These workshops are hosted by high school students who will teach a mini-lesson on several topics related to computers or ipads. The participants will have time to practice what they have learned with the students on hand and can ask any questions that arise. Please feel free to bring your tablet, laptop or iPad to the workshops.
Date & Time
| Tuesday, February 16, 2016 from 9:15-10:15am |
Drop-in session –
Come have your questions answered |
| Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 9:15-10:15am |
Different ways to use the iPad |
These workshops are hosted by high school students who will teach a mini-lesson on several topics related to computers or ipads. The participants will have time to practice what they have learned with the students on hand and can ask any questions that arise. Please feel free to bring your tablet, laptop or iPad to the workshops.
Date & Time
| Tuesday, February 16, 2016 from 9:15-10:15am |
Drop-in session –
Come have your questions answered |
| Wednesday, February 24, 2016 from 9:15-10:15am |
Different ways to use the iPad |
Lifelong Learning is an on-going series of peer-led informative and informal learning opportunities.
LLL provides English-speaking adults in Quebec City with opportunities for idea exchange, peer learning and active participation.
Date: Friday, September 9th – Creative Writing
Time: 10:00 to 12:00AM
Location: Valcartier Family Centre
This project is aimed at allowing English-speaking seniors to keep their autonomy and actively participate in community activities through safe and free transportation on a weekly basis.
Example of outings include: lunches out, shopping trips, movie matinees and visits to local spots such as Île d’Orléans.
For more information about the project, to offer your suggestions or to register for activities please contact Alexandra Hartley at 418-683-2366 ext. 224 or seniors@veq.ca.
Upcoming Activities
Stay tuned for updated information
- Live performances by cultural groups
- Inflatable games/face painting
- Community and business showcase
- BBQ and snacks
Voice of English-speaking Quebec is looking for volunteers willing to fill several positions during their annual fall fest community event to be held on Saturday, September 17th.
How to Apply/Contact: For more information contact info@veq.ca or 418-683-2366 ext. 221.
Many volunteer opportunities are available, see www.familyforce.ca. If you would like to be part of our dynamic group or if you have questions or comments, contact the Volunteer Coordinator at the VFC.
Julie Lessard
Julie.lessard@forces.gc.ca
418-844-6060
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Programme d’Action bénévole du Centre de la Famille Valcartier
Plusieurs occasions de bénévolat sont disponibles, à www.familyforce.ca. Si vous souhaitez faire partie de notre équipe dynamique ou si vous avez des questions ou commentaires, contactez la personne responsable de l’action bénévole du CFV.
Julie Lessard
Julie.lessard@forces.gc.ca
418-844-6060
Date : Tuesday, September 20 starting at 6 pm (PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE!)
Location: Jeffery Hale pavilion Multipurpose room 1135 (1270 chemin Ste-Foy)
Connecting with other English-speaking moms and dads can add much needed joie de vivre to your daily life. Parent networking positively contributes to everyone’s sense of wellness and community. That’s why the Wellness Centre at Jeffery Hale invites parents to partake in a pizza party planning session to map out fun activities for the 2016/17 season. We provide the pizza and free parking and you provide the innovative ideas and volunteer power. This year we are also opening the doors to our dads in case they were feeling left out! We may even go so far as to rename the activity … Here’s your chance to get involved and dream big about a new line up of fun activities for English-speaking families in Quebec City. Please send an email to janderson@jhpartners.net to register for this event by noon September 19.
The Morrin Centre, located in the heart of Old Quebec (44, chaussée des Écossais Québec), is seeking volunteers to lead their English Discussion Groups this fall.
There are currently three groups that meet on a weekly basis: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7 pm and Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3 pm.
We are looking for friendly, dynamic volunteers who have had some experience teaching or leading a group. Knowledge of French isn’t necessary as the Morrin Centre screens the participants to make sure that they have an intermediate knowledge of English. There is no curriculum to follow, but the discussion leader can help people with vocabulary and pronunciation and suggest topics for discussion.
The groups will begin meeting during the week of September 19th and finish the first week of December.
If you are available on Wednesday afternoons and/or Tuesday and Thursday evenings and are bilingual or a native speaker of English, please contact Rosemarie Fischer at 418 694-9147 – extension 221, or write to info@morrin.org.
The gift shop is open 7 days a week from early May until mid-November. Volunteers are needed for either a few hours or a few days a week.
