| In
March 1998, an application was made to The National Literacy
Secretariat, by the North of Smokey Economic Development
Association (NOSEDA), to develop a
Literacy Network for the North of Smokey area. This application
was approved.
The rationale
behind the application was that there were no programs
or services available to adults North of Smokey to upgrade/improve
their literacy skills. Also,
Victoria County was the only county in the Province
that did not have a Learning Network.
NOSEDA's hope
was that a Learning Network North of Smokey would help adult students reach
their full potential by working with them to improve their basic skills in
reading, writing, speaking, listening, numeracy and other life
skills.
A Project
Coordinator, Mary Sue MacKinnon, was hired to see
if the communities North of Smokey needed and/or wanted a Learning
Network in their area and to assemble a
group of community members to form a Council who
would implement adult learning programs. It was recognized
that a Network was both needed and wanted in the area and a Council
was formed:
Community
Learning Association North of Smokey (CLANS)
CLANS was
incorporated in November 1999.
To date, CLANS has completed it's ninth year of program delivery
offering adult basic education Levels 1, 2 and 3 in
both a classroom environment and by one-on-one instruction. |
