by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | Stories and Poems
Words are power, and to see someone who has always struggled with words learn how to read is the most powerful experience. I should know. I feel that power every single day. My name is Gordon Barnhart, and I am president of the University of Saskatchewan. Words...
by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | Stories and Poems
Before I joined the team here at READ Saskatoon, I only had a very academic understanding of “Family Literacy”. Both “family” and “literacy” are very broad terms, and it’s been a challenge to discover what they mean together. One of my favourite things so far has been...
by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | Stories and Poems
My association with READ Saskatoon has been an incredibly rewarding experience. As a tutor, each of the learners with whom I spent time was an inspiration. How they had coped with not being able to read – not just books and the newspaper, but street signs and...
by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | Stories and Poems
Curling song: written on the spot by Connie for the 25th bonspiel at the Toronto Cricket 2016 HMm HMM And it’s hurry hurry hurry hardEvery shot is sweet‘Cause curlers never kiss and tellWhat goes on between the sheets. Hurry Hurry hurry hardWho knows when you may...
by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | Newfoundland and Labrador, Stories and Poems
Joy Newhook Adult Learner Award Winner: Newfoundland and Labrador 2016 What are your goals (examples: help children with reading and writing, go to college, get a job, etc.)? My main goal in life is to make my life better and to help my daughters get a better life. I...
