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The battle for world literacy is
too often a story of unsung heroes. That’s one reason the NALD newsletter
will bring to you on a regular basis a list of those individuals, programs and
organisations honoured with international, national and provincial recognition
for outstanding work in the global literacy initiative.
NATIONAL
Frontier College Fitzpatrick
Award - Recipient 2001:
National Adult Literacy Database
Awards for Excellence in
Workplace Literacy - 2001 Recipients:
Small Business Initiative:
Diversified Metal Engineering Ltd. - Charlottetown, PE
Medium Business
Initiative: Cameco Corporation, Key Lake - Saskatoon, SK
Large
Business Initiative: The North West Company - Winnipeg, MB
CAMA’s National Award of
Excellence for Municipal Workplace Literacy - 2001 Recipients: Canadian
Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) Literate Cities Program Pioneers
: City of Edmonton, AB; City of Moncton, NB; City of Bathurst, NB; City of St.
John’s, NF; City of Port Moody, BC.
PROVINCIAL
The Co-operators’ Learner
Achievement Award: 2001 Recipients :
Alberta - Michael De Souza,
Partners for Learning Program, Calgary
British Columbia - Vancouver
PGI : Margaret Daniels, University College of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford;
Victoria PGI : Cheryl Bennett, Victoria
Manitoba - Sherry Campbell,
Open Doors Literacy Program, Winnipeg North End
New Brunswick -
Anglophone winner : Richard Morehouse, Neil Squire Foundation, Saint John;
Francophone winner : Diane Thériault, MAD-VIC Formation de base, Grand
Falls
Newfoundland and Labrador : Wayne Harris, Discovery Centre,
Chapel Arm
Northwest Territories/Nunavut : Rosie Mike, Nunavut
Arctic College Adult Education Program, Pangnirtung, Nunavut
Nova
Scotia: Ron MacNeil, Annapolis Valley Work Centre Literacy Program, New
Glasgow
Ontario
- Ottawa PGI : Andrew Brown, Evening
Communications Program, Algonquin College, Ottawa
- The Briars’ PGI :
Maria, Frontier College, Toronto
Prince Edward Island : Greg Woods,
Literacy/ABE, PEI Institute of Adult & Community Education, Morell
Quebec : n/a - Contest will be held among the 500 literacy groups in
Quebec.
Saskatchewan : A.J. Langevin, Computer Assisted Learning
Program, Parkland Regional College, Yorkton
Yukon : Shubpreet
Bulhar, Yukon Learn, Whitehorse
Alberta
Literacy Awards of Merit - 2001 Recipients :
Professional/Administrator : Sandra Craswell, Athabaska
Program Coordinator : Larry Smith, Calgary and Veronica Park,
Wetaskiwin
Student and Classroom Instructor : (no recipient in these
categories)
Organization/Corporation : Bow Valley College, Calgary
Volunteer Tutor : Myrna Vercaigne, Calgary
Innovative
Literacy Project : Calgary Public Library’s Reading Advantage Program
Manitoba
Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy - 2002
Recipient :
Deborah L. Delaronde-Falk, Library Technicial and Media
Specialist, Duck Bay
Ontario
Frances
Lever Memorial Award - 2001 Recipient :
Wanda Pitchforth,
Literacy Council of Durham
Hamilton & District
Literacy Council - 2001 Recipients :
Tutor
of the Year Award - Charlie Roth
Commitment to Literacy Award
- Saida
Outstanding Achievement Award - Michael Muska
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