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Episode 16 - Election Special #3 Vote!

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According to Elections Canada there were about 4.7 million Canadians who voted early. That’s a 29% increase the since 2015 election! 

Welcome to the 4th episode of season 3 of the Literacy Quebec Podcast! With the upcoming election on October 21st, our theme for the next few weeks has been about literacy and civic engagement. In our final episode for our election special, we are talking about why it is important to vote and how to get youth involved. Today, we are speaking with Samantha Reusch, Research and Evaluations Manager, Apathy is Boring and Erica Ruth Kelly, Programs Coordinator, Quebec and Atlantic, ABC Life Literacy Canada. As part of our election series, we will be talking about how to vote - if you haven’t already. We close the show with upcoming member events. #literacy4all  #elxn43

Show Links

  • Literacy and the Election: Why it matters documents : https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/track?uri=urn%3Aaaid%3Ascds%3AUS%3Abdf25839-111a-4ad7-ae52-d67a1f294aa1&fbclid=IwAR3tozQP4Mrrf49qYfcJSclGVrb82pzQsGj_BjQGIdEtNBW6OIkDGmU4n6o
  • Apathy is Boring: https://www.apathyisboring.com/
  • ABC Life Literacy and Elections Canada Guide on Voting: https://abclifeliteracy.ca/civic-literacy
  • CBC Vote Compass: http://votecompass.com/
  • Elections Canada: https://www.elections.ca/

    • Upcoming Events

    • The Learning Exchange will be sponsoring ABC Life Literacy’s Up Skills for Work Series to adult learners https://tleliteracy.com/up-skills-for-work-series/?fbclid=IwAR3MJjtb8Ul6YwuVtBhPdLKWg-pn8yXdnVqDHSw8JggYXtQWKjn9WQTqMxE 
    • Literacy In Action Arts and Scraps Oct 21 1-3 puppet making, October 29 5-7 Stencil Making, November 13 5-7 Print Making and MAC for Beginners Oct 23, Oct 30 Lennoxville Library  https://www.facebook.com/events/732129193867873/
    • WQLC events E-parent workshops on Digital Literacy Oct 22 and Nov 5 https://www.facebook.com/events/395500908015049/  
    • CVLC  English Language Workshops  https://cvlc-chateauguay.weebly.com/community-events.html  
    • LQ at the 2020 Scotiabank Charity Race (April 25-26 2020) literacyquebec.org
    • Check out the upcoming Annual General Meetings for many of our members this month! See our blog on Literacyquebec.org for more details


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