by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | Alberta, Stories and Poems
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...
by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | British Columbia, Stories and Poems
Laura Beaton – Gzowski Award Winner 2016 Laura graduated from the Queen Charlotte High School in 1999. Since then, she took on various jobs – at the Co Op and City Centre grocery stores, worked as a HaidaWatchman, and worked for the Skidegate Band Council. Laura...
by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | Alberta, Stories and Poems
Worn new, again and again She 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...
by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | Quebec, Stories and Poems
Diane McKellar Diane McKellar is the recipient of the 2016 PGI Learner Achievement Award. Diane lives in Knowlton with her son Jamie. She is part of a large McKellar family most of whom live in or around Knowlton. She is very involved in her church and is always...
by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | New Brunswick, Stories and Poems
There are times, as a teacher that you come across a learner who inspires and challenges you to want to be a better teacher. Rose Paul is such a learner. Unknowingly, she teaches others through her quiet patience, strength of character, kindness, and dedication to her...
by websitesca | Mar 8, 2019 | New Brunswick, Stories and Poems
Jonathan Caissie est agé de 24 ans, il a un fils de 3 ans qu’il élève avec sa compagne Martine. Jonathan possède une 7ième année est propriétaire d’un entreprise de renovation. Il est né à Lamecque Nouveau-Brunswick et a vécu à Montréal pendant 7ans. Jonathan veut...