Specifically, the gift shop volunteer will have as tasks and responsibilities to:
•Welcome visitors entering
•Thank the visitors leaving
•Manage the cash register
•Stimulate the sale of items
•Educate visitors about our guided tours
•Keep records of sales balance of each day
•Answer questions of visitors
•SMILE J
Working knowledge of French and English is required
By volunteering with us, you’ll gain:
•Experience
•Responsibility
•Knowledge of a protected historical site
•Connection with a great community
•Language and communication skills
Contact:
Tommy Byrne
Project Manager
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
31, rue des Jardins
Québec (QC) G1R 4L6 Canada
418-692-2193
projectmanager@cathedral.ca
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Tommy Byrne
Gestionnaire de projet | Project Manager
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
31, rue des Jardins
The Chitchat Club is tailor-made for those who wish to practice speaking French and/or English while keeping their hands busy. Volunteer second language teachers act as conversation monitors and guide discussion groups while chatty volunteers work in teams to wash toys, prepare children’s crafts, organize cupboards, fold pamphlets and attend to other interesting assignments for the Wellness Centre programs.
Upcoming Dates
Fridays, 9:30 to 11:30 am
September 30, 2016
October 28, 2016
November 25, 2016
January 20, 2017
February 17, 2017
March 31, 2017
May 26, 2017
Special Request
We are still currently looking for native English-speaking volunteers to facilitate the chatting at these tables while we work. Many of our volunteers are very eager to hear and speak in English with English-speakers. If you are interested in helping in this way, we would happily welcome new additions to our team. For more information, please call 418-683-2366 ext.222.
Join the Jeffery Hale’s Moms’ Nite Out group again for this year’s CIBC Run for the Cure to support Breast Cancer research. Join us to walk or run the 1K, 5K or 10K course on Sunday October 2nd at 9am (9:30 run start time) on the Plains of Abraham or support our team with a donation at 
IHQ: Tour of St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Sunday October 2 at 1:30 p.m. – Irish Heritage Quebec will offer an English-language tour of St. Patrick’s Cemetery during the Journées de la Culture, The tour lasts 75 minutes. Anyone interested in participating is requested to call 418 704-3404 and reserve a place. All Journées de la Culture activities are free of cost for the participants. |
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Kirk Hall Crafters Wednesdays from 2-4 and/or 7-9 p.m. – The Kirk Hall Crafters, a bilingual group of craft-minded people that meets weekly in the Kirk Hall, 45 Chaussée-des-Écossais, Old Québec. Join this fun all-ages group and enjoy tea and a chat while working on your craft project! For more information, call Katherine at 418 704-2278 |
Valcartier celebrating 200 years since The Settlement began!
From October 7 to 9, we will be celebrating Settlement Days at the Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Community Center. Activities are planned for all ages.
Some highlights include: Friday – an afternoon of traditional music and learning to dance the Valcartier Set. James Allan calls a dance in the evening.
Saturday – the unveiling of our top-secret project, videos of old photos, activities for children (quilting, baking, spinning), family concert with Daniel Roy and a round table investigation into a house called Riverside. On Saturday evening there will be a tribute to the Country Show. Singers from past shows singing some of the favorites. Wear your dancing boots!
Sunday – bus tours of the village, antique cars, mini-farm and pony rides, public market and photo ops with the Honorable John Neilson and, if rumors are correct, Lt. Col. Alexander Wolff, who settled in Valcartier in 1824.
Come in costume! Prizes will be awarded. For full program details, visit www.valcartier1816.com.
The Volunteer program of the Valcartier Family Centre
Many volunteer opportunities are available, see www.familyforce.ca. If you would like to be part of our dynamic group or if you have questions or comments, contact the Volunteer Coordinator at the VFC.
Julie Lessard
Julie.lessard@forces.gc.ca
418-844-6060
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Programme d’Action bénévole du Centre de la Famille Valcartier
Plusieurs occasions de bénévolat sont disponibles, à www.familyforce.ca. Si vous souhaitez faire partie de notre équipe dynamique ou si vous avez des questions ou commentaires, contactez la personne responsable de l’action bénévole du CFV.
Julie Lessard
Julie.lessard@forces.gc.ca
418-844-6060
Valcartier celebrating 200 years since The Settlement began!
From October 7 to 9, we will be celebrating Settlement Days at the Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Community Center. Activities are planned for all ages.
Some highlights include: Friday – an afternoon of traditional music and learning to dance the Valcartier Set. James Allan calls a dance in the evening.
