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Can we help you or someone you know who may have challenges with literacy and/or numeracy?

What is Literacy?Literacy is more than the ability to read and write. “A new and expanded vision of literacy is essential for success. Such renewed vision admits that literacy is not confined to any particular age, institution; that it is related to various dimensions of personal and social development; that it embraces a wide range of scenarios, strategies and means that it is a lifelong learning process.” - UN Literacy 2003-2012Literacy can be a means by which Aboriginal (and Non-Aboriginal) people empower themselves, their families and their communities. The Learning Circle Literacy Program provides assistance to Learners and their families, in developing their literacy skills in a way that is holistic and culturally based, and that respects the uniqueness of the individual, their communities, and their cultures.  Our responsibility is to help Learners to overcome their challenges to learning, while providing a positive, reaffirming and culturally based literacy education that see Learners first for their gifts, talents and abilities, and that recognizes the interconnectedness of mind, spirit, body and emotions, and the familial, community and social forces that impact on learning. Aboriginal literacy should consider the whole person, not simply their literacy skills and needs. The Learning Circle Literacy Program provides a learning environment which encourages cooperation, participation and flexibility. Our teaching approach fosters a sense of individual self-worth, personal empowerment and self-determination. By developing learning skills and a facility with language, Aboriginal literacy should assist Learners in developing personal values and skills, as well as positive attitudes towards themselves and others. Aboriginal literacy should help Learners to meet the challenges of the times.The Learning Circle Literacy Program goals are to:
  • assist Learners in developing a sense of personal identity, empowerment and self-esteem through an awareness of family, community, cultural histories and traditions;
  • promote a value system based upon respect, kindness, honesty, sharing and caring;
  • reduce blocks and barriers to learning in order to unleash creativity and facilitate positive learning experiences;
  • assist Learners in developing skills fundamental to learning, contributing to one's community, and living with others in an interdependent world;
  • develop the cognitive and language skills of learners through a variety of culturally appropriate methodologies and techniques.

~ Adapted from “Empowering the Spirit II – Native Literacy Curriculum”

For more information,please contact:
August Horning, Program Coordinator
250-564-3568 Ext. 228
Email: literacy@pgnfc.com