Provide powerful, self-help training and certification for students at all grades and levels to gain higher academic standing and personal self-sufficiency by:

  • Providing a training program for tutors
  • Granting certificates to successful participants

We gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors for their help and support:


The Harbinger Foundation

The Ontario Trillium Foundation Foundation

The Carolyn Sifton Foundation

International Development and Relief Foundation

The South East Michigan Community Foundation

The McLean Foundation

The Palonek Family

The McConnell Foundation

The Phalen Sailing Foundation

The Toronto Raptors' Foundation

The Toronto Blue Jays Childrens' Foundation

The Sir Joseph Flavelle Foundation

The George Lunan

The Rogan Foundation

The J.P. Bickell Foundation

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Hydro One

TELUS

CIBC

TD Bank

Staples

and many individuals and kind donors.

The Mission:
To train and certify student tutors to provide informed academic help not otherwise available to large numbers of students who are academically at risk, underachieving or new to the English language, and to do so in a cost effective and easily replicable manner.

The Tenets:
L2L is open to all students. Priority is given to where the need is greatest.
L2L is language and culture free.
L2L provides communities with leadership and self-help in a unique and fundamental way.
L2L adds productivity to society as a whole. Canada’s productivity depends on its people’s knowledge and skills.
If you are interested in volunteer work with L2L, please send an e-mail including your background and the areas in which you would like to help. All people associated with L2L who have contact with the students must be cleared through the police check. L2l provides the papers and fee.

Licensed to Learn Inc. (L2L) is a charitable, not-for-profit enterprise dedicated to helping students to help themselves and others in creative and productive ways.

Patron:
  • The Honourable Lincoln Alexander, PC, OC, BA, LLD
Honorary Chair:
  • The Honourable Coulter A. Osborne, QC
Board:
  • Michaele Robertson, Chair
  • Robin Campbell, Vice-Chair and Planning Committee Chair
  • Karen Carr, Treasurer
  • Roxanne Chow, Board Member
  • Mary Doyle, Board Member
  • Beverley Freedman, Board Member
  • Patricia Gouinlock, Board Member
  • Alexander Karapetov, Board Member
  • Nasir Noormohammed, Board Member
  • Bob Simon, Board Member

Secretary to the Board:

  • Chris Sherk

Advisors:

  • Ajike Akande
  • Angela Bradley
  • Nancy Hamm
  • Ken Goldberg
  • Cathy Mallov
  • Nina McCreath
  • Carol McCabe
  • Sandy Mitchell
  • Catherine Newell
  • Steve Paikin
  • Robert Parry
  • Maria Pazo
  • Daniel Shearer
  • Kathleen Timmins

Personnel:

  • Stan Pearl, MEd, President and CEO.
  • Fred Peach, MEd, VP Program,
  • Alyson McLelland , MEd, Trainer
  • Joy Jong, BEd, Trainer and Administration

Founder and Consultant:

  • Barry Wansbrough

Volunteers:

  • Ken Hilliard
  • Thirumahal Kumarappah
  • Susan Noda
  • Jennifer Zhou

For Students
There are big advantages for both the tutors and those they tutor. The tutors receive very practical training about the tactics and processes of helping others to improve their grades, and most improve their own grades, too. By almost universal agreement, they get serious personal satisfaction and respect from helping others, their school and community. Earning the certificate is an appropriate reward for this volunteer activity, and it is very well-received by the tutors.

The peers who are tutored receive help in a unique and individual environment and with tutors who have only their success to concentrate on. Feedback from the students, parents and teachers is very positive about the impact on the students' morale, attendance, completion of work and better achievement.

For Schools
The schools benefit from a buzz of very positive activity that is focused on the point of schooling: hitting a higher mark! - in all respects. Principals and teachers have been very supportive in this program. Because there are academic and character qualifications for acceptance into the tutoring program, and there is very positive recognition for the tutors. Also, there is much demand to join.

GTA Schools of L2L

Elementary
Berner Trail PS
Blake PS
Gallway Road PS
Fenside PS
Malvern ES
Lucy Maude Montgomery PS
Market Lane PS
Military Trail PS
Milliken PS
R.H. MCGregor PS
St Margaret’s PS
Secord ES
Sir Samuel Steele Jr PS

Middle
Bowmore MS
Buchanan MS
C. R. Marchant MS
Cosburn MS
D.A. Morrison MS
Dr. Marion Hilliard MS
Earl Grey Sr PS
Geo Peck MS
Gordon A. Brown MS
Ionview PS
Manhattan PS
Maryvale MS
Milne Valley MS
Valley Park MS
West Hill PS
Wexford PS
 
Secondary
Albert Campbell CI
East York CI
Jarvis CI
Lester B Pearson CI
Marc Garneau CI
Riverdale CI
SATEC@WA Porter CI
West Hill CI
West Humber CI
Weston CI
Wexford CI
 

Community Partner Organizations, past and present
 The Toronto District School Board
The Macaulay Child Development Centre, Youth Division York U/Westview Partnership
University of Toronto, Centre for Community Partnerships

Current Major Partners-Benefactors
HydroOne
The International Development and Relief Foundation
The Paloma Foundation
TELUS
The Raptors Foundation
Many kind smaller foundations and friends
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