Alberta
Contact Us
CanLearn Society
Krista Poole
100-1117 Macleod Trail SE
Calgary, Alberta T2G 2M8
kpoole@canlearnsociety.ca
www.canlearnsociety.ca
Amber Clarke
The CanLearn Society is proud to share the story of our PGI Learner Award winner Amber Clarke. When Amber started the 6th grade her teacher identified that she was having difficulties with her reading and making the transition between learning to read and reading to learn. Amber came to the CanLearn Society in the hope of building her reading skills and was matched with a reading tutor. Amber’s tutor worked with her to build her skills and part of what made the sessions successful and relevant to Amber was that her tutor was able to take what they were reading in school and successfully incorporate it into her learning strategy. When Amber started with her tutor she was 3 grade levels behind where she needed to be and thanks her hard work and the strategies provide by her tutor she was quickly reading at grade level. Amber went on to complete two University degrees and recently graduated with a Masters of Science in Physical Therapy at the University of Alberta. CanLearn is so pleased to have a played a role in Amber’s learning journey, we look forward to seeing all her future successes
Amber Clarke
Amber Clarke The CanLearn Society is proud to share the story of our PGI Learner Award winner Amber Clarke. When Amber started the 6th grade her teacher identified that she was having difficulties with her reading and making the transition between learning to read and...
Keith MacDuff
Keith MacDuff The CanLearn Society is proud to share the successes of our PGI Learner Award winner Keith MacDuff. Keith struggled with school and learning and as with many youth in his situation he found himself involved with a rough crowd and potentially heading down...
PGI Canada Learner Award Winner 2016: CanLearn Society
PGI Canada Learner Award Winner 2016: CanLearn Society Nguissaly Sylla (Sally) is a learner who demonstrates how improving foundational skills can change your life. Sally came from Senegal in 2009. When Sally arrived she did not speak any English, making it hard to...
Worn new, again and again – Calgary Poem
Worn new, again and againShe confronts an object, strange upon the page,and cracks it sound by sound. Slow sibilant,popped plosive, rhotic smile, bowing diphthong,all concluded with a light dental stop:s-p-r-ou-t. A word is a machine fuelled by sound.Disassemble the...