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Senator Fairbairn is a committed and dynamic parliamentarian known for her concern and stand on many issues, such as Senate reform, abortion legislation and the rights of aboriginal peoples. In 1988, she was involved with the launch of the National Literacy Secretariat. During the International Literacy Year 1990, she campaigned across the country. In 1993, she co-chaired the Liberal Party National Election Campaign and ensured that the party platform’s “red book” committed to immediate restoration of funding for the NLS and regular national and international surveys through Statistics Canada and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
The Honorary Chair of NALD’s Board of Directors, Honorable Frank McKenna, presented the award to the Senator on September 8th in the NALD office in Fredericton. As Senator Fairbairn remarked : “Technology is having a greater and greater impact on all of our lives. It has raised the literacy bar to a new level. It has placed greater expectations on our communities and on ourselves that we must struggle to meet. Central to our goals is the establishment of a culture in this country of lifelong learning, that begins with the smallest child, is nurtured in our schools, in the home, in the community and workplace, and keeps right on going until the end of our lives. Let there be no doubt that literacy is the rock on which we must build this technological change. It is a key element in our international competitiveness. We really do not have a choice.”
Networks, the newsletter of the National Adult Literacy Database Inc., provides the Canadian literacy community with current information on educational activities in adult literacy and basic adult education. NALD keeps literacy practitioners, learners, administrators, policy makers and researchers informed on trends, recent publications, available resources, upcoming events and ongoing activities both nationally and in the regions. For more information or to give your comments, please contact: The Editor - Networks Toll-Free: 1-800-720-NALD (6253) 
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NALD would like to thank Yukon Learn (YT), CNIB/INCA (ON), Priscilla George, Donald Violette and Jacques Allard (NB), and the SIAST Kelsey Campus (SK) for the opportunity to use their photographs within this newsletter. |