Never Too Old to Learn, Video
Seniors’ Education Centre, University of Regina A video about older adult literacy in Canada. Gives a human face to the staggering numbers of older adults with low literacy levels. It provides useful information for tutors, programmers, learners and others interested in older adult literacy.
Cost: $30
Contact: Seniors’ Education Centre, Room 106, Gallery Building, University Extension, U. of Regina, Regina, SK S4S 0A2, Tel. 306 585 5816, Fax 306 585 5736.

From Your Child’s Teacher : Helping a Child Learn to Read, Write and Speak (1998)
by Robin Bright with Lisa McMullin and David Platt

A resource for teachers and parents of primary students. Helps parents understand how their children learn.
Cost: $12.95 (plus shipping)
Contact: FP Hendriks Publishing Ltd.
4806 - 53 St.
Stettler AB, T0C 2L2
Tel/Fax (403) 742-6483
e-mail: editor@fphendriks.com

Women Getting Together (1998)
The Women’s Health Group at The Learning Centre

A booklet produced as part of a literacy and health project. It is a photostory about a women’s health group at The Edmonton Learning Centre. Written in plain language with a large font.
Cost: $3 (plus shipping and handling)
Contact: The Learning Centre Literacy Association, 10116 - 105 Avenue, Edmonton AB T5H 0K2,
Tel. 780 429 0675, Fax 780 425 2205,
learningcentre@compusmart.ab.ca

Explore Canada, CD-ROM (1998)
NAS Educational Software

Multimedia material which includes a CD-ROM and a Teacher’s Manual. Deals with Canada’s history and geography and is suitable to be used as a learning tool for people with English or French as a second language or for literacy learners.
Cost: $49
Contact: NAS Educational Software Inc., 91 Heatherton Way, Thornhill ON L4J 3E7,
Tel. 905 764 0695.

Another Harvest of Memories (1998)
Edited by Lorri Stewart-Sauve

A compilation of short stories and poetry, written entirely by senior citizens. A good resource for learners as well as practitioners.
Cost: $15.00 (plus shipping and handling)
Contact: Lorri Stewart-Sauve, Waterloo Catholic District School Board, 291 Westminster Drive North, Cambridge ON N3H 1S3,
Tel. 519 650 1250, Fax 519 650 4999.

Exploring the Atlantic Provinces (1998)
by Calvin Coish, College of the North Atlantic

A book for new readers that takes you on various tours throughout Atlantic Canada. You will explore nooks and crannies in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. General maps and photos included to accompany the text.
Contact: College of the North Atlantic, P.O. Box 745, Grand Falls-Windsor, NF A2A 2M4,
Tel. 709 758 7037.

Going West (1998)

An easy-to-read but “adult enough” Canadian history book. “We wanted to tell the stories of immigrants from a very personal point of view. What was life really like in the pioneer West, especially for families? What was it like for native people as the prairies gradually became farmland?”

Cost: $12 (plus postage)
Contact: People, Words & Change, 211 Bronson Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1R 6H5,
Tel. 613 234 2494, Fax 613 234 4223.

Writers, Young and Old (1997)
College of New Caledonia

A collection of stories by members of Seniors’ Writing Circles and Fundamental Level Students, College of New Caledonia, Prince George, British Columbia. This is the first time these seniors have had the opportunity to join these intellectually stimulating circles through which they have developed and used the literacy skills necessary to put their experiences on paper.
Contact: Maree Thair, Centre for Student Success, College of New Caledonia, 3330 - 22nd Avenue, Prince George BC V2N 1P8,
Tel. 250 561 5848, Fax 250 561 5816.

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