Fredericton, NB - March 13th, Delta Fredericton
Panel Members
Bruce Ferguson, Director of the Community Health Services Resource Group at The Hospital for Sick Children
Hon. Andy Scott, former Member of Parliament for Fredericton, Head of Social Policy Research Network at the University of New Brunswick
René Legacy, Vice President Communications and Strategic Planning, Fédération des caisses populaires acadiennes
Gregory Gillis, Senior Vice President Operations - Atlantic Canada and Quebec AMEC Earth & Environmental
Hon. Marilyn Trenholme Counsell MD, ONB
Confirmed Presentations
Tim O’Neill, Ph.D., Former Chief Economist at BMO Finanical Group, Founder and Principal of O’Niell Strategic Economics
Doug Willms, Ph.D., Canadian Research Institute for Scoial Policy, University of New Brunswick
Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick
Federation d’alphabetisation du Nouveau-Brunswick
KSI Research International Inc.
National Adult Literacy Database
New Brunswick Public Library Service
Pam Whitty, Ph.D., University of New Brunswick
Elizabeth Sloat, Ph.D., University of New Brunswick
Andrea Bear Nicholas, Chair in Native Studies, St. Thomas University
Talk With Me Program, Early Language Services
Gregory Gillis, Senior Vice President Operations - Atlantic Canada and Quebec AMEC Earth & Environmental
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:17 pm
I am the Executive Director of Kids Count - The Learning Fund, an Education Foundation with the Eastern School District of PEI. We have been delivering a Born to Read Early Literacy Program to mothers of babies born at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Charlottetown since 2000. There is also a Little Readers Program operating out of the Prince County Hospital in Summerside, PEI…the contact person is Laura Quinn-Graham ….she can be reached at laurafamilyplace@eastlink.ca
I just found out about these early literacy program consultations today. Please provide more information like the purpose of the consultations as well as the time & location as I am interested in attending.
Sincerely, Jan Rankin-Collie
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Hello Jan - thanks for your comment. More information regarding the NSEL initiative and the public consultations can be found at http://nsel.cllrnet.ca.
The National Strategy for Early Literacy (NSEL) is a cooperative, Canada-wide initiative to improve the literacy skills of young Canadians. NSEL engages a broad coalition of organizations and individuals to understand and describe what can be done to improve literacy outcomes for young Canadians, and to put these actions into practice. The conclusion of the NSEL process will be a coherent, feasible, evidence-based national strategy to improve the literacy skills of young Canadians. The Strategy will include a clear statement of actions required for such improvement and discussion of the associated responsibilities that must be assumed by the various organizations whose work impacts literacy skills.
Public consultation hearings in cities across the country are scheduled for March 2009. Consultation hearings are planned for eight cities, providing opportunities for organizations and individuals across Canada to provide advice relevant to the National Strategy. These consultation hearings will permit us to gather additional advice about what can and should be done to improve literacy outcomes, and will provide a forum in each region of Canada for discussion of the implications of the literacy strategy for local and regional programs and policies. To register please visit http://www.goldenplanners.com/nsel. The Fredericton meeting has been confirmed for the Delta Fredericton, and the meeting is expected to run from approximately 9am - 4pm depending on the number of submissions.