Labour Education Centre

Financial literacy volunteer tutor Simon Lau presents to LEC LBS class sub-group.

LEC’s full-time English class recently enjoyed a 2-day workshop on “Money Matters.” Sponsored by ABC Life Literacy, the financial literacy workshop discussed:

o Banking Basics

o Budgeting and Spending Plans

o Credit and Borrowing

o Savings and RESPs (Registered Education Savings Plan)

Volunteer tutors employed by a major bank brought enthusiasm and expertise to share with the learners.

AlphaPlus staffperson Monika Jankowska-Pacyna helping LEC's learners to access our class wiki where our class materials and quizzes are posted daily.

Our  thanks go out to Monika Jankowska-Pacyna from the Alpha Plus organization.

For the last few months learners in LEC’s in-house and caregiver Literacy and Basic Skills classes participated in a special enhanced computer training project in “digital literacy” with the Alpha Plus literacy support organization.

Participants  learned to use online social media tools like Facebook.   The class even setup their own Facebook page!  A class wiki was created for class materials and quizzes.   They learned about e-mail etiquette, how to “safely” remove a USB stick from a computer, how to share documents using online services like Google Docs,  how to make better use of search engines and online mapping tools like Google Maps.

For further information on digital literacy you can visit the Alpha Plus website.

LEC LBS learners take a "healthy eating" shopping trip to a local supermarket!

Last fall, several of LEC’s LBS learners were trained to become “Peer Health Ambassadors” at the Flemingdon Community Health Centre.

Karem Velasco and Yisalva Martinez delivered a workshop to both our “in house” and USW Job Action Centre LBS classes on “Healthy Eating and the Safe Handling of Foods“.

Participants learned about sterilization and cleanliness when handling food, along with nutrition and proper portions for men, women and children.

The class was split into groups of four and each group went to a local grocery store to buy foods from three of the four basic food groups to create a healthy snack to share with the whole class.   The cost of the purchases had to be less than $25.

When the groups returned to class, they prepared the food and made short presentations showing the total cost of the snack and the basic food groups used in the snack.

LEC LBS participants thoroughly enjoyed the exercise and had a great deal of fun!