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Curing Poverty With Curiosity

John F. Gray | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Room to Read, Literacy, Education, Illiteracy, Girl Rising, Poverty, Vancouver, Girl Rising Film, British Columbia, Film Festival, Projecting-Change, Global Poverty, Canada British Columbia News
John F. Gray

Our cultural lore suggests that curiosity may claim the lives of a few cats. Moving from lore to a distinct possibility, we really should add poverty to that list. Connecting their theme "Stay Curious" the 2013 Projecting Change Film Festival, is pushing forward the conversation that can't be ignored. Closing the festival with a showing of Girl Rising, the vital importance of educating women around the world lit up the screen. Learning is about staying curious. Education is a key to curing poverty.

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Adult Learners' Week 2013: Never Stop Learning

Lindsay L. Kennedy | Posted 06.05.2013 | Canada Impact
Read More: Literacy, Skills, Canadian Lietracy and Learning Network, Lifelong Learning, Adult Education, Adult Learners' Week 2013 Canada, Canada Impact News
Lindsay L. Kennedy

Adult Learners' Week is celebrated in Canada every year. April 6 to 14, 2013 provides a focal point to consider the importance of lifelong learning and recognize the achievements of Canadian adult learners.

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Supporting Literacy Would Be the Best Investment Jim Flaherty Could Make

Lindsay L. Kennedy | Posted 05.19.2013 | Canada Politics
Read More: Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, Literacy, Canada Budget 2013, Canada Skills Crisis, Literacy and Essential Skills, Budget, Jim Flaherty, Canada Politics News
Lindsay L. Kennedy

Raising the literacy and essential skills level of the Canadian workforce is a strategic investment with an enormous potential payoff -- not the "endless spending to increase deficits" that Minister Flaherty wishes to avoid. Canada simply cannot afford to neglect our human infrastructure.

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Bookworms Unite — Canada Rocks Out On Reading With A National Campaign

The Huffington Post Canada | Posted 11.13.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Book Lists, Literacy, National Reading Plan, Why I Love Reading, National Reading Campaign Canada, National Reading Plan Canada, Literacy Canada, Books I Love, National Reading Campaign, Reading, Whatdidyoureadtoday, Canada Living News

Canada, we want to know what you're reading. Well, not us, specifically, but a whole campaign that's aiming to get the country reading. With the la...

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Women Can Have it All, Soon as We Change the Game

Barbara Stegemann | Posted 12.28.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Women's Rights, Literacy, Social Entrepreneurs, Financial Literacy for Women, Trade, Essential Oils, Perfume, Fragrance, Economic Empowerment, Having It All, Success and Motivation, Game Changers, Canada, New York City, New York, Canada Living News
Barbara Stegemann

We are shifting out of the patriarchy. The old model built for men does not work for us women as we read in Anne-Marie Slaughter's piece, "Why Women Still Can't Have it All." I admire Slaughter. Except there is one major difference that allows me to have it all; I am a Social Entrepreneur. I don't take this for granted and invite women to design the world they wish to live in.

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Get Your Kids Reading By Reading This Blog!

Zein Odeh | Posted 08.21.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Education, Literacy, Writing Skills, Kids, Back to School Canada, Parenting, Childhood, Childhood Education, School, Reading, Reading Skills, Canada, Canada Living News
Zein Odeh

Literacy paves the way for endless opportunities. It is a skill most of us take for granted, despite how fundamental it is to our daily lives. Both educators and parents play a key role in helping children become successful readers. Here are some tips on how to help get your kids reading!

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The Shocking Contributor To Crime in Canada

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 08.19.2012 | Canada
Read More: Aboriginal News, Aboriginal Youth, Literacy, Literacy in Teens, Crime Rates, Teen Drug Use, Literacy and Crime Rates, Free the Children, Trust and Reconciliation Committee, Aboriginal Crime, Aboriginal Literacy, Canada News
Craig and Marc Kielburger

After passing out from a cocktail of pills, Sally awoke to find a friend dead beside her. She knew she had to change. She was only 15. Illiteracy is a common thread in the stories of troubled Aboriginal youth like Sally. Experts want to change the way Canada thinks about youth delinquency. The solution, they say, starts with reading and writing.

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Worried About Wasting Time On Twitter? Don't Be, Says Margaret Atwood

CBC | Posted 02.04.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Social Media, Literacy, Twitter, Cbc, Margaret Atwood and Twitter, Margaret Atwood, Twitter and Literacy, Reading Skills, Reading, Canada Living News

Rather than turn our noses up at Twitter, we should celebrate it and the internet as new platforms for instant communication and as driver...

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Pakistan and India: A Tale of Two Children

Hina P. Ansari | Posted 12.24.2011 | Canada
Read More: India, Education, Literacy, Benazir Bhutto, Bollywood, Hina Rabbani Khar, Economy, Pakistan, 9/11, Asif Ali Zardari, Pakistan Foreign Minister, Fareed Zakaria, Malik Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Canada News
Hina P. Ansari

It's classic Bollywood: mother gives up two sons, one becomes a cop/top industrialist, the other ends up embracing the life of crime as a gangster/con man. So here we have two nations, India and Pakistan born in 1947: one finds their way into enviable success, while the other struggles in the deep waters of corruption.

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Facebook vs. Shakespeare: Guess Who's Winning?

The Huffington Post Canada | Martha Edwards | Posted 11.02.2011 | Canada Living
Read More: Kids Reading, Literacy, Video, Kids Texting, Harry Potter Books, National Literacy Trust, Kids Literacy, Twilight Saga, Twilight, Harry Potter, Reading, What Kids Are Reading, The Hunger Games, Texting, Canada Living News

Most of us of a 'certain age' spent our high school days drowning in complicated words from authors like William Shakespeare, Mark Twain and J.D. Sali...

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