{"id":1309,"date":"2012-12-06T08:17:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T13:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=1309"},"modified":"2012-12-02T17:40:05","modified_gmt":"2012-12-02T22:40:05","slug":"laval-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/laval-families\/","title":{"rendered":"New Anglophone Magazine for Laval Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The first issue of Laval Families was launched at the Cosmodome last October.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first English magazine for Laval and the north shore,\u201d says publisher Luigi Morabito. \u201cThe magazine is built on feedback from the community. We\u2019re non-political. Most of the authors are from the community.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Attendees at the launch included seniors, children, community groups and health sector employees including Alexandre Duplessis, from the executive committee of the city and Nick Milas and Robert Vallerand, from the Sir Wilfrid Laurier school board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The event was the first time that any of them saw the 32-page magazine, which features how-to stories about health, education, childhood development and tourism. It also includes first-person accounts about Anglophones trying to be served in their own language.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The lead story in the first issue, for example, features Laval mom Natalina Pace\u2019s efforts to get autism diagnoses and services for her children in English. Thanks to her efforts, five four-year-old Anglophone children with autism start pre-kindergarten at L’Etincelle<\/em> this month. Pace was able to inform the community about her success on a blog on the Laval Families website (www.lavalfamilies.com).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Morabito says he has received lots of congratulations on his efforts so far. \u201cI\u2019ve received dozens of emails; people are saying it\u2019s about time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The path towards the venture began three years ago. Morabito owns a consulting company called Community & Corporate Solutions. As part of his work, he organizes meetings that bring local schools, community groups and the health sector together in an initiative known as Networking and Partnership Initiative (NPI). NPI\u2019s are now underway in LaSalle, Dorval, Lachine and elsewhere, but they began in Laval.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I started with NPI\u2019s in Laval, the big question was always \u2018where can we access information,\u2019\u201d said Morabito. \u201cIf someone needs an English psychologist or a speech pathologist, you don\u2019t know where to start. It\u2019s hard enough to admit you need help without having to figure out how you might get it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy don\u2019t I put a magazine together,\u201d said Morabito. \u201cThere are needs in the community. How can we develop something?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea led him to a series of mini-focus groups in his home, at other people\u2019s homes and at coffee shops. \u201cI spoke to about 100 people,\u201d he said. \u201cIn my three years of researching, the first year and a half was part-time researching the idea. Then a year of prototype development followed.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The result is a plan for quarterly Laval Family magazines until at least 2014. Morabito plans to distribute 25,000 copies of each one through schools, in publi-sacs and at a variety of drop points.<\/p>\n

The next issue comes out January 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first issue of Laval Families was launched at the Cosmodome last October. \u201cThis is the first English magazine for Laval and the north shore,\u201d says publisher Luigi Morabito. \u201cThe magazine is built on feedback from the community. We\u2019re non-political. Most of the authors are from the community.\u201d\u00a0 Attendees at the launch included seniors, children, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journalism","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-l7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2473,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/csss-laval-guide\/","url_meta":{"origin":1309,"position":0},"title":"CSSS Laval Launches New Expertise Guide","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"July 25, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Ever since Laval\u2019s health and social services organization (CSSS Laval) launched a new guide to their services last month, they've been getting more requests to collaborate with local community groups. \u201cPeople seem to understand better how they can work with us,\u201d said Chantal Goyette, acting head of CSSS\u2019s clinical projects\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Hundred Mile Circle"","block_context":{"text":"Hundred Mile Circle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/hundredmilecircle\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":15818,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/laval_50th_anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":1309,"position":1},"title":"Laval urges citizens to participate in 50th anniversary","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"June 28, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Councillors have set up a million dollar contest for citizens who want to get involved in the City of Laval\u2019s fiftieth anniversary on August 6, 2015. 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