Dyslexia Edmonton-About us
Our Mission
“To provide quality, state of the art, free remedial tutoring to children with difficulties in reading and writing skills formally identified as dyslexia”
Helping Children Unlock the Joy of Reading
Dyslexia Edmonton:
Provides one-on-one tutoring at no cost to families for children with dyslexia.
Uses the Orton-Gillingham approach to teach children how to read, write and spell.
Uses phonics, structured literacy, and multisensory strategies to help children feel, see, hear and touch language.
Develops lessons tailored to each child’s needs.
Operates under The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation umbrella.
Our History
2003 The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada opened its first Learning Centre in London, Ontario. The pilot program, based on models from the United States, focused on helping children with dyslexia using the Orton-Gillingham approach. Eight more Learning Centres have since opened across Canada.
2013 The Foundation, together with Scottish Rite – Edmonton Valley, established a Learning Centre, later known as Dyslexia Edmonton, for Children with dyslexia at Athlone school in Edmonton.
2025 Dyslexia Edmonton moved to larger premises in west Edmonton to accommodate more children in our one-on-one tutoring program.
Since 2013, Dyslexia Edmonton has graduated more than 60 children.
The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation of Canada, founded in 1964, provides grants that support biomedical research into “Solving the Puzzles of the Mind,” specifically the causes of dyslexia and autism in children and, the cause and eventual cure of cognitive impairments, such as Alzheimer’s Disease.
The Foundation provides funding to Dyslexia Edmonton. While those contributions underwrite some expenses, additional donations are essential to cover the full cost of operations. More information about the Foundation may be found at HYPERLINK "https://srcf.ca/" srcf.ca
“Having dyslexia is like trying to read while someone else is talking or like having people throw a bunch of numbers at you while you’re trying to count something.”
–Ryan, 2018 Graduate
