Welcome to Family Literacy Canada! Family Literacy Canada is an exciting new way for family literacy practitioners and proponents to discuss and share information about what is happening in family literacy in Canada! It is also a way for others to learn about family literacy and to contact those involved. Family Literacy Canada is a listserv hosted by the National Adult Literacy Database as part of its mandate to collect, analyse, and distribute information on literacy programs, resources, services, and activities. Support services are being provided by the Centre for Family Literacy Project in Edmonton, Alberta. This support includes helping people to subscribe to the listserv and post messages, as well as other troubleshooting assistance. For those of you unfamiliar with listservs, subscribing to a listserv is a little like subscribing to a magazine. Once you "sign up", all messages posted on the listserv will be "delivered" right to your e-mailbox. It isn't like a bulletin board where you have to "go" to a web site or other location to see what discussion is taking place. We welcome you to take a look at the new listserv at flc@nald.ca and join in the discussion. |
Aboriginal Literacy and Parenting
Skills (LAPS) The official launch of the Aboriginal Literacy and Parenting Skills (LAPS) training manual, produced at Bow Valley College, Calgary, was on National Family Literacy Day, January 27th, 1999. This manual is the third of a series of family literacy manuals developed to assist learners to improve their literacy and parenting skills and encourage literacy development in their children. The Aboriginal LAPS program is an innovative family literacy program designed for low literate Aboriginal parents. The materials in the Aboriginal LAPS manual have been adapted by Aboriginal specialists/groups for use with Aboriginal parents, both in a rural and urban setting. The manual includes:
Bow Valley College also announces the development of Aboriginal Literacy and Parenting Skills training, These two or three day training workshops are designed to train interested community workers to delivery the Aboriginal LAPS program. Topics covered in these workshops may include: strategies for working with low-literate aboriginal parents, how to develop a family literacy program in your community, how to facilitate a parent education program, etc. For more information about Aboriginal LAPS training or to order a copy of the Aboriginal LAPS manual (at a cost of $25 ea.), please contact: Elaine Cairns or Laureen MacKenzie LAPS, Bow Valley College |
The deadline for the submission of applications for National Literacy Secretariat Grants for literacy projects in Newfoundland and Labrador is April 2, 1999. Information/application packages may be obtained by calling The National Literacy Secretariat at 1-819-953-5284, the Department of Education at 1-709-729-5383, or The Literacy Development Council at 1-800-563-1111. |
