City of Wetaskiwin Proclamation

Celebration of International Adult Learners’ Week

April 2-9, 2011

WHEREAS:  Literacy is everyone’s right to full participation in society.

WHEREAS:  Adult learning and literacy events are advocacy tools for raising the profile of adult learners and lifelong learning; mobilize individuals to take advantage of the multitude of learning opportunities open to them; and serve as a reminder that adult learning can be a powerful instrument for change.

WHEREAS:  Adult learning and education are part of sustainable development through effective policy, good governance, financing, participation, inclusion, equity and quality. These are necessary for adults to exercise their right to education.

WHEREAS:  The City of Wetaskiwin, together with community organizations and education institutions, is
                   working to remove barriers to learning by providing learner-oriented programs and to promote
                   the responsibility and right to literacy and lifelong learning.

THEREFORE: I, Mayor Bill Elliot, on behalf of the City of Wetaskiwin, do hereby proclaim the week of April 2  
                     to 9 as Celebration of International Adult Learners Week.

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Mayor Bill Elliot

Project communication

Thank you for your interest in the Community Engagement Project. The project is proceeding well, and we expect to have a successful completion in June.

The project consists in the recruitment of 25 participants from various organizations in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors in Central Alberta. These participants work together in a series of workshops related to human diversity. The project coordinator follows up with them to measure how the information from these workshops is being applied in the participants’ workplaces and civic life. At the conclusion of the project, they will elaborate a community plan and toolkit for improving diversity awareness in Central Alberta.

I’m attaching a copy of our brochure on the project. This is a pilot project, and we hope to offer it again in the future, with some improvements suggested by the evaluation process.

The Community Engagement Project is made possible by a grant from the Multiculturalism department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, and a grant from the Swift Current. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you would like further information.

Thanks!

Project workshop confirmation script and set-up

Please let me know if you need materials to advertise the workshop (posters to put up at the school or flyers for for students to take home) and we can design something for you.

For our presentation, it will work best if we have a room with tables and chairs so that the parents can do some interactive activities. We will bring a lap top and a projector but we will need a screen or a whiteboard in the room.

If parents will be pre-registering for the workshop, could you ask them the ages of their children?

If you can provide us with an estimate on the number of parents who will attend the workshop, we will try to bring a book for each of them to take home.

We're looking forward to working with you

appointment

I would like to setup a time and date to come and see you within the next couple of weeks. I would like to meet with you to discuss any outstanding projects your department might have. Could you please forward me a date and time that will work for you and I will do my best to accommodate.

Letter of support for partnership and collaboration

Monday, March 14, 2011

To,

Judy Bortnik

Wetaskiwin Community Literacy Program

PO Box 6265

Wetaskiwin, AB

T9A 2E9

I am writing to commend you on the work that your organization does in regards to literacy in our community. The Wetaskiwin Public Library fully supports your efforts in providing early literacy skills training by partnering with you to provide joint programming, author visits and storytellers.

I look forward to working with you on the ESL Book Club, Adult Learners Week Celebration, workplace literacy and essential skills, cultural literacy and literacy initiatives prioritized in our Plan of Service.

Wetaskiwin Public Library supports the literacy programs organized by your organization and I look forward to collaborating with you on joint programs in the future.

Sincerely,

Manisha Khetarpal

Manager of Library Services

Tel: 780-361-4447

mkhetarpal@wetaskiwin.ca