What is a Learning Centre?

      A Learning Centre is a place where children are important!  Learning Centres are planned and established by Scottish Rite Freemasons - a centuries-old men's fraternal organization.  Canadian Learning Centres operate under the auspices of the Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada. 

     At the Learning Centres, we help children with dyslexia to learn to read.  Learning Centres tutor children individually with the Orton Gillingham Approach that accommodates their specific learning differences in a one-to-one setting.  There is no cost to the child or family.  The sessions are all after regular school hours

    Starting in London Ontario, using a model developed in the United States, Scottish Rite Masons in Canada are beginning to spread Learning Centres across Canada.  For information about a Learning Centre near you, please click the links listed to the left.

What is Dyslexia?

    Diffiiculties in reading may be the result of dyslexia.  The International Dyslexia Association defines it this way: 

      "Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and / or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the phonological component of language that is often unexpected in relation to other cognitive abilities and the provision of effective classroom instruction. Secondary consequences may include problems in reading comprehension and reduced reading experience that can impede growth of vocabulary and background knowledge."