Learning from the Weaving Literacy Project : Enseignements du projet Tisser des liens : rapport sur le déroulement et les résultats du projet Tisser des liens

Learning from The Weaving Literacy Project A report on the process and outcomes of the Weaving Literacy project Learning from the Weaving Literacy Project A report on the process and outcomes of the Weaving Literacy Project Suzanne Smythe with contributions from Leona Gadsby and John Malcolmson Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs 707 – 331 Cooper St. [...] Lisa Campbell of the Northwest Territories Literacy Council, Jennifer Cliff- Marks and Leona Gadsby of the Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) and Judith Poirier of the Fedération quebecoise des organismes communautaires Famille lent their deep insights and experience of literacy and community-building as facilitators in the Community Literacy Planning workshops. [...] Aims of the planning workshops •. Build connections between the work of literacy organizations and the work of community-based family support and other community groups •. Identify how literacy is embedded in the work of diverse family resource centres, community agencies and community settings •. Share and learn about the diverse contexts for literacy in communities •. Share and learn about colla [...] The mid-term evaluation of the project summarized the feedback about the training this way: •. 90 per cent of participants said that the training either had given them valuable exposure to people and ideas, had enhanced their knowledge of their partner’s field or had opened the door to a greater perception of the possibilities and potential for weaving literacy •. 85 per cent of participants repor [...] The regional training events in the spring and summer of 2004, the implementation process during the winter and spring of 2005 and the national gathering for Weaving Literacy teams in May of 2005 provided a loose but important frame for guiding 22 diverse projects, spread across the country, along a common path leading to completion.