September 8, 2000
International Literacy Day - Worldwide
Org: UNESCO
Contact: NALD www.nald.ca
- check out the calendar for the events listed through NALD

September 29 - 30, 2000
Third International Conference on Dyslexia - Nepean, ON
Org: Canadian Dyslexia Association
Contact: Canadian Dyslexia Association , 290 Picton Avenue, Ottawa ON K1Z 8P8
Tel.: (613) 722-2699
Fax : (613) 722-7881
Email: dyslexia@cyberus.ca

November 3 - 6, 2000
International Education: Targeting best practices - Montréal, QC Org: The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE)
Contact: CBIE, 220 Laurier Ave., West, Suite 1100, Ottawa ON K1P 5Z9
Tel: (613) 237-4820
Fax: (613) 237-1073
Email: info@cbie.ca

September 24, 2000
The Word On The Street Book and Magazine Festival
- Toronto & Ottawa, ON; Halifax, NS; Calgary, AB; Vancouver, BC.
Org:The Word On The Street
Contact: The Word On The Street
c/o NetGain Partners Inc.
390 Bay Street, Suite 701 Toronto, Ontario M5H 2Y2
Tel. (416) 367-2385
www.canada.com/wots/2000/

October 19 - 21, 2000
Realms of Gold: the Fifth National Literacy Conference - Vancouver, BC
Org: BCTELA
Contact: Canadian Council of Teachers of English Language Arts, 201 Laval Crescent, Saskatoon SK S7H 4K6
Tel: (306) 374-9524
Fax (306) 374-3240
ameier@sk.sympatico.ca
www.cctela.ca

November 21, 2000
Literacy Action Day - Ottawa, ON
Org:ABC Canada, Fédération Canadian pour l’alphabétisation en français, Frontier College, Laubach Literacy of Canada, Movement for Canadian Literacy, NALD
Contact: Movement for Canadian Literacy, Suite 300 180 Metcalfe Street, Ottawa, ON, K2P 1P5
Tel: 613-563-2464
Fax: 613-563-2504
Email: mcl@literacy.ca
www.literacy.ca

September 11 - 14, 2000
Essential Skills Job Profiling Training - Morden, MB
Org: Pembina Valley Learning Centre
Contact: Sue Turner, Coordinator, Workplace Education, Adult Literacy and Continuing Education, 280-800 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3G 0N4
Tel: (204) 945-1682
Fax: (204) 948-3104
Email: Sturner@edu.gov.mb.ca

September 7, 2000
An Evening with Margaret Atwood - Toronto, ON
Org: World Literacy of Canada
Contact: Call (416) 977-0008
or visit www.nald.ca/wlc.htm for more information.

September 19, 2000
The Learners Conference - Hamilton, ON
Org: Adult Basic Education Association of Hamilton-Wentworth
Contact: Adult Basic Education Association of Hamilton-Wentworth, 22 King St. E., Hamilton ON L8N 1A3
Tel: (905) 527-2222
Fax: (905) 527-2166
Email: abeall@sprint.ca
www.nald.ca/abea.htm

September 27 & 28, 2000
ONESTEP’s Regional Workshop Series 2000: Solutions Today for a Better Tomorrow - Toronto, ON
Org: ONESTEP
Contact: Ontario Network of Employment Skills Training Projects 517 Wellington Street West, Suite 207, Toronto ON M5V 1G1
Tel: (416) 591-7151
Fax: (416) 591-9126
www.onestep.on.ca/

September 28, 2000
An Evening with Kim Ondaatje -Toronto, ON
Org: World Literacy of Canada
Contact: World Literacy of Canada, 401 Richmond Street West, Studio 236, Toronto ON M5V 3A8
Tel: (416) 977-0008
Fax: (416) 977-1112
Email: worldlit@web.net

September 28, 2000
PGI Golf Tournament - Calgary, AB
Org: ABC Canada
Contact: Carolyn Meier 403-686-9300 or ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation, 333 King Street East, 3rd Floor, Toronto ON M5A 4N2
Fax: (416) 350-6262
www.abc-canada.org

September 29, 2000
PGI Golf Tournament - Bathurst, NB
Org: ABC Canada
Contact: ABC Canada, 333 King Street East, Toronto ON M5A 4N2 or Charline Vautour
Tel: 506-783-8863

September 29, 30 and October 1st
Laubach Literacy Ontario Conference 2000 - Gravenhurst, ON
Org: Laubach Literacy Ontario and The Literacy Council of South Muskoka
Contact: Laubach Literacy Ontario, 591 Lancaster Street West, Unit # 4 Kitchener ON N2K 1M5
Tel (519) 743-3309
Fax: (519) 743-7520
Email: llo@golden.net
www.trainingpost.org/llo.htm

October 2, 2000
Literacy Benefit Concert - Montreal, QC
Org: The Centre for Literacy
Contact: The Centre for Literacy, 3040 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal QC H3Z 1A4
Tel: (514) 931-8731
Fax: (514) 931-5181
Email: literacycntr@dawsoncollege.qc.ca
www.nald.ca/litcent.htm

October 4th, 2000 - 5 consecutive Wednesdays
Tutoring Training Workshop - evening format - Cornwall, ON
Org: Tri-County Literacy Council
Contact: Tri-County Tutor, 101 Second Street West, Cornwall ON K6J 1G4
Tel: (613) 932-7161
Fax: (613) 932-5121
Email: tclc@ican.net

October 10 -14, 2000
Yukon Literacy Week - Whitehorse, Yukon
Org: Yukon Learn
Contact: Yukon Learn, 308 Hanson St. , Whitehorse YK Y1A 1Y6
Tel: (867) 668-6280
Fax: (867) 633-4576
learn@yukon.net or http://www.nald.ca/yuklearn.htm

October 12 - 15, 2000
Seizing the Moment: A Popular Education Gathering - Toronto, ON
Org: The Catalyst Centre
Contact: Catalyst Centre , 720 Bathurst ST., # 500, Toronto ON M5S 2R4
Tel: (416) 516-9456
Fax: (416) 588-5725
Email: catalystcentre@web.net
www.catalystcentre.ca

October 13-15, 2000
LLNB Annual General Meeting - Fredericton, NB
Org: Laubach Literacy New Brunswick
Contact: Ellen Cogswell
Tel: (506) 357-6049 or (506) 452- 1780 or
LLNB, 62 Williams Street , Moncton NB E1C 2G5
Email: psawyer@nbnet.nb.ca