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...continued from previous page In outlining the work and efforts that have brought NALD to where it is today, the Senator spoke of the challenges it has faced, and how through cooperation and vision it has become such a quality enterprise. "This organisation (has become) renowned throughout the country - and now the world - for its network of information, so eagerly demanded by so many who are pulling the literacy agenda into the techniques of the so-called knowledge society. ... This award is richly deserved. It recognizes NALD's leadership in the field of online literacy education, and the outstanding work ... done for and on behalf of literacy organisations from coast to coast." Charles Ramsey, the Executive Director of NALD, based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, accepted the award. "It is with a great degree of gratitude and humility, and, I might add, pride, that I ...receive this award on behalf of the Board of Directors and the staff of NALD, and indeed for the Canadian Literacy Community".
Dr. Tom Sticht, one of the international jurors who chose NALD for the award agrees: "The recognition that NALD has received will (hopefully) stimulate a greater use of the Internet world-wide, in providing adult literacy services to the hundreds of millions of adults who remain illiterate and underserved throughout the world." |
Although the majority of users on the NALD site are Canadian,
people come from around the world to access these Canadian-made resources.
Recently, a review of the NALD website by the Basic Skills Agency in the United
Kingdom referred to NALD as “the best website for adult basic education
resources in the world”. Mr. Ramsey is very proud of the services NALD
provides from its headquarters in Fredericton, and acknowledges the quality of
the website is a direct reflection of the value of Canada's literacy community:
"It is in attempting to give (the literacy) community a profile visible across
Canada, and to provide a broader distribution system for the many magnificent
resources that they create each year, that NALD has found its time and place."
said Mr. Ramsey. The website is indeed a medium through which many valuable
literacy resources and communities can interact, sharing both experience and
efforts on an equal par with each other.|
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 further information, or to give your comments, please contact: The Editor - Networks
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Team: NALD would like to thank the Ontario Literacy Coalition - ON; Rabbittown Learners’ Program - NL; Literacy Development Council of NF & Lab - NL; New Brunswick Coalition for Literacy - NB; Literacy BC - BC; Centre des lettres et des mots - QC; Fédération québecoise des organismes communautaires Famille - QC and Noranda Inc. - NB for the opportunity to use their photographs and graphics within this newsletter. |