Saturday – the unveiling of our top-secret project, videos of old photos, activities for children (quilting, baking, spinning), family concert with Daniel Roy and a round table investigation into a house called Riverside. On Saturday evening there will be a tribute to the Country Show. Singers from past shows singing some of the favorites. Wear your dancing boots!
Sunday – bus tours of the village, antique cars, mini-farm and pony rides, public market and photo ops with the Honorable John Neilson and, if rumors are correct, Lt. Col. Alexander Wolff, who settled in Valcartier in 1824.
Come in costume! Prizes will be awarded. For full program details, visit www.valcartier1816.com.
Valcartier celebrating 200 years since The Settlement began!
From October 7 to 9, we will be celebrating Settlement Days at the Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier Community Center. Activities are planned for all ages.
Some highlights include: Friday – an afternoon of traditional music and learning to dance the Valcartier Set. James Allan calls a dance in the evening.
Saturday – the unveiling of our top-secret project, videos of old photos, activities for children (quilting, baking, spinning), family concert with Daniel Roy and a round table investigation into a house called Riverside. On Saturday evening there will be a tribute to the Country Show. Singers from past shows singing some of the favorites. Wear your dancing boots!
Sunday – bus tours of the village, antique cars, mini-farm and pony rides, public market and photo ops with the Honorable John Neilson and, if rumors are correct, Lt. Col. Alexander Wolff, who settled in Valcartier in 1824.
Come in costume! Prizes will be awarded. For full program details, visit www.valcartier1816.com.
The Morrin Centre, located in the heart of Old Quebec (44, chaussée des Écossais Québec), is seeking volunteers to lead their English Discussion Groups this fall.
There are currently three groups that meet on a weekly basis: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 to 7 pm and Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3 pm.
We are looking for friendly, dynamic volunteers who have had some experience teaching or leading a group. Knowledge of French isn’t necessary as the Morrin Centre screens the participants to make sure that they have an intermediate knowledge of English. There is no curriculum to follow, but the discussion leader can help people with vocabulary and pronunciation and suggest topics for discussion.
The groups will begin meeting during the week of September 19th and finish the first week of December.
If you are available on Wednesday afternoons and/or Tuesday and Thursday evenings and are bilingual or a native speaker of English, please contact Rosemarie Fischer at 418 694-9147 – extension 221, or write to info@morrin.org.
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Kirk Hall Crafters Wednesdays from 2-4 and/or 7-9 p.m. – The Kirk Hall Crafters, a bilingual group of craft-minded people that meets weekly in the Kirk Hall, 45 Chaussée-des-Écossais, Old Québec. Join this fun all-ages group and enjoy tea and a chat while working on your craft project! For more information, call Katherine at 418 704-2278 |
Immersions Quebec
Help Share Quebec’s Culture by Joining Our Team!
L’epiCentre du Quartier, a charitable organization whose mission includes helping immigrants integrate into Quebec’s society and culture, is launching an exciting new program – Immersions Quebec– and we’d love to have you join us as a Volunteer Facilitator!
What is Immersions Quebec?
Unlike a traditional classroom-based language program, Immersions Quebec is designed to apply existing French and English language skills. As such, an Immersion is neither a guided tour nor a language lesson – it is a facilitated exploration of cultural sites, shopping districts and other venues during which participants use a second language to learn about and discuss Quebec’s culture, heritage and daily life.
Facilitated Experiences – not Guided Tours…
Immersion Quebec offers facilitated visits, not guided tours. During a guided tour, the guide does most of the talking. Not so with an Immersion. The mission of our Volunteer Facilitators is to induce participants to practice their language skills by having them d the talking. To facilitate this, prior to an Immersion experience participants will be asked to do a bit of homework – to review reference material concerning the sites to be visited. In doing so, they come with at least some prior knowledge. The job of our facilitators is to evoke that knowledge, call on prior experiences and encourage free discussion along the way.
Who are the Participants?
Immersion participants come from all quarters – new permanent residents, students, temporary residents, tourists, and even native Quebecois(es). For new residents and tourists that want to learn more about the city, its people and culture, there’s no better way than through an Immersion experience. For native Quebecois(es) who would like to re-experience their city and culture in a second language such as English, Immersions encourage practical language use in a familiar setting rather than a sterile, classroom-based language lesson.
Your Role as a Volunteer Facilitator.
