16+) in need
~ Volunteer/Tutor Training
~ Public Awareness and Sensitization
~ Volunteer/Student Recruitment
~ Community Resource and Learning Centre
~ Volunteer/Student Outreach and Retention
~ Prevention and Intervention
FREE TUTORING SERVICES
~ All tutoring services are free and only offered in English to learners 16+ years old
~ Resources, free accounts (e.g. Math Helps Services) and support are offered to students
~ Tutoring services are offered with trained TLE volunteers online via Zoom
~ Tutoring can be offered in most subject areas (e.g. sec. English, math, conversation, etc.).
~ If someone has a special need, we can try to recruit a volunteer (e.g. science tutor)
HOW TO APPLY FOR A TUTOR
~ Apply for a tutor with the Find a Tutor form
~ Enza, our TLE Community Manager, will contact the applicant to discuss tutoring needs, availability, etc.
HOW TO APPLY TO VOLUNTEER
~ Apply for a tutor with the I Want to Volunteer form
~ Enza, our TLE Community Manager, will contact the applicant to discuss volunteer options, references, etc.
~ As part of the intake, an introductory interview is held on Zoom
~ Online training is available through Ruzuku
~ Orientation Training takes place with Darlene, TLE’s Executive Director, prior to volunteering
MAKING THE MATCH
~ First session: An introductory meeting is held on Zoom with the student, tutor and Enza
~ All students and tutors must follow the Digital Code of Conduct and Making the Match guidelines
RESOURCES AND SUPPORT OFFERED
Students, teachers and professionals can use and borrow TLE resources and equipment such as laptops, podcast microphones, books, class resources, games, etc.
Online Training and Information Access
Great digital resources vetted by teachers and resource consultants:
~ TLE Learning Resources: ESL, Math, English, etc.
~ Essential Skills Quebec Resources: The 9 Skills related to jobs, job search, etc.Free training & learning resources can be accessed on Ruzuku by enrolling with an email:
~ Infographics for Learning: Resources to help with reading, writing, literary elements and study skills.
~ How to Podcast: Use this information and video series to make a podcast.
~ Secondary Courses: Cycle One: Course information for students in Cycle One
~ Secondary Courses: Cycle Two: Course information for students in Cycle Two
PROJECTS
Annually, TLE submits project proposals that benefit CDC Vimont students and families, as well as the Laval community. Here is a recent project aimed at student perseverance:
BOOK & RESOURCE GIVEAWAYS
Yearly, TLE gives thousands of free books to CDC students and the Laval community. We also provide resources, online activities and children’s books to students who are parents. Contact Enza in room 215 if you know a student or family who could benefit from this free service.
Ask us about resources such as:~ Free books
~ Health passports
~ Remembrance Day materials
~ Money Matters
~ Upskills: Softskills for jobs
~ Literacy Quebec Help Line
~ Health information booklets
~ Parenting booklets
~ Family magazines
~ Ready for kindergarten materials information
~ Writing Kits
~ How to Raise a Reader info. cards
This online tool guides students through the creation of a resume. Saving capability allows them to return to their work and make revisions. Written and audio tips throughout the tool guide students as they complete each section of the resume. ~ ReadWriteThink.org
Website links to several different sites from around the web to give you support for the Secondary Math program for Québec
–James Gore
Secondary Math Consultant, Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
WELCOME TO THE LEARNING EXCHANGE/TLE
www.TLEliteracy.com
Tel: 450-688-2933 ext. 3126 | E-mail: tleliteracy@yahoo.ca
INTRODUCTIONS
Tell me about yourself and what brought you to TLE
THE LEARNING EXCHANGE | TLE
About TLE | TLE Location | room 215
CDC Vimont Adult Education
APPLYING FOR A TUTOR
Find a Tutor form
Help needed | Class materials used
Availability | Making the Match
RESOURCES AND SUPPORT
Resources, free accounts and support offered to students for tutoring
TLE Learning Resources: ESL, Math, English, etc.
Essential Skills Quebec Resources: The 9 Skills related to jobs, job search, etc.
Online Training Access
Students can use the following free training & learning resources on Ruzuku by enrolling with an email:
Infographics for Learning: Resources to help with your reading, writing, literary elements and study skills.
How to Podcast: Use this information and video series to make your own podcast.
BEING TUTORED
Introductory Meeting: Student, Tutor and Enza
Match | Schedule and Communication
ETCETERA
We are here to help you succeed!
The Learning Exchange prides itself on offering a variety of events in the community. Students are invited to join us to discover the TLE experience! You can see the latest events with our TLE event calendar and follow us on FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube. Welcome to The Learning Exchange!
Pheleshia is a teacher and has a Master of Education in Educational Psychology and Counselling: Special Needs. She is a Certified Canadian Yoga Alliance-Registered Yoga Teacher | CYA-RYT650 certified.
Pheleshia is passionate about plants, the stars and mostly about all aspects of health: Emotional, spiritual, psychological, and physical. She is a traditional herbalist and promotes a holistic and global health perspective in her teaching and practice of yoga. She has been practicing yoga for 30 years and did her yoga teacher training with Dr. Madan Bali.
As a lifelong learner she has since completed the following yoga teacher training: Yogathérapie: Anatomie avancée, Yoga Nidra, Yoga Yin, Usage des outils et supports, Yoga Prénatal & Postnatal, yoga aérien (with 700 hours teaching aerial) et Enseignant guérisseur and is currently completing her training as a birth doula. She is CYA-RYT650 certified.
~ Take hold of your health
On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month Canadians from sea to sea to sea are invited to take “A Pittance of Time” to reflect on what it means to be Canadian: to take a moment in quiet reverence no matter where they are and experience deep emotional heartfelt gratitude for their individuality, community, culture, safety, peace and all of the freedoms that we enjoy in Canadian life.
The song “A Pittance of Time” was inspired and composed by Terry Kelly in 1999 as a result of an incident in a drug store – when a man chose not to join other customers who were taking two minutes of silence in honour of our veterans. As Terry’s surrogate parents at the (residential) Halifax School for the Blind, were retired military women and men, Terry was determined to commit future energies towards creating a greater awareness of the sacrifices made to provide freedom and a more comfortable life for each of us!
~ Terry Kelly
The Essential Skills Quebec website by The Learning Exchange provides links to outside sites and resources related to the 9 Essential Skills. Use these resources to develop everyday skills or to better prepare yourself to work in a variety of positions that require skills such as reading, writing, document use, oral communication and computer literacy.
A BIG THANK YOU goes out to the FreeCodeCamp (FCC) Nonprofit Project team who created the site for TLE:
Michael: FCC Coordinator
Quincy: FCC Teacher
Alex: Volunteer FCC Project Manager
Abdul-Rasheed: FCC Camper | built site
Colin: Volunteer FCC Camper | built site
Tony: TLE GetInvolved volunteer | graphics
Darlene: TLE Executive Director | content links and resource research