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.
International
UNESCO Institute for Education
(UIE) International Award for Literacy Research
— 2001-2002
Recipient: “Saber lo que es la letra: Vías de Acceso a la
Cultura Escrita para un Grupo de Mujeres de Mixquic” (preliminary
English title: “Discovering Letters: Ways of Access to Written Culture
for a Group of Women in Mixquic”), carried out by the Mexican
researcher Judith Kalman
National
Honourable Joyce Fairbairn, P.C.
Literacy Public Awareness Award - 2002 Recipient : Air Canada
Awards for Excellence in
Workplace Literacy - 2002 Recipients :
Small Business Initiative -
Toronto, Ontario - National Silicates
Medium Business Initiative - Tignish,
Prince Edward Island - Royal Star Foods Limited
Large Business Initiative -
Winnipeg, Manitoba - Palliser Furniture; Winnipeg, Manitoba - Boeing Canada
Technology, Winnipeg Division
Canadian Association of
Municipal Administrators (CAMA)’s National Award of Excellence for
Municipal Workplace Literacy - 2002 Recipients :
Learner Achievement
: Ed Thomas, CUPE Local 5167, City of Hamilton, ON; Omer Noël, CUPE
Local 51, City of Moncton, NB; Dan Bannister, CUPE Local 51, City of Moncton,
NB
Development of effective and successful partnerships to plan and
deliver workplace education programs :
City of Winnipeg and CUPE Local
500
Organizational Commitment to workplace literacy and education :
City of Moncton, NB
Creative design of workplace education programs
: No recipient
Peter Gzowski Literacy Award of
Merit - 2002 Recipient : Joel Jacobson, a columnist with The Herald in
Halifax, NS
National Adult Literacy Database
(NALD) Award for Contributions to Literacy - 2002 Recipient :
Ed Lowery,
literacy volunteer from Riverview, NB
The Co-operators’ Learner
Achievement Award - 2002 Recipients :
Alberta - Earl Atwater, Rocky
Mountain House
British Columbia - Vancouver PGI : Patrick
O’Shea, from Aldergrove; Victoria PGI : Janice Irwin
Manitoba -
Lorna Barley, Winnipeg
New Brunswick - Sarah Critchlow, Saint John;
Jacqueline Cormier, Moncton
Newfoundland and Labrador - Herman
MacNeil, St. John’s
Northwest Territories - Gisella Fradsham,
Fort Simpson, NWT
Nova Scotia - Rose Skinner, Guysborough County
Ontario : Ottawa PGI - Kenneth Burrell, from Ottawa; The
Briars’ PGI - Gary Emmel from Georgina
Prince Edward Island -
Claire Walsh, Summerside Saskatchewan - Khatra Salat Abdulahi, Regina
Yukon - Marlene Drapeau, from Mayo
Provincial
Alberta
Literacy
Awards of Merit
- 2002 Recipients :
Tutor - Helen
Matthews, Slave Lake
Innovative Program - Changing Paths Program,
Elizabeth Fry Society of Edmonton
Classroom Instructor- Sandra
Campbell, Fort McMurray
Professional- Terry McGuire, Camrose
Student - Phil Beakhouse, Edmonton
Organization -
Lethbridge Public Library, Lethbridge
Volunteer - Paul Cochrane,
Calgary
Special Award - Keith Anderson, Edmonton
Carl Braun Literacy
Award - 2002 Recipient : Terry Regimbald, St. Albert
Nova Scotia
Richmond County Literacy Network Bursaries and Award
-
Recipients 2002 :
Adult Learner Award : Peter Kyte
Richmond
County Literacy Network Bursaries : Laurie Boudreau; Larry Keating; Donny
Roop
W. Blair MacMillan Memorial Trust Bursaries : Laurie Boudreau;
Betty Park
Literacy Patron Award : Phyllis Martell
Ontario
Frances
Lever Memorial Award
- 2002 Recipient : Connie Morgan
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