The report in this issue of Curriculum Bulletin documents extra-curricular and after school activities adopted by Canadian urban communities in Ontario to combat cultural disadvantagement and reading deficiencies among inner-city children, pre-school through junior high school ages. The projects described in the metropolitan areas of Hamilton, Windsor, North York, Ottawa and Toronto required the assistance of parents, classroom aides, and local service organizations, and showed a marked similarity among the methods of approach. (KG)