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"When language does not develop in the context of caring relationships, we lose the beauty and meaning that words can convey."
Dr. Bruce Perry, 2005
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The Centre for Family Literacy is proud to announce that Dr. Eric Newell, Chancellor of the University of Alberta and former Chairman and CEO of Syncrude Canada Ltd., is our new Honourary Chair, championing the cause of family literacy in Alberta.
Dr. Newell is an Officer of the Order of Canada, Member of the Alberta Order of Excellence, Chairman of CAREERS: The Next Generation Foundation, and a member of numerous corporate and community boards. He is well known for his efforts to strengthen the relationship between education and business and played a key role in implementing literacy programs for Syncrude employees.
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Books for Babies is a program for parents and their young babies, up to one year. The focus is not on teaching babies to read, but on parents supporting their children’s literacy development and on strengthening parent-child bonds. Literacy begins at birth, and it is never too early – or too late – to read and talk with your child.
Did you know that the brain of a toddler is more active than that of a college student, and the first years are critical to a child’s brain and overall development? Reading and talking with babies are important sources of stimulation for the baby brain.
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Books for Babies Quiz
Over the past two years, residents of communities across Alberta have seen a strange looking black and white bus parked on their streets. The Alberta Prairie C.O.W. Bus, which is painted to look like a Holstein cow, has traveled throughout the province promoting family literacy to more than 24,000 children and adults in 180 communities.
The bus has been as far north as Rainbow Lake and south to Coaldale and Taber. It has visited urban and rural communities including Hutterite Colonies, First Nation and Métis Settlements. It has created a stir wherever it has travelled, and has been greeted with incredible enthusiasm.
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Family Literacy Day was launched at the Alberta’s Next Generation Breakfast with Mayor Stephen Mandel giving the keynote address. Business, government and community leaders learned the impact of having four out of ten Albertans struggle with literacy. On a brighter note, they also learned how family literacy programs and initiatives help reduce that number.
Partnering with the Edmonton Public Library, Royal Alberta Museum, and Art Gallery of Alberta, a variety of programs were offered on Friday, Saturday and Sunday so that Family Literacy Day became Family Literacy Week!
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Bill is a 68-year-old farmer with level 1 literacy skills. He went to Grade 6 at the country one-room school nearby until he was needed to help his father on the family farm.
Bill knows his farm business inside out – he and his wife Pearl always talked everything through at the kitchen table over cups of coffee. Pearl handled all the bookkeeping, banking and correspondence until she died two years ago from cancer.
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The most recent survey released by Statistics Canada shows that four out of ten adult Albertans do not have the literacy skills required to function in today’s society.
The Alberta statistics revealed that 14% of our adult population is at level 1 – the lowest level. They are unable to read a bedtime story to their children. A further 26% are at level 2 which means they can only deal with material that is simple and clearly laid out.
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In our August 2005 Newsletter we announced that the Centre was part of a pilot project developed by the Edmonton Community Foundation to support organizations in their efforts to build endowment funds.
Over the past several months, we have been working with Charles Nunn to develop a program that will provide a variety of ways for individuals and families to support the Centre in their long-range planning.
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