Writers in the Community
Writers in the Community, which the QWF runs in collaboration with the Centre for Literacy of Quebec, brings the literary arts to young people who are left out of the artistic mainstream. Past and present partners include Mountainview High School, Dawson Alternative School, Vanguard Intercultural School, O3 Les maisons transitionelles, Batshaw Youth and Family Services, NDG Community Council, Jeunesse 2000, Head & Hands, Leave Out ViolencE, Tyndale St-Georges Community Centre, the Jewish General Hospital, and VOYCE (Voices Of Youth in Care).
MEDIA: Montreal Gazette article, May 2009
The zines below were created in 2009, 2010, and 2011 by young writers participating in the Writers in the Community program under the guidance of Larissa Andrusyshyn, Ian McGillis, JP King, and Gillian Sze. At the request of the organizations with which we collaborate, we have used only the first names of the poets.To read the zines, click on the cover pages.
The following poems were written by young writers participating in previous workshops within the program.
- Haikus [PDF]
- Acrostics [PDF]
- As Life Goes On [PDF]
- M. [PDF]
- Barbeque or ketchup [PDF]
View the video “Street Story,” with music, words, and performances by participants in the 2007 Writers in the Community program, under the guidance of Manchilde (Osei Alleyne). Video production by LabNoise Productions.
In spring 2010, Larissa Andrusyshyn, our writer-facilitator at Mountainview High School, collaborated with some of the workshop participants to record their poetry.To hear the WIC program’s first spoken-word recordings, click on the track titles listed below.
We acknowledge the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts and English Language Arts - Program Branch - DGFJ, MELS.
