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Family Services of Greater Vancouver is top winner of the Canada
Life Literacy Innovation Award
ABC Life Literacy Canada: 8.26.2019
ABC Life Literacy Canada (ABC) is
pleased to announce the top and honourable mention winners of the 2019 Canada Life Literacy Innovation Award
(LIA). The annual award recognizes organizations that develop and implement
innovative adult literacy and essential skills programs in communities across
Canada.
The
LIA top award will be given to Family Services of Greater Vancouver along with
$20,000, which the organization can use towards future programming. In addition
to the top winner, four honourable mention winners will receive $5,000 each.
All will be honoured at ABC’s Life Literacy Night ceremony in Toronto this
October.
Each
of the winners have demonstrated that their program has made a positive
contribution to the lives of their adult learners as well as the community, and
all serve as a model for other organizations to adapt.
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Since
its inception in 2012, 40 LIAs have been awarded to literacy organizations
across the country (8 top awards and 32 honourable mention awards),
representing $320,000 in funding for the field.
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TOP
WINNER, receiving $20,000
Family Services of Greater Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Program:
Caring Neighbours
Caring
Neighbours is a community kitchen program that uniquely combines health, food
and financial literacies and creates important social connections among
vulnerable and socially isolated families, children and seniors.
Community Living Toronto, Toronto ON
Program:
Individualized On-campus Post-Secondary Experience Network (IOPEN)
The
program provides an inclusive post-secondary learning experience for adult
learners with an intellectual disability.
Literal Change, Toronto, ON
Program:
Literal Change Facility Program
A
team of trained teachers work one-on-one with the adult male learners in two
maximum-security facilities to build level-appropriate basic literacy skills.
Momentum
Community Economic Development Organization, Calgary, AB
Program:
Momentum’s Money Matters
This
financial empowerment program is designed to increase confidence and help
participants with mental health and/or addition challenges successfully manage
their money.
Sioux-Hudson Literacy Council,
Sioux Lookout, ON
Program:
Discover Online Integrate Information Technology (DOI2T)
The
program provides access to new and exciting technology while encouraging
participants to learn at their own pace.
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