CALP Programs Get Boost - More Support for Community Literacy
On September 21, the provincial government also announced increased funding for community adult literacy programs (CALP). Read the press release here and the Backgrounder/fact sheet, which includes the list of the 62 programs funded for 2007-08 under CALP.
Highlights from Fall
Some of the events, activities and initiatives we participated in this fall…
OLES: Federal Funding Presentation
September 7 - During the first week of September – as schools and colleges resumed classes, new literacy projects and programs got underway, and community groups geared up for another busy year – we hosted an information and discussion session in Vancouver on the topic of federal literacy funding.
See www2.literacy.bc.ca/events/invitation_oles.htm
The September 7th event featured Jean Francois Roussy, Director, Policy and Partnership Development, Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES), Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
OLES has issued a Call for Proposals for federal funding with a deadline of October 31.
Okanagan Regional Literacy Coordinator, Leslie Kiehlbauch spearheaded a similar OLES information session with for practitioners outside the Lower Mainland, in Vernon on September 8.
Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES) responding to federal funding
questions during a Vancouver question and answer session on September 7.