Find a Literacy Program Near You
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Community-based Literacy Upgrading Programs in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia School for Adult Learning (NSSAL) Program Calendar (2025-2026)
NSSAL Service Providers & Community Learning Organizations Adult Learning Programs
Cape Breton Region
Adult Learning Association of Cape Breton County
Lisa MacDougall, Executive Director
PO Box 1283, Sydney NS B1P 6J9 (mailing)
440 George Street, Sydney NS B1P 1K3 (civic)
Phone: 902-564-8404
Fax: 902-567-2521
Adult Education Coordinator: Alicha MacLean
Community Learning Association North of Smokey
Faye Fricker, Vice Chair, Administrator
36243 Cabot Trail, PO Box 270
Ingonish NS B0C 1K0
Phone: 902-285-2354
Fax: 902-285-2052
Adult Education Coordinator: Alicha MacLean
Inverness County Literacy Council
Shirley Miller, Coordinator
Jesslyn Timmons, Coordinator
16 Railway Street, Inverness NS B0E 1N0
Phone: 902-258-3110
Fax: 902-787-3110
Adult Education Coordinator: Alicha MacLean
Port Hawkesbury Literacy Council
Crystal Samson, Executive Director
305 Granville St., Unit 1
Port Hawkesbury NS B9A 2M5
Phone: 902-625-1599
Fax: 902-625-1599
porthawkesburyliteracycouncil@gmail.com
Adult Education Coordinator: Alicha MacLean
Potlotek First Nation / Chapel Island
Donna Lameman, Director
Walter Doue, Instructor
12004 Nova Scotia 4, PO Box 538
Chapel Island NS B0E 3B0
Phone: 902-535-3317
Fax: 902-535-3004
dlameman@potlotek.ca
wdoue@potlotek.ca
Adult Education Coordinator: Alicha MacLean
Sydney Adult Education Center (Adult High School)
Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education
Paul Gartland, Principal
290 Whitney Ave.
Sydney, NS B1P 5A6
Phone: 902-562-5178
Adult Education Coordinator: Alicha MacLean
We’koqma’q First Nation
Susan Googoo, Indigenous Employment Officer
PO Box 209, 150 Reservation Road
We’koqma’q, NS B0E 3M0
Phone: 902-756-2337
Fax: 902-756-2326
Adult Education Coordinator: Alicha MacLean
Metro Region
Bedford Education Centre Campus (Adult High School)
Halifax Regional Centre for Education
Jarrett Feeney, Principal
Suite 0070, 1658 Bedford Hwy.
Bedford, NS B4A 2X9
Phone: 902-832-8630
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Bedford-Sackville Learning Network Society
Allison Borup, Executive Director
Mailing: PO Box 77, Superstore Mall
Lower Sackville NS B4C 2S8
Office: Sackville Sports Stadium
409 Glendale Drive, Lower Sackville NS B4C 2T6
Phone: 902-869-3838
Fax: 902-869-0142
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Black Educators Association
Conrad Grosse, Coordinator
2136 Gottingen Street
Halifax NS B3K 3B3
Phone: 902-424-7036
Fax: 902-424-0636
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Dartmouth Learning Network Society
Veronica McNeil, Executive Director
45 Alderney Drive, Suite 604
Dartmouth NS B2Y 2N6
Phone: 902-463-9179 ext. 222
Fax: 902-464-3052
executivedirector@dartmouthlearning.net
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Dartmouth Education Centre (Adult High School)
Halifax Regional Centre for Education
Jarrett Feeney, Principal
136 Pinecrest Dr.
Dartmouth, NS B3A 1J9
Phone: 902-832-8630
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Deaf Literacy Nova Scotia Association
Richard Martell, Network Administrator
7071 Bayers Road, Suite 329
Halifax, NS B3L 2C2
Phone: 902-423-3353 (TTY)
Phone: 902-422-7130 (Voice)
Fax: 902-422-8110
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Halifax Community Learning Network
Denise Morley, Executive Director
2099 Gottingen Street, #214
Halifax, NS B3K 3B2
Phone: 902-422-7648
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Society
Brittany Whynot, Programs Manager
2021 Brunswick St., Suite 209
Halifax, NS B3K 2Y5
Phone: 902-420-1576 ext. 233
Fax: 902-423-6130
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Preston Area Learning Skills Society
Allister Johnson, Executive Director
875 Main Street
Dartmouth, NS B2W 3V2
Phone: 902-462-6042
Fax: 902-462-6033
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Solutions Learning Centre (Dartmouth Work Activity Society)
Alison Farr, Executive Director
15 Poseidon Court
Dartmouth NS B2Y 4T9
Phone: 902-468-1320 ext. 235
Fax: 902-468-7633
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Western Halifax Community Learning Network
Lesta Armstrong, Executive Director
5209 St. Margaret’s Bay Road, Suite 205
Upper Tantallon, NS B3Z 1E3
Phone: 902-225-6320
Adult Education Coordinator: Marsha Curry
Northern Region
Antigonish County Adult Learning Association
Kevin Delorey, Organization Administrator
283 Main St., Room 120
Antigonish NS B2G 2H8
Phone: 902-863-3060
Fax: 902-867-6029
Adult Education Coordinator: Corey Moore
Colchester Adult Learning Association
Mary Teed, Executive Director
966B Prince St.
