Decoda Literacy Conference
Every two years, the Decoda Literacy Conference brings together BC’s provincial literacy network for interactive, dynamic and informative learning sessions. This year’s conference was held April 16-17, 2026 at the Radisson Hotel Vancouver Airport, Richmond, BC.
Attendees included leaders in adult learning, key members of the public and private sector, and literacy practitioners working in community-based literacy programs for people of all ages.
Our conference theme was “Literacy: Bridging the Gaps.”
📸 Don’t forget to upload your conference photos to the shared photo album!
Courageous Dialogues Focus Group
How is polarization affecting your facilitation or willingness to participate in conversations on divisive issues? Would you like to learn how to move beyond it? The Courageous Dialogues for Classroom, Campus, and Community applied research project responds to the growing challenge of polarization in post-secondary institutions, libraries, and literacy organizations—spaces meant to uphold intellectual freedom but increasingly marked by conflict, censorship pressures, and ideological hostility. The goal is to strengthen the skills, knowledge, and resilience of students, instructors, and community educators so they can skillfully navigate contentious issues with competence, confidence, and care. This project is supported by a grant from the federal government’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) (Reference CCSIF – 2025-00249).
We invite you to join a focus group to help us understand your experiences of polarization. We want to learn about your polarization-related experiences, what skills and strategies you already use, and what ones you want to develop.
We are requesting your participation in a 2-hour focus group along with 5 -8 other community educators. The focus group will be facilitated by one of the faculty researchers. Notes will be taken of participant responses to the focus group questions. There is no cost for you to participate other than your time.
Please complete this form – literacy outreach coordinators, community educators, and public library staff.
We value diversity in all aspects of our conference. Our goal is to create a respectful and inclusive environment that invites participation from people of all ages, genders, abilities, races, ethnicities, religions and sexual orientations.
If you have any questions, please contact info@decoda.ca.
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