Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2007-01-05 22:15.
The Digital Literacy Project is pleased to have made partnerships with the following organizations, schools and collectives.
Organizations
Le Y des Femmes de Montreal
Representative: Jade Goldfarb
The DLP is partnering with the Y des Femmes de Montreal's youth programming coordinator to develope web design and blogging workshops for their participants!
Innovation Jeunes
Representative: Jenna Smith
This upcomming spring the youth at Innovation Jeunes have the opportunity to get involved in an exciting blogging workshop!
CFAD
Representative: Liam
Family Continuity for Female Inmates and Ex-inmates(CFAD)'s PACE PROGRAM – The Children’s Community Action Program - brings together children ages 6 through 12 for activities, programs, meals, and workshops every Sunday. Youth from the PACE program have been participating in bi-monthly videography and editing workshops.
Head and Hands | A deux mains - Jeunesse 2000
Representative: Neil
Youth from Head and Hands drop-in centre, Jeunesse 2000 are participating in Eye & I: Expose Community photo essay project. Previously, the DLP has partnered with Head and Hands' Young Parents Program and Sense Project on photo manipulation, web design and video projects.
Head and Hands | A deux mains - Young Parents Program
Representative: Madeleine
Young Parents from the YPP participated in a digital photography and digital photo manipulation workshop with thend goal of creating a photo zine. Participants learned basic lighting and composition, completed a tabluea photography workshop, and used single use cameras to document their experiences as young parents living in Montreal. They then came to the library for four sessions in Photoshop, each participant designing a 2-page spread for the photo zine.
Reclaim Literacy
Representative: Eric Craven
As a leader in the literacy community, the Reading Council for Literacy Advance in Montreal (RECLAIM), a not-for-profit organization provides free, confidential, English literacy services in reading, writing, and numeracy.
Project 10
Representative: Carly Boyce
Project 10 works to promote the personal, social, sexual and mental well being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, two-spirit, intersexed and questioning youth and adults 14-25. Through advocacy and education, using a harm reduction approach, Project 10 aims to facilitate the empowerment of youth at individual, community, and institutional levels with a particular emphasis on supporting individuals and groups who experience multiple and intersecting oppressions.
Tyndale St-Georges Department of School Age Children, Youth & Families
Representative: Kim Kidder
We have worked with Tyndale St-Georges grade six after school program in collaboration with Literacy through Hip-Hop to develop a program that combines literacy skills, Hip-hop and audio recording and production courses.
Schools
James Lyng High School
Representative: Allannah Murphy
As part of an ongoing partnership James Lyng High School, students participate in after school video programs with the DLP. The Fall 2009 workshop series focused on media awareness.
Westmount High School
Representative: Sam Servello
The Drama program worked on a creative project with the DLP in 2008.
Collectives and Media Literacy Programs
W.O.R.D. (Writing Our Rhymes Down)
Representatives: Lynn Worrell
W.O.R.D.'s dedicated volunteers participated in a web design workshop and then used their skills to build W.O.R.D. a wicked website!
Previously we have partnered with W.O.R.D to deliver a program to the grade six after school program at Tyndale st-Georges and James Lyng High School.
Collective Vision
Representative: Erik Chevrier
The Media Awareness trainers at Collective Vision have been conducting critical media workshops and video training at Montreal schools for the past two years we are excited to be collaborating with them on lesson plan development, strategic planning and media-skills training.
CUTV Concordia University Television
Representative: Catherine Cooper
Tim Kelly from CUTV hosted a Green Screen Workshop for the youth from James Lyng High School. The youth then used their footage in their individual video projects. As they grow their mandate to become Montreals first community television station we are pleased to be able to collaborate on several workshops.
If you are interested in becoming involved in this project as partner please get in touch with us, we look forward to hearing from you.