Truro, NS B2N 1H8
Phone: 902-895-2468
Fax: 902-893-2464
Adult Education Coordinator: Corey Moore
Cumberland Adult Network for Upgrading
Heather Matthews, Executive Director
21 Acadia Street, 2nd Floor
Amherst, NS B4H 4W3
Phone: 902-661-0153
Fax: 902-661-3221
Adult Education Coordinator: Corey Moore
East Hants Community Learning Association
Tanya Burke, Executive Director
The Nova Centre, Suite 101A
224 Highway 214
Elmsdale NS B2S 1J7
Phone: 902-883-1608
Cell: 902-223-2136
Fax: 902-883-2521
director@easthantslearning.com
Adult Education Coordinator: Corey Moore
Eastern Shore & Musquodoboit Valley Literacy Network
Julie Streight, Executive Director
22756 Nova Scotia Trunk 7
Sheet Harbour, NS B0J 3B0
Phone: 902-391-0014
Adult Education Coordinator: Corey Moore
Guysborough County Adult Learning Association
Donna Casey, Executive Director
9996 Highway 16, Unit H2 (Chedabucto Mall)
Guysborough County, NS B0H 1N0
Phone: 902-533-4252
Fax: 902-533-4252
Adult Education Coordinator: Corey Moore
Paq'tnkek First Nation
April Prosper, Education Director
Katie Boyle, Financial Officer
7 Dillon Street
Afton Station, NS B0H 1A0
Phone: 902-386-2781
april.prosper@paqtnkek.ca
katie@paqtnkek.ca
Adult Education Coordinator: Corey Moore
Pictou County Continuous Learning Association
Stacey Dlamini, Executive Director
Box 670, 91 Beeches Road
Pictou, NS B0K 1H0
Phone: 902-485-7014
Second Location:
174 Archimedes St., New Glasgow NS B2H 2T6
Phone: 902-755-5827
Fax: 902-485-7065
Adult Education Coordinator: Corey Moore
Southwest Region
Bridgewater Campus (Adult High School)
South Shore Regional Centre for Education
Beth Woodford-Collins, Coordinator of Programs
Nicole Nowe, Administrative Support
821 King Street, Unit #2
Bridgewater, NS B4V 1B7
Phone: 902-527-5990
Adult Education Coordinator: Sonia Watson
Lunenburg County Adult Learning Network
(Employment Solutions Society)
Margaret Matthews, Executive Director
110 – 215 Dominion St.
Bridgewater, NS B4V 2K7
Phone: 902-543-2479
Fax: 902-543-0284
Adult Education Coordinator: Sonia Watson
Nova Scotia Community College
NSCC IT Campus / Central Office
Odette Merchant, School Manager
5685 Leeds St., PO Box 1153
Halifax, NS B3J 2X1
Adult Learning Program (ALP) | Programs | NSCC
Adult Education Coordinator: Sonia Watson
Queens Adult High School
South Shore Regional Centre for Education
Beth Woodford-Collins
137 Old Bridge St.
Liverpool, NS B0T 1K0
Phone: 902-354-7630
Adult Education Coordinator: Sonia Watson
Queens County Learning Network
Terri Faber, Executive Director
279 Main St.
Liverpool NS B0T 1K0
Phone: 902-354-3635
Fax: 902-354-3635
queenslearning@ns.aliantzinc.ca
Adult Education Coordinator: Sonia Watson
Shelburne County Learning Network
Monica Gosbee, Executive Director
3394 Hwy 3, PO Box 441
Barrington Passage, NS B0W 1G0
Second location: 25C King St., Shelburne
Phone: 902-637-4333
Fax: 902-742-5329
Adult Education Coordinator: Sonia Watson
Yarmouth County Learning Network
Juanita Bruneau, Executive Director
3B – 101 Water Street
Yarmouth NS B5A 4P4
Phone: 902-742-8151
Fax: 902-742-5329
Adult Education Coordinator: Sonia Watson
Valley Region
Annapolis Valley First Nations
Tassa Kennedy
29 Toney Blvd., RR #2
Cambridge NS B0P 1G0
Phone: 902-538-7149
Fax: 902-538-7734
Adult Education Coordinator: Adam Hamilton
Digby Area Learning Association
Stephanie Journeay, Executive Director
PO Box 968
Digby NS B0V 1A0
Phone: 902-245-7540
Fax: 902-245-7531
Adult Education Coordinator: Adam Hamilton
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Shirley Vigneault, Directrice générale
CP 59, 1 rue Slocumb
Tusket (N.-É.) B0W 3M0
Phone: 902-648-0501 / 888-648-0501
Fax: 902-648-3525
Adult Education Coordinator: Adam Hamilton
Hants Learning Network Association
Katharine McCoubrey, Executive Director
90 Sanford Drive, PO Box 2465
Windsor NS B0N 2T0
Phone: 902-792-6754
Fax: 902-798-1987
Adult Education Coordinator: Adam Hamilton
Kings County Adult High School
Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education
Doug Rutt, Principal
18 Jones Rd.
New Minas, NS B4N 3N1
Phone: 902-681-4930
Adult Education Coordinator: Adam Hamilton
Université Sainte-Anne
Souhael Bouallagui, Acting Director
Sonia Losier, Coordinateur
1695 Route 1
Pointe-de-l’Église, NS B0W 1M0
Phone: 902-424-5609
souhael.bouallagui@usainteanne.ca
sonia.losier@usainteanne.ca
Adult Education Coordinator: Adam Hamilton
Valley Community Learning Association
Peter Gillis, Executive Director
Judy Lipp, Acting Executive Director
49 Bridge St., Suite 106
Kentville NS B4N 2E3
Phone: 902-679-5252
Fax: 902-679-0515
vcla.learning@gmail.com
judy.vcla@gmail.com
Adult Education Coordinator: Adam Hamilton
Windsor Adult High School
Annapolis Valley Regional Centre for Education
Dylan Irvine, Principal
94 Wentworth Rd., PO Box 369
Windsor, NS B0N 2T0
Phone: 902-679-6750
Adult Education Coordinator: Adam Hamilton