Canada

REGIONAL WORKSHOP OFFERED:

Official R.E.A.D. training is offered periodically by licensed R.E.A.D. instructor:

Chantel Hutter (naturehugger@hotmail.com) serving the Gatineau, Quebec area.

Please contact her for details of location dates, and cost.

Program: Ottawa Therapy Dogs R.E.A.D. Program

Contact Name: Julie Davies, R.E.A.D. Coordinator

City: Ottawa and the National Capital Region

Province: Ontario

Phone: 613-261-6834

Website: www.ireadwithdogs.ca

E-mail: julie@ireadwithdogs.ca

Notes: The unique R.E.A.D. literacy support program was introduced to schools and libraries in Ottawa and the National Capital Region by Chantel Hutter under the umbrella of Ottawa Therapy Dogs (OTD) in 2004. Since then, our R.E.A.D. program has grown to nearly twenty volunteer dog/handler teams working one-on-one with students in schools and libraries across the region. All of our teams are passionate, dedicated volunteers committed to improving literacy rates, one child, one dog and one book at time.

Organization: Pacific Animal Therapy Society (P.A.T.S.)

Program: "Paws and Tails" (On Vancouver Island)

"Magic Tails" (In the Lower Mainland)

Contact Name: Terry Pratt

E-mail: terry_pratt@shaw.ca

Notes: Our R.E.A.D. teams visit schools in Surrey, Langley, Delta, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and in the Victoria area of British Columbia, Canada. R.E.A.D. Training workshops are available.

Contact Name: International R.E.A.D. Coordinator

Phone: 801-272-3439

E-mail: read@therapyanimals.org

Notes: For more information on registered R.E.A.D. teams or groups in this state, please contact the ITA office.

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