Read All About Lit

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Indigenous Financial Literacy

Culture can impact our values about money, our traditions around money, our attitude about money, our ideas about who makes financial decisions, and our trust of financial institutions. When creating …

Wee Read and Pee Wee Read

Are you interested in enriching the reading life of a child? Learn how best to support a child’s reading at home with wee read and pee wee read. Calgary Learns …

Financial Literacy in Challenging Times

COVID has had a big economic impact. That’s why this year’s focus for Financial Literacy Month is helping Canadians learn how to manage their finances in challenging times. The Financial …

The Westcoast Reader – November 2020

The November issue of The Westcoast Reader is available now! This month’s Westcoast Reader includes articles about Indigenous veterans, comfort food, flu shots, planets and more. You can find the …

Myths and Facts about Dyslexia

How much do you know about dyslexia? Here is an infographic with Myths and Facts about dyslexia that can help you better understand the learning disability. This infographic is part …

Adult Literacy Education Journal – new issue!

The fall edition of the Adult Literacy Education: The International Journal of Literacy, Language, and Numeracy is available now! Published by ProLiteracy, this issue contains the following articles: Research The …

Can you tell if an online story is true?

Media literacy is more than being able to access media. It also means being able to analyze and evaluate the information you’re getting from an online story. Test your ability …

The HIPPY ELL Curriculum

We are pleased to welcome Yusra Qadir, the Director of Innovations, Advocacy and Multicultural HIPPY for the Mothers Matter Centre, as our guest blogger. Today she’s describing the HIPPY ELL …

Burnaby’s Award-Winning LINC Program

We are pleased to welcome Linda Peteherych as our guest blogger. Linda is a LINC Literacy instructor and the Literacy Lead for Burnaby School District’s LINC Program. Today she shares …

Using The Westcoast Reader as a Digital Resource

Did you know that The Westcoast Reader is now available as a digital newspaper? This format is great for tutors and other practitioners working remotely. Earlier this year Felisha Chuter …