WHAT’S HAPPENING IN LITERACY?

At Literacy BC we use a variety of methods for disseminating news and information to the field including our web site, our print newsletter, our electronic network, and this ebulletin. Yet, still more information passes through our office that we would like to pass on to you. To that end, we have instituted a new service called What’s Happening in Literacy? What’s Happening? is a compilation of abbreviated information about new projects, upcoming conferences, funding opportunities, teaching resources, and much more. As well, it includes a list of new acquisitions available for borrowing at our Provincial Literacy Resource Centre.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES

Staying the Course: Literacy and Health in the First Decade. Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health, October 17-19, 2004, Ottawa, Ontario. Cosponsored by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and the National Literacy and Health Program, Canadian Public Health Association
The conference themes are: building best practices in literacy and health, focusing on language and culture, building knowledge in literacy and health, building healthy public policy. The conference includes: plenary presentations, poster displays, oral presentations, and workshops. In addition, a Learners Gallery will display stories, art and poetry sent in by adult learners. An online discussion group will begin discussion of the conference themes during the two-week period before the conference begins. For further information and how to register: http://www.cpha.ca/literacyandhealth/