PARKDALE PROJECT READ
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
    • Remembering Premal
  • Programs
    • Literacy and Basic Skills
    • Academic Upgrading Program
    • Creating Health with Our Hands and Voices
  • Events
  • Ways To Support
    • Learners First Fund
    • Wendy Tanner Memorial Fund
    • David Michael Eminess Memorial Scholarship
    • Premal Laxman Love For All Fund
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer Tutor Program
    • Volunteer Board Members
    • Opportunities
  • Resources
  • Contact

About Us

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Image from a Spoken Word Workshop facilitated by Andrea Thompson, February 2020
Parkdale Project Read (PPR) is a non-profit, community-based literacy program that operates an adult learning centre in the Parkdale community in Toronto, Canada.

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Collective Staff Management team is responsible for daily operations and share in the decision-making process. Program staff and trained volunteers provide support to learners.

We offer free Literacy and Basic Skills Education and Academic Upgrading programs for English-speaking adults who want to learn to read and write, use basic math and/or computer skills, in order to gain more confidence and become more active in their communities.

Parkdale Project Read regards literacy as a fundamental human right, essential to personal and community development. We are dedicated to creating a safe, supportive and accessible learning environment where students can bring their whole selves to learning - mind, body, spirit, and emotions.

PPR learners come from diverse cultural backgrounds, many are marginalized in low-income housing, and are coping with the physical and mental health consequences of violence, racism, discrimination and chronic poverty.  Our programs are learner-based, meaning students decide how and what they learn.

We recognize that for adult literacy learners, progress is measured in many ways including the ability to voice their opinions, take part in social activities, care for their families, and take on leadership roles in their communities.

We facilitate not only the acquisition of basic skills, we also support real-life literacy, such as how to complete an effective job search, how to analyze news reports for facts vs. bias, and how to engage in democratic elections and the National Census.

Our trained Volunteer Tutors support individual learners and co-facilitate some learning groups.

Please watch this video to learn more about our work:

Hours

Open Monday to Thursday, hours vary, please call for information

Phone

416-531-6308

Fax

416-531-5710

Email

info [at] parkdaleprojectread.org

Address

180 Sudbury Street, Unit C7, Toronto, ON M6J 0A8
Canada


Charitable number 11908 0299 RR0001
Social Media links:
© 2022 Parkdale Project Read. All Rights Reserved
  • About
    • Our Story
    • Our Team
    • Remembering Premal
  • Programs
    • Literacy and Basic Skills
    • Academic Upgrading Program
    • Creating Health with Our Hands and Voices
  • Events
  • Ways To Support
    • Learners First Fund
    • Wendy Tanner Memorial Fund
    • David Michael Eminess Memorial Scholarship
    • Premal Laxman Love For All Fund
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer Tutor Program
    • Volunteer Board Members
    • Opportunities
  • Resources
  • Contact