This institute focused on the exploration of storytelling strategies, ethno botany and Secwepemc culture and history at the site of the Kamloops Residential School. She raises awareness about human rights that relate particularly to core library values, information ethics and global information justice such as freedom of thought, freedom of religion, freedom of opinion and expression, right to association, right to peaceful assembly, cultural rights, and the right to education.
She will address the inherent tension between intellectual freedom and social responsibility, as it sits underneath many aspects of our work. This keynote goes to the heart of the critical question: what constitutes teacher-librarian work today? The DEAR challenge began officially in as an opportunity to celebrate literacy and education. Seeing adults set aside work and business for a few minutes of pleasure reading has sent a powerful message to students — reading can be a priority for all of us!
Since its inception, the DEAR challenge has grown into an international event. Every year new far-flung locations have joined the DEAR challenge. We had reports of a variety of workplaces participating and schools from as far as Kenya and Israel joined the challenge. Do you want to kick it up a notch? Here are some ideas for involving others in the DEAR challenge:. University of British Columbia. Click here to see information about the event.
Webinars will air November 21, and January 9, February 27, and April 10, The webinars are free of cost as this learning opportunity is being offered through a grant from Alberta Education.
Click here for more information or to register. Several school libraries in the province held family literacy nights to celebrate both Education Week and school libraries. Manitoba has the unique distinction of being the only province with a government proclamation to celebrate school libraries.
In schools across the province students will drop everything and read at 11 am to celebrate the event. It is expected that more than 18, students across the province will participate in this fun event celebrating literacy and libraries.
October 22, was a special day for school libraries in Manitoba and across Canada. Kevin Goertzen, on the fourth Monday in October. The government recognizes libraries as active learning centres where access to information, quality resources and innovation are a part of the daily educational practice initiated by school library staffs. This year, OSLA is again encouraging students and teachers, administrators, parents and other members of the school community to raise their voices in celebration of school libraries!
Responses ask for a first name and last initial and school name, so student privacy is protected and replies are vetted before they are posted online. They ranged from "encouraging people to read in their increasing leisure time" to "improving incomes and health" and "developing strong and happy family life.
In , the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read, they would support and use libraries. Join ALA's Libraries Transform public awareness campaign for year-round access to public awareness tools and tips. While we diligently research and update our holiday dates, some of the information in the table above may be preliminary.
If you find an error, please let us know. Thanksgiving Day in the United States is traditionally a holiday to give thanks for the food collected at the end of the harvest season. Robert E.
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