Collection of Publications 2014

The Learning Enrichment Foundation honours Fergy Brown

Humble, dedicated and sincere are just a few of the words friends, colleagues and family used to describe The Learning Enrichment Foundation’s (LEF) retiring board member James Fergus Brown.
Read more at the Toronto Star
Read more at Inside Toronto

In a corner of Etobicoke, bike repair is leading to work experience for local teens

Cameron Richards is being modest. When, towards the end of summer, his fellow volunteers at Weston Wheels — a new youth-operated bike shop in the priority Mt. Dennis neighbourhood — absconded to get summer jobs (ones that paid), the Grade 12 student at York Memorial Collegiate Institute worked solo, dutifully coming in four or five days a week to help the modest flow of customers with warped wheels or busted gears.
Read more at the National Post

Art of bicycle maintenance puts young workers on a new path

Damien Boltauzer has been a dishwasher, picked fruit in British Columbia and tried his hand at carpentry. But for the 27-year-old cycling enthusiast, working as a bicycle repair and maintenance technician for Toronto’s Bixi bike fleet is different. Boltauzer is one of several dozen unemployed youth, newcomers and others who have found hope and new careers through the Learning Enrichment Foundation’s acclaimed bicycle assembly and maintenance program.
Read more at the Toronto Star

LEF in the News

Toronto Star article "Fiorito: Protest movement needs to broaden" speaks about the organized protest movement and mentions community service is not done as well as it should. This of course is with the exception of LEFCA, who he points out with a focus on the members, makes it one of the best.
Read more at the Toronto Star

LEF in partnership with CURA: Business Done Differently

The portion of LEF that is involved with CURA is our childcare centres, with a focus on the quality of life of our childcare staff.
Read more at the Social Economy Centre