About the NLC

The Nunavut Literacy Council promotes literacy and supports literacy initiatives in the four official languages of Nunavut - Inuktitut, Inuinnaqtun, English, and French.

The work of the Nunavut Literacy Council includes:

• Providing information, resources and training for people interested in or working with literacy and basic education projects.
• Working with community groups to build the skills necessary to plan, deliver and manage local projects. Bilingual workshops include: community needs assessments, project planning, proposal writing and fundraising, evaluation, community networking.
• Operating a Literacy Resource Centre that has a large collection of books, videos and other resource materials available for loan.
• Maintaining a bilingual web site with current information about the Nunavut Literacy Council and literacy activities and information from across the north and Canada.
• Publishing a bilingual quarterly newsletter.
• Providing information about literacy in Nunavut to government, the general public and the media. We also monitor and respond to federal and territorial literacy initiatives and policy.
• Developing bilingual teaching and learning resources for northern practitioners and learners.
• Promoting literacy in Nunavut through the celebration of Nunavut Literacy Week, National Family Literacy Day, and Inuktitut Uqauttin Week.
• Hosting the Nunavut PGI Golf Tournament for Literacy, founded by Peter Gzowski.

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Accomplishments of the Nunavut Literacy Council

• In 2003 Nunavut participated for the first time in the International Adult Literacy & Skills survey. This came about as a result of the efforts of the Nunavut Literacy Council to ensure that Nunavut was included in this important survey. We accomplished this with the support of a committee, chaired