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| LITERACY PARTNERS OF QUEBEC | DEC. 2002 - VOLUME 9 | ISSUE 1 | PG. 2 |
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Family Literacy Training at LPQ The first in our series of Family Literacy Trainings has been completed. Training in Mother Goose Rhyme Time was presented in partnership with The Montreal Children's Library on November 30. Twenty-five people participated in the session which was held at the Fraser-Hickson Library. A number of topics were covered, including how to choose stories, tips on telling, circle games and songs as well as more practical topics like record keeping. The session was very successful. This was underscored by the fact that significant number of participants expressed an interest in apprenticing. The very positive response to this training suggests that there are still people who were not able to attend the session on November 30. LPQ and The Montreal Children's Library will explore the possibility of repeating the training session in the Spring. PGI. Plans at LPQ are well underway as we prepare for our PGI Golf Tournament for Literacy. This year's tournament will be held on Monday, May 26, 2003 at Cedarbrooke Golf Club. We are eager to get back to our annual golf days, and are especially anxious to be back in the PGI family. We look forward to a great day with many exciting surprises. Watch Literacy Clips as well as the mail for more details. New Resources Read to Me! Nova Scotia Family Literacy Program This is a new Provincial Early Literacy program supported by several agencies in the province. New mothers receive a canvas book bag containing two books, information on reading development, community literacy resources, and their baby's first library card. Using IALS as a
basis for the need, this program will continue to offer support to high-risk
parents and children. Even now, the program goes beyond providing the bag of
books by providing information about other needs ie. adult literacy.
— • — Nonparticipation in Learning and Upgrading Programs, published by ABC CANADA is a report by researcher Ellen Long. This is a two-stage study in the area of nonparticipation. For Stage One of the study, interviewers across Canada spoke to people who had never participated in a literacy or upgrading program. Stage Two was a large-scale phone survey, again of people who had not participated in a literacy or upgrading program. This research
provides important information for the literacy field. — • — Looking for Work Facilitator Guide and Student Workbook is an updated version of the original publication created in 1995. In this latest
edition the Student Workbook and handouts are provided as master copies for
copying. — • — Developed as a
joint project between NWT Literacy Council, Nunavut Literacy Council, Frontier
College and the Labrador Literacy Information and Action Network Tools for
Community Building focuses on building capacity to develop and manage local
literacy activities. — • — It is now over a decade since International Literacy Year, and Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) felt it was time to assess what was learned from the activities carried out to address the problems associated with adult literacy. As a result,
HRDC produced a Lessons Learned study on policies, programs and practices
directed at adult literacy. Available in both English and French, each Lessons
Learned includes a summary, a report and a video. — • — Incarceration to Inclusion: Looking at the
Transition from Correctional Facility Programs to Community Based Adult
Education is a report conducted by Smithers Literacy
Services. The report attempts to identify barriers to transition and attempts
to discover why inmates did not access community education following their
incarceration. |