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:
• Where are the literacy gaps and opportunities in our community?
• What can we contribute to a possible solution?
• 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

03/26/2026

✨ Parenting with Purpose ✨ 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.

🗓️ Apply by April 30, 2026

🔗 Learn more: https://ow.ly/zOWo50Yx3Sm

Celebrate Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month!
03/06/2026

Celebrate Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month!

🌱‍ Celebrate Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month with the Spring Agriculture Literacy Contest from BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation
🔗 https://bcaitc.ca/blog/2026-canadian-agriculture-literacy-challenge

👨‍🌾📖 This year’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

🐴 Happy Lunar New Year!
02/18/2026

🐴 Happy Lunar New Year!

🌑🐴 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.

📸 Unsplash/Frank Ng

⭐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.

New West Family Literacy Week Event!
01/22/2026

New West Family Literacy Week Event!

Join us in celebrating Family Literacy Week! The theme this year is “Make mealtime family learning time.” Literacy New West will be onsite doing a book giveaway, and we’ll be hosting a literacy craft in the children’s department. Drop-in at the Main Branch Children's Department.

This Family Literacy Day and Week, celebrate with the theme "Make mealtime family learning time."
01/22/2026

This Family Literacy Day and Week, celebrate with the theme "Make mealtime family learning time."

👨‍👩‍👧 Family literacy happens during everyday activities.
"Family literacy refers to the way that parents, children, and extended family members use literacy at home and in the community. Family literacy occurs naturally during the routines of daily living and helps children and adults get things done." - Hayden, R. & Sanders, M. (2007)

🥰 It's about conversations, grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, recycling, walking outdoors, playing games, and so much more!

👨‍🍳 This Family Literacy Day and Week, celebrate with the theme "Make mealtime family learning time." with free resources:

🔗 resources at decoda.ca/get-involved/family-literacy-week

🔗 resources at familyliteracyday.ca

01/21/2026

🥰 Thank you to the Province of BC for 📣 proclaiming Family Literacy Week January 25-February 1, 2026!
✨ The proclamation acknowledges:
✅ improving the reading, writing and other essential skills of all people in British Columbia is vital to the social and economic development of the province, and
✅ literacy in all its forms directly impacts the ability of people in British Columbia to improve their quality of life, earn sufficient income, participate in learning and fully engage with their communities, and
✅ families have a strong influence on the literacy development of their children, and
✅ family literacy programs promote a solid foundation for literacy and life-long learning, and provide an opportunity for children and families to learn together;

🔗 Read our Family Literacy Week media release with a comment from the Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs Christine Boyle athttps://decoda.ca/wp-content/uploads/FLW26-NewsRelease.pdf

🧡 “As a parent, I know how much everyday moments –like sharing stories at mealtime– shape confidence and curiosity. Family Literacy Week reminds us that when families learn together through simple routines, they strengthen relationships and develop skills that improve quality of life and last a lifetime.
Our government will continue supporting opportunities for lifelong learning so families can thrive and children have more opportunities to learn, grow and succeed.”
Christine Boyle,
BC Minister of Housing and Municipal Affairs

Christine Boyle
Government of British Columbia

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👉 Learn more about Family Literacy Week 2026 with the theme "Make mealtime family learning time" and find activities, resources, a contest and social media tools to share awareness at: https://decoda.ca/get-involved/family-literacy-week/

01/21/2026

Decoda Literacy Conference!

01/21/2026

Family Literacy Week, January 25-February 1, 2026!

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