1991, produced Education 2000: A Holistic Perspective, which is a statement of what education should - and could - be like.
In 1996, the author developed the Rainbow Approach to Literacy for a project sponsored by the Parkland Regional College, Yorkton, Saskatchewan, entitled "Reaching the Rainbow". Aboriginal literacy practitioners from across Canada collaborated in the production of a multi-media kit on Aboriginal literacy. Consensus was that, in fact, there are Aboriginal literacies. The committee decided to use the rainbow, and to have each colour represent a different type of literacy.
Two years later, the National Aboriginal Design Committee (NADC) adapted the Rainbow Approach to Aboriginal Literacy for its logo and its vision. The NADC oversaw the first ever in Canada National Aboriginal Literacy Gathering (NALG), and is developing a NALG Follow-up Strategy, which includes more NALGs, and a national Aboriginal literacy organization. This adapted version was included in the NALG Participant Kits and, to date, literacy organizations across Canada are requesting workshops. The author, with NALG participants, is documenting actual literacy initiatives, noting how these activities nurture and develop the spirit, heart, mind and body. For the purposes of this presentation, she will present an exemplary model for each colour, and ask Lens on Literacy participants to suggest others.