The Parksville Tutoring Program

09/04/2026

See you on Tuesday the 8th, which is International Literacy Day!

09/01/2026

September is Literacy Month in BC. From children to adults, everyone deserves to have language, math, tech, health, financial, cultural, emotional and physical literacy skills. Donate today https://decoda.ca/get-involved/literacy-month/ Your gift helps support literacy programs and partnerships that create opportunities for children, families and adults in communities across the province.

September is Literacy Month: Make a donation today to support September is Literacy Month

08/27/2026

Dolly Parton was an amazing musician, writer and actor, but she also leaves more than 300 million books bearing children’s own names.
She watched her father live in a world whose words were closed to him, so she transformed his lack-of into imagine the possibilities…and thus the Imagination Library was born, sending free books each month to children from birth to age five.
More than five million of those books have reached children across Canada.
We join people around the world in mourning a beloved artist and honouring an extraordinary literacy champion.
Forevermore, children will read books with their names on it, and we will all listen to songs full of her stories. There are few legacies more beautiful than that.

Dolly Parton leaves music, memory and more than 300 million books bearing children’s own names.

She knew the ache of watching her father live in a world whose words were closed to him, so she transformed his lack-of into imagine the possibilities…and thus the Imagination Library was born, sending free books each month to children from birth to age five.

More than five million of those books have reached children across Canada.

Today, Decoda joins readers around the world in mourning a beloved artist and honouring an extraordinary literacy champion.

Forevermore, children will read books with their names on it, and we will all listen to songs full of her stories. There are few legacies more beautiful than that.

08/24/2026

We are back from summer holidays! Hey tutors, CALP reports are due for our year end. And if you know of anyone who wants to volunteer, contact us, because we have new adult learners looking for tutoring help.

07/03/2026

Our year is coming to its last couple months. Thank you to all our wonderful volunteer tutors and dedicated students for a fabulous year of learning. 🌠 The Career Centre - Parksville is open in the summer so tutoring pairs and our ESL groups will still be meeting. Our coordinator will be on holiday for July and returning August 17. We hope you have a great summer! See you soon! ⛱️🌞

06/29/2026

We will be back on Thursday, July 2nd. 🇨🇦 Please also note that our coordinator will be on summer holidays from July 4 until mid August.

06/25/2026

United for Literacy, formerly Frontier College, is celebrating 125 years! 🥳📖 Check out their history timeline of delivering literacy programs to people all across Canada since 1899. This would be a fun lesson for English language learners who want some Canadian history too. https://www.unitedforliteracy.ca/About/Our-Story

A brief history and timeline of United for Literacy.

06/17/2026

Bob the Canadian is always a good YouTube channel to watch and learn some English. This week he is talking about the World Cup. Football to some, Soccer to Canadians. ⚽️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl2qSQPspzo

In this English lesson, I will help you learn and practice vocabula...

06/05/2026

We're having a potluck! Do you know what a potluck is? Check out this blog post from "allrecipes" 🍣🍔🍕 and then look at our current newsletter for information on date and location. All tutors and students are welcome to join. https://www.allrecipes.com/what-are-potlucks-8649814

Learn about the history of potlucks, including where the name comes from and how a potluck is different from a picnic.

05/19/2026

Gardening is one of our favorite topics in our ESL Conversation Group. (Food might be the most common topic!) If you would like to join us, and practice your English, please contact us.