Family Literacy Day 2021

CONTEST ALERT! We are giving away Literacy Fun Packs to five lucky families who enter our contest. Packs include new children’s books, craft supplies and a $50 gift card Indigo! To be entered for your chance to win, just post a picture of your family reading a...

Major Donation Kicks Off Inspire a Love of Reading Campaign

On his 29th birthday, Dave Arsenault and his company Tops to Floors, donated $29,000 to the PEI Literacy Alliance’s campaign: Inspire a Love of Reading This Holiday Season. The PEI Literacy Alliance launched this fundraising campaign in October to bring free books to...

Free Book Giving Program Announced

The PEI Literacy Alliance launched the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program on September 30, 2020, in partnership with Rotary Clubs and the Province of Prince Edward Island. The launch was held at their 30th Annual General Meeting. The Imagination Library, a free...

New Awareness Program called Read with Me

For release on January 27th, 2020, Family Literacy Day The PEI Literacy Alliance launched a new program today called Read with Me. It is an awareness program to encourage parents and caregivers to read with their infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. The Alliance chose...

Nathan Steeves – new Chair of the Alliance’s Board of Directors

The PEI Literacy Alliance is pleased to welcome Nathan Steeves as the new Chair of the Board of Directors, replacing Jeff Murphy who completed his two year term as Chair in September and remains on the Board as Past Chair.  “Nathan has been an excellent addition to...

Bursaries Awarded

Here are essays from our three bursary winners. Each was awarded $750. Thank you to our Bursary Sponsors: Master Packaging Holland College Canadian Tire. Martin Arsenault I have faced many challenges in continuing my studies such as raising a family of three kids, two...

Welcome Anne MacDonald!

My name is Anne MacDonald and I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the new project coordinator for ESAF with the PEI Literacy Alliance. I am very excited to be joining the team at PEILA because of its strong roots in the community providing...

Join our Team! We’re hiring!

Job Posting for a Project Coordinator PEI Literacy Alliance is hiring a Project Coordinator to plan, coordinate and deliver a program called Essential Skills for Atlantic Fisheries (ESAF).  This project addresses workforce challenges in the fisheries sector. The...