Literacy

Council of the Federation Literacy Award

History

The Council of the Federation Literacy Award was created by premiers to recognize literacy achievements in every province and territory.

2008 Council of the Federation Literacy Award nominations accepted until April 30, 2008

Nominations are now being accepted for Alberta's 2008 Council of the Federation Literacy Award. This year's award will honour an adult learner who has shown the courage and commitment to improve their literacy competencies and help others. Read a message from Premier Stelmach on the award.

2007 Council of the Federation Literacy Award recipient honoured

Dr. Mary Norton of Edmonton, an adult literacy educator with more than 30 years of experience in the field, is Alberta's 2007 recipient of the Council of the Federation Literacy Award. The award was presented to Norton by Advanced Education and Technology Minister Doug Horner at an International Literacy Day celebration at Edmonton City Hall on September 7.

http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200709/22024DCC86DFE-BE8E-1159-BFAF999EE92D9CF6.html

2006 recipients

Betty Martin of Edmonton, a volunteer tutor with the Project Adult Literacy Society (PALS), was Alberta's recipient of the 2006 Council of the Federation Literacy Award. The Council of the Federation announced all provincial/territorial award recipients on July 28, 2006 during its meeting in St. John's, Newfoundland.

To read about the 2006 recipients, please refer to the Council of the Federation news release:http://www.councilofthefederation.ca/pdfs/NR-Literacy-July21.pdf

2005 recipients

The first recipients of the Council of the Federation Literacy Award were announced in August 2005 at the Council of the Federation meeting in Alberta - http://www.councilofthefederation.ca/pdfs/literacy%20award_aug11.pdf

Alberta's first Council of the Federation Literacy Award was presented to Mr. Leonard Duby of Calgary at a presentation on September 8, 2005.

Volunteer Tutor Adult Literacy Programs
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology supports 72 Volunteer Tutor Adult Literacy Programs. These programs recruit and train volunteer literacy tutors, and match them with adult learners. Tutors and learners meet once or twice a week, at home, in a library or in the literacy program's office. For information about any volunteer tutor adult literacy program please call Literacy Alberta's toll-free Literacy Help Line at 1-800-767-3231. This help line is available only in Alberta.

Family Literacy Programs
Alberta Advanced Education and Technology's Parent-Child Literacy Strategy funds family literacy programs that integrate adult literacy instruction and early oral language development for children from birth to age six for economically and socially disadvantaged families. To find out about family literacy programs in your community, contact your local Community Adult Learning Council, Volunteer Tutor Adult Literacy Program or the Centre for Family Literacy (780) 421-7323.

Other Literacy Organizations

Literacy Alberta is a provincial coalition for adult literacy with membership open to anyone with an interest.

National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) is the national one-stop centre for information on adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities in Canada.

Centre for Family Literacy