The full Board of Directors for 2005-06:

Melanie Austin - Camosun
Diana Twiss - Capilano
Shelly Joyner - Cariboo
Leanne Callier-Smith - Kootenay
Marilyn MacDonald - Fraser Valley
Laurie Gould - Lower Mainland
David Moddle - Malaspina
Marcia Timbres - New Caledonia
Anne Docherty - Northwest
Carol Forbes - North Island
Val Keeler - Northern Lights
Colleen Hanscom - Okanagan
Susan Copland - Member at Large
Cynthia Williams - Member at Large
Joan Andersen - Member at Large
Norma Smith - Member at Large

Welcome, Wazi!

Literacy BC has added a new member to our management team.

Wazi Dlamini-Kapenda joined Literacy BC on Monday, December 5 as Provincial Literacy Training and Development Manager. Her role will be to manage and support our Regional Literacy Coordinators throughout the province, assisting them to strengthen and support regional literacy networks and develop literacy activities, programs and resources; and to arrange and oversee training and PD opportunities for new and established practitioners.

Wazi comes to Literacy BC with 15 years of experience focused in the areas of community development and capacity building; and program and curriculum development, delivery and training. She was the first HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents with Pre-School Youngsters) Project Coordinator in Canada, managing the HIPPY program for six years at the Britannia Community Services Centre in East Vancouver and Simon Fraser University.

She has impressive credentials in partnership building and community development, as well as research, teaching and information management. Wazi holds a Diploma in Education and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Swaziland, and a Master of Public Health degree from Tulane University in New Orleans.

We welcome Wazi to Literacy BC – she will be a tremendous asset to our team.