Literacy New Westminster

Literacy New Westminster A whole community approach involves the entire community working together to embed literacy and learning into everyday life

Literacy New Westminster is an action group dedicated to working in partnership with community groups and organizations to build and enhance local literacy services, programs and networks. The New Westminster Literacy Committee is made up of representatives of a broad cross section of groups; the purpose of the group is to meet regularly during the year to address literacy activities, collaborate

with Literacy initiatives and to network with each other. Task group members bring experience and support from their lives and from the organizations that they represent. To take full advantage of this, the focus of the task group should be on strategic thinking about community and literacy. Task group members are continually addressing questions such as:
โ€ข Where are the literacy gaps and opportunities in our community?
โ€ข What can we contribute to a possible solution?
โ€ข What is the best thing that we can do for people in our community? Objectives
-To identify the learning needs the New Westminster city residents and respond to these by working with others to coordinate and support literacy programs and services.
-Bringing people in the community together to share ideas, resources and experience that builds on existing literacy programs and looks to create new initiatives.
-Improving access to learning opportunities in the community
-By providing opportunities for the community, to improve their own literacy and life-long learning capacities through information sharing, community events, discussions, story sharing and programs

06/02/2026

June is National Indigenous History Month. Medicine Wheel Publishing would like to take this opportunity to celebrate the work of Indigenous authors and illustrators. To help get culturally authentic books in the hands of children, we are offering a special book collection. For the month of June, we are offering a collection of 16 books at 25% off.

We will be announcing one book in the collection every day leading up to National Indigenous Peoples Day, so stay tuned for the full list!

*๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐Ÿ’/๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐›๐จ๐จ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ค๐š๐ ๐ž!

๐‘€๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘ƒ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž ๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘›-๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘ก ๐ผ๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘”๐‘’๐‘›๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘‘. ๐ผ๐‘“ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž ๐‘“๐‘’๐‘ค ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘™๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’.

https://shop.medicinewheelpublishing.com/products/indigenous-peoples-history-collection

06/02/2026

This Indigenous History Month, we honour the strength, stories, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit, and Mรฉtis peoples.

At People, Words & Change, we believe learning starts with listening and understanding.

03/26/2026

โœจ Parenting with Purpose โœจ Formerly Parenting Children with Challenging Behaviours, our group is all about learning strategies, sharing real experiences, and supporting each other through the tough moments and the joyful ones.

03/26/2026

6 newcomers in Canada will each receive a $5,000 award!

The MOSAIC Educational Enhancement Award supports newcomers and refugees pursuing academic, professional, or vocational studies.

If you've lived in Canada for less than 5 years and have big educational goals, this award was made for you. Open to all ages.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ Apply by April 30, 2026

๐Ÿ”— Learn more: https://ow.ly/zOWo50Yx3Sm

Celebrate Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month!
03/06/2026

Celebrate Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month!

๐ŸŒฑโ€ Celebrate Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month with the Spring Agriculture Literacy Contest from BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation
๐Ÿ”— https://bcaitc.ca/blog/2026-canadian-agriculture-literacy-challenge

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ“– This yearโ€™s theme, Cultivating Curiosity, invites students to explore how farmers care for animals, protect animal health, and responsibly manage farms. Through reading, reflection, and hands-on learning, students will build curiosity and understanding about where food comes from and the care that goes into raising animals on modern farms.


Agriculture in the Classroom Canada

๐Ÿด Happy Lunar New Year!
02/18/2026

๐Ÿด Happy Lunar New Year!

๐ŸŒ‘๐Ÿด Happy Lunar New Year! Lunar New Year is celebrated on February 17 this year. It celebrates the first new moon on the lunar calendar.
Festivals are held in many East Asian countries. 2026 is the Year of the Horse.

๐Ÿ“ธ Unsplash/Frank Ng

โญFrom The Westcoast Reader's calendar, which explains special days for people new to Canada.

02/10/2026

is an invitation to learn and connect.

You might choose to visit an exhibit, attend a local event, read a book, watch a film, or listen to a podcast. Across BC, there are many ways to explore Black stories through art, culture, and community.

Learning across cultures helps build more welcoming communities for all.

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