NSEL

Panel Members
Dr. Pierre-Gerlier Forest, President of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
Robert Thibault, former Member of Parliament (Minister of State [Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency] and Minister of Fisheries and Oceans), Chief Administrative Officer, Richmond County, Nova Scotia
Bruce Ferguson, Director of the Community Health Services Resource Group at The Hospital for Sick Children
Jim Mustard, Fellow, Council for Early Child Development

Confirmed Presentations
Victor Glickman, Ph.D., University of British Columbia (Author of NSEL Policy Paper)
Nova Scotia Public Libraries
Ann Krane & Associates Limited
Digby County Family Resource Centre
Tracy Lavin, Ph.D., Canadian Council on Learning (Author of three NSEL Policy Papers)
The Adopt a Library Literacy Program
Chebucto Communities Development Association
Memorial University
Provincial Acadian School Board of Nova Scotia and Preventative Intervention in Reading-Writing
Wayne MacDonald, Ph.D., Clinical Neuropsychologist
Read to Me! Nova Scotia Family Literacy Program
Nova Scotia Family Literacy Advisory Group
Mi’Kmaw Kina’Matnewey