LPM e-bulletin

Double your donation to literacy by taking advantage of matching funds!

The National Literacy Secretariat (NLS) has been generously matching all donations to The Winnipeg Foundation Literacy for Life Fund, dollar for dollar. This support will end in September 2006. About $90,000 remains available to the Fund through this matching program. To take advantage of this opportunity to have NLS match your donation, call The Winnipeg Foundation at (204) 944-9474. More...

LPM welcomes a new northern rep, Leona Massan

Leona Massan has lived in Thompson for the past 30 years after spending time in The Pas, Gillam, Cormorant, Winnipeg and Brandon.

She is a band member of Shamattawa First Nation and has two sons and one daughter aged 15, 22 and 21 respectively. She is also a proud grandmother. Welcome, Leona, to LPM. More...

Laurie Mustard signs on as PGI Poet Laureate 2006

Laurie Mustard has agreed to fill the role of PGI poet laureate 2006. Laurie, as most of you know, is a celebrated humorist and writer. He has a much-followed column in The Winnipeg Sun. The PGI Committee is thrilled to have Laurie on board to provide the “final word” at the PGI banquet. More...

Interlake Family Literacy Conference hits a home run

The first ever regional Family Literacy conference sponsored by Literacy Partners of Manitoba took place in Gimli on Saturday, May 6. More than 125 adults and 34 children under the age of 8 attended. At noon, a special celebration honoured IALA’s hardworking dynamo, Margaret Chambers. More...

Health and Literacy: Can we help you?

Are you interested in using the “Going to the Doctor” booklet as part of your teaching materials for next year? If so, LPM will provide you with a free set of booklets and a manual with lessons and ideas.  As part of LPM’s commitment to improving health services for the learners in Manitoba’s programs, we offer the revised booklets at no cost to the programs. More...

Write On editor calls for learner writings

Jan Graham asks instructors to send in their learners' stories and poems. Deadline for the summer issue is June 15. See the poster for more details. All writings and photos must come with a release form.

LPM seeks promotional copies of literacy texts

We are looking for publishers of literacy materials who will provide LPM with promotional copies of their publications. This would give LPM members a chance to review materials before buying them. It would also be good advertising for publishers. Contact Debbie at 954-3854 or liblpm@mb.literacy.ca if you know of publishers we could approach. To read Debbie's book review of the month, click here.

Practitioners show renewed interest in the resource centre

Members are responding to Debbie's invitation to use our resource centre as she continues to contact them personally. More...

Literacy Practitioners gather at LiteracyWorks to discuss research in practice

A small group of participants gathered to stretch their thinking about research in practice at the LiteracyWorks office on Wednesday, May 24. Participants were challenged to expand their notion of research to envision research in a broader sense.  Brainstorming brought out new ideas about which aspects of volunteer tutoring could be considered research. More...

Find a bargain at LITERACYWORKS Book Sale on June 16-18

Great reads, great bargain, great cause! Stock up on your summer reading!  LITERACYWORKS is having their 4^th annual used book sale at Kildonan Place, near the food court, on Friday, June 16, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.,Saturday, June 17, 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and Sunday, June 18, noon to 4:00 p.m.  See the special Father’s Day selection for last minute shopping.  For more information, call LITERACYWORKS at 786-1212.

In the picture, last year's Book Sale staff pose in front of their stall.

Celebrate Multiculturalism Day on June 24

Many Waves, One Sea is an event that should not be missed. There’s something for everyone at The Forks, on June 24, 2006, from 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. Help celebrate the diversities and similarities of the cultures that make up our country – and remember, it’s all free! More...

Illiteracy: Canada's Shame. Read the CBC backgrounder

When you think of literacy in Canada now, at the beginning of the 21st century, you probably expect to see a rate of close to 100 per cent. That would be wrong. The actual numbers are nowhere near that and should embarrass us all. More...

Canada has powerful new tool to measure lifelong learning

The The Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) released an innovative and powerful tool to inform Canadians about their progress in learning - the Composite Learning Index. More...

Canadian Library Association seeks information about library Iiteracy programs

On June 14th, 2006, CLA’s Action for Literacy Interest Group will be hosting "A National Summit on Libraries and Literacy: Moving Forward" in conjunction with the annual CLA conference in Ottawa.  To prepare for the Summit, a short survey has been created to find out about library/literacy initiatives currently happening across Canada.