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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
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We gratefully acknowledge the following sponsors for their help and support:
The J.P. Bickell Foundation
The Sir Joseph Flavelle Foundation
The Harbinger Foundation
HydroOne
The International Development and Relief Foundation
The George Lunan Foundation
The McLean Foundation
The Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Paloma Foundation
The Palonek Family
The Rogan Foundation
The South East Michigan Community Foundation
TELUS
The Toronto Raptors' Foundation
and many individuals and kind donors.
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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.
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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. |
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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:
- Chris Sherk, Chair
- Robin Campbell, Vice-Chair and Planning Committee Chair
- Michaele Roberston, Education Committee Chair
- Karen Carr, Treasurer
- Roxanne Chow, Board Member
- Patricia Gouinlock, Board Member
- Alexander Karapetov, Board Member
- Nina McCreath, Board Member
- Nasir Noormohammed, Board Member
Advisors:
- Ajike Akande
- Angela Bradley
- Nancy Hamm
- Ken Goldberg
- Cathy Mallov
- Carol McCabe
- Sandy Mitchell
- Catherine Newell
- Steve Paikin
- Robert Parry
- Maria Pazo
- Daniel Shearer
Administration:
- Barry Wansbrough, MEd, President and CEO.
- Stan Pearl, MEd. VP Program,
- Fred Peach, MEd, VP Program
- Elizabeth Gouinlock, BA, BEd., Executive Assistant
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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
Ionview PS
Lucy Maude Montgomery PS
Market Lane PS
Military Trail PS
R.H. MCGregor PS
St Margaret’s PS
Sir Samuel Steele Jr PS
Middle
Bloordale MS
Bowmore MS
C. R. Marchant MS
Cosburn MS
Dr. Marion Hilliard MS
Earl Grey Sr PS
Gordon A. Brown MS
Milne Valley MS
Valley Park MS
Secondary
Albert Campbell CI
Don Mills CI
East York CI
Lester B Pearson CI
Marc Garneau CI
Riverdale CI
R H King Academy
SATEC@WA Portwer CI
Sir Robert Borden BTI
Wexford CI
Community Organizations
The Toronto District School Board
Cranberry Youth Project - Collingwood
York U/Westview Partnership
University of Toronto, Centre for Community Partnerships
Current Major Partners-Benefactors
HydroOne
TELUS
The International Development and Relief Foundation
The Paloma Foundation
The Raptors Foundation
Many kind smaller foundations and friends
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