Posted By:  judym Posted On:  Aug 22, 2008	report homeless women in Canada
Two recent reports shed new and disturbing light on the unique circumstances and particular hardships faced by homeless women in Canada. Rarely is the public given the insight into the specifics of homeless women’s daily lives that these documents provide. ... [view]

Posted By:  esum Posted On:  Apr 13, 2008	mid-campaign update
The campaign has been coming along with some fits and starts. It seems that the branding really hasn’t taken hold here, and remarkably, news of the campaign seems spread much faster through certain channels in Yellowknife! One really needs to be literal here. Hardly anyone in town refers...... [view]

Posted By:  esum Posted On:  Mar 28, 2008	fundraising campaign and branding in the North
Since fundraising has not been going well, I decided to take a completely different approach than what I had been doing before. There are a lot of programs here that require funding so my challenge has been how to put this issue on the map. I’ve racked my brain and have turned to the...... [view]

Posted By:  esum Posted On:  Mar 24, 2008	“school libraries work”
That’s been one of my mottos these past few weeks. I’ve been busy trying to speak with organizations in town about the school library and I’m hoping that my efforts here will help convince the powers that be that the school needs a librarian. I’m finding one of the...... [view]

Posted By:  esum Posted On:  Feb 24, 2008	decreasing literacy
I’ve finally wrapped up a 2 week run of “student interest sessions” up north to gather a snapshot of the media usage of students in the school and to get some student feedback on what types of materials they would like to have in the library, possible changes to the decor etc. I...... [view]

NWT Literacy Council
Submitted By:   Nahka Website:  http://www.nwt.literacy.ca Phone:  867-873-9262 E-mail:  nwtliteracy@nwtliteracy.ca	Vision:   We are a territorial organization that promotes and supports literacy in all the official languages of the NWT. The most important outcome of community development is improved quality of life. Community development helps......   [view]