34 # R I S I N G Y O U T H C O M M U N I T Y I M P A C T V O L . 2
A
lain Lavoie is a fourth-year
student in elementary education
at the Université de Moncton,
and during his time there, he has found
that educational resources are not
accessible to everyone. As Alain puts it,
"People who do not have the financial
means could find themselves without
resources at their disposal and those with
more means had this huge advantage of
having them."
In an attempt to close this inequity, Alain
created a resource library for students at
the Faculty of Education. With the funding
from the #RisingYouth grant, Alain was
able to purchase many children's books
from a local bookstore and even recruited
a carpentry student to design and build
the bookshelf.
"An important element of my project
is its infinite continuity," Alain shares.
"Even though this was created during a
pandemic period when few students were
accessing the campus, it is reassuring to
know that this library will be able to reduce
the financial worry of students for decades
to come."
...it is reassuring to know
that this library will be
able to reduce the financial
worry of students for
decades to come."
Building
A Community
Library
Alain Lavoie
A special thank you to Fédération
des étudiantes et étudiants du Campus
universitaire de Moncton (FÉÉCUM)
for sharing the #RisingYouth grant
opportunity with Alain to make this
project possible.
A bio from Alain that
we published as he was
a panelist for one
of our events!
