Promoting Reading in Canada
Das Kanadische Kinderbuchzentrum / The Canadian Children`s Book Centre
http: / / www.bookcentre.ca /
The Canadian Children`s Book Centre (CCBC) is a national, not-for-profit organization, founded in 1976. It is dedicated to encouraging, promoting and supporting the reading, writing, illustrating and publishing of Canadian books for young readers. The programs, publications, and resources help teachers, librarians, booksellers and [ ... ]
Projects of the Canadian Children`s Book Centre
Read to Me! Kanada
http: / / www.readtome.ca /
Read to Me! is a network of provincial partners with the shared goal of supporting early literacy in Nova Scotia. It is a provincial, hospital-based program developed to help families enrich their child’s early years with books and reading.
In Atlantic Canada, 52 of the population have limited literacy skills or experience great difficulty reading (International Adult [ ... ]
The Word On The Street Canada
http: / / www.thewordonthestreet.ca /
The Word On The Street Canada Inc. is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to celebrating reading and promoting literacy in Canada. We are the largest literary festival in North America.
An overarching goal of The Word On The Street Canada is to bring the writing, publishing and literacy community together to heighten awareness of and encourage [ ... ]
Libraries in Canada
http: / / www.goethe.de / ins / ca / lp / prj / bik / enindex.htmThe Goethe Institute in Canada provides an overview of the library scene in Canada. Selected press articles describe the different kinds of libraries as well as innovative and successful library work in Canada, such as multicultural library activities, Web 2.0 services and digitalisation projects. As far as libraries and education are concerned, Canada is one of the most advanced countries in the world. Canadian libraries are complex, they fulfil diverse functions and serve as role models.
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