As a Volunteer Facilitator you will be helping a group of five to seven people experience Quebec City as never before. Using your French and/or English language skills, knowledge of the City, and your personal experience, you will lead participants through neighborhoods or other areas they may not be familiar with, encourage discussion in the target language about what those areas have to offer, and last but not least, facilitate an engaging and enjoyable learning experience participants will want to continue by participating in other Immersion offerings.
Will I Receive Training?
Yes, absolutely! As a future Volunteer Facilitator, you will receive both classroom and on-the-ground training to familiarize you with the mission and function of a Facilitator. This includes an introduction to Immersion locales as well as access to reference materials and other documentation designed to help make your work both enjoyable and effective.
What Sort of Time Commitment is Involved?
After you have completed one two-hour classroom session and two on-the-ground training sessions, you will be free to determine your own schedule electronically. Ideally, once you’ve completed training, we’d like to have you facilitate four Immersions per month. If you can do more that’s great – if you want to do less, that’s fine too. It’s all up to you.
Are there Physical Requirements?
Yes. Working as a Volunteer Facilitator requires the ability to walk two kilometers. Otherwise, there is no lifting, carrying or other physical work involved.
Are there any other requirements?
Only that you enjoy working with people, can engage them in lively conversation, and finally, love showing off the rich culture and heritage of Quebec City.
How do I get started?
To get more information about Immersions Quebec and your potential role as a Facilitator, please contact: Joseph Ramunni at Tel: (418) 661-7766 or by E-mail: ramunnij@gmail.com
Thanks for your consideration. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Irish Heritage Quebec meeting On Monday October 17, at 19:30, Irish Heritage Quebec will hold an activity in McMahon Hall, 1145 De Salaberry in Quebec City. Joe Lonergan will give a presentation entitled “Once Upon a Time in Montcalm.” A lifetime resident of Montcalm, he will present photographs and speak about changes in Montcalm over time. Admission is free and all are welcome. Refreshments will be served and parking stubs for Îlot St. Patrick will be validated. For more information phone Irish Heritage Quebec at 418-704-3404. |
Caring Circle Café: Anxiety, Stress and Panic Attacks
The Caring Circle Café offers an oasis for English-speaking caregivers to meet, share experiences, recharge their batteries, find resources, learn new things and enjoy mutual support. Join us in the board room of the Jeffery Hale Pavilion (1270 ch. Ste-Foy) for a teleconference that will provide participants with a better understanding of how to deal with anxiety, stress and panic attacks.
RSVP: Jan Anderson Community Organizer 684-JEFF (5333), ext. 1539
If you are reluctant to attend because you cannot leave your loved one alone, please call us so we can find a way to assist you. This free activity is made possible through funding provided by L’APPUI Capitale-Nationale pour les proches aidants des ainés.
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Kirk Hall Crafters Wednesdays from 2-4 and/or 7-9 p.m. – The Kirk Hall Crafters, a bilingual group of craft-minded people that meets weekly in the Kirk Hall, 45 Chaussée-des-Écossais, Old Québec. Join this fun all-ages group and enjoy tea and a chat while working on your craft project! For more information, call Katherine at 418 704-2278 |
Bilingualism, the Lifelong Brain Workout: Benefits from Infancy to the Golden Years
By Kristy Findlay and Genevieve Fily-Paré, part of the My Morrin programming
On Wednesday October 19th, the two speech-language pathologists will present the most up-to-date research about the impact of bilingualism from birth to the golden years.
When: Wednesday October 19th, 7:30 PM
Volunteers needed at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
The gift shop is open 7 days a week from early May until mid-November. Volunteers are needed for either a few hours or a few days a week.
Specifically, the gift shop volunteer will have as tasks and responsibilities to:
•Welcome visitors entering
•Thank the visitors leaving
•Manage the cash register
•Stimulate the sale of items
•Educate visitors about our guided tours
•Keep records of sales balance of each day
•Answer questions of visitors
•SMILE J
Working knowledge of French and English is required
By volunteering with us, you’ll gain:
•Experience
•Responsibility
•Knowledge of a protected historical site
•Connection with a great community
•Language and communication skills
Contact:
Tommy Byrne
Project Manager
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
31, rue des Jardins
Québec (QC) G1R 4L6 Canada
418-692-2193
projectmanager@cathedral.ca
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Tommy Byrne
Gestionnaire de projet | Project Manager
Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
31, rue des Jardins
Québec (QC) G1R 4L6 Canada
Office: +1-418-692-2193
Cell: +1-418-454-6083
projectmanager@cathedral.ca