Challenges and solutions in Aboriginal communities
Our final formal presentation of the day here in Halifax just finished, and it was a wonderful way to conclude the day. Kay Desborough spoke on behalf of the Mi’Kmaw Kina’Matnewey community and told the group about some of the wonderful programs that have been established, specifically in the past 5 years. Before retiring and volunteering in this community Kay worked in education and health, two fields that she feels lend themselves to partnership with family literacy development.
Her work focuses on families and bringing literacy and language awareness to them early in life, especially in the first 5 years when learning is so critical. Kay described a number of programs that have been working in this community as well as some that she and her colleagues hope to implement during the coming years.
Watch Kay’s presentation:
