The Rising Tide could mean a wave of support for literacy

Jan Greer Langley of the New Brunswick Coalition for Literacy speaks to the media.

The Rising Tide is an important document that provides an outline for prosperity in Atlantic Canada. It recognises the skills and resources that exist here while identifying areas that need assistance. There is a strong literacy component throughout the document.

The press conference was an initiative of all four Atlantic literacy groups: PEI Literacy Alliance, New Brunswick Coalition for Literacy, Literacy Nova Scotia, and the Literacy Development Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was well attended by the media. Shawn Murphy and literacy scholarship winner Carly Timpson also came. Unfortunately the stormy weather made it impossible for Nova Scotia and Newfoundland reps to make it.

For more information please visit our website at www.nald.ca/peila.htm and look under What’s New?

New Alliance Board Members

From L to R: Angela Larter, Angela MacKinnon and Joyce McCardle

Angela Larter works in Adult Education at Holland College while Angela MacKinnon comes to us from AIDS-PEI. Joyce McCardle is a former school teacher and president of the Teachers Federation. She was nominated by Laubach Literacy PEI.