Focus on Literacy
Upcoming Conferences...

The Early Years: Supporting Families and Young Children
January 28-29, 2000
Coast Plaza Suite Hotel at Stanley Park, Vancouver Featured speakers include:

• Dyan Dunsmore-Farley, Assistant Deputy Minister, Governmental Relations Division, Ministry for Children and Families
• Joyce Preston, Child, Youth and Family Advocate
• Cindy Carson, Provincial Coordinator, First Call: B.C. Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition

Registration will be available at the door.

For information: (604) 822-6156 or 1-800-663-0348 (toll-free in B.C.)

Designing Our Future Women’s learning, Education, and Training in Canada: 2000 and Beyond
A Congress to celebrate the 20 th anniversary of the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
March 2 - 5, 2000, Toronto

For more information, visit the conference website: http://www.nald.ca/canorg/cclow/congress.htm or contact Eileen Page:
Phone (416) 599-2854  Fax: (416) 599-5605  Email: cclow@web.net

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages TESOL 2000: Navigating the New Millennium
The 34th Annual Convention and Exposition
March 14-18, 2000
The Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre
All information on the conference is available from the TESOL website at: www.tesol.edu
Or contact:
TESOL Programs Vancouver Community College
Phone: (604) 443-8484 Fax: (604) 443-8393 Email: TESOL@vcc.bc.ca www.vcc.bc.ca/TESOL

Kaleidoscope 2000: Innovative Good Practice in Post-Secondary Education
April 30, May 1 & 2, 2000
Vancouver
Co-hosted by the Centre for Curriculum, Transfer & Technology and the Ministry of Advanced Education, Training and Technology For a listing of local key contacts and the Kaleidoscope 2000 Planning Committee members visit the C2T2 website: http://www.ctt.bc.ca/events/
Contact: Gillies Malnarich Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology
Phone (604) 681-4554 Email: gmalnarich@ctt.bc.ca

Marguerite McCallion, Conference Planner Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology Email: mmccallion@cct.bc.caPhone: (250) 413-4446 Fax: (250) 413-4469

What Works! A Literacy Symposium
June 2 - 3
Kalamalka Campus, Okanagan University College Vernon

A forum for literacy practitioners at the pre-school, K-12 and post-secondary levels, and in the workplace. Presented by OUC and School District No. 22 (Vernon)

Keynote speakers:

• CBC personality and broadcaster, Rex Murphy
• Dr. Paul Gallagher, President of Literacy BC

To submit a presentation proposal, contact Carol Abernathy, Conference Co-Chair Okanagan University College 7000 College Way Vernon, B.C. V1B 2N5 Phone: (250) 545-7291 Email: caaberna@ver1.ouc.bc.ca

More information from the conference website at: www.ouc.bc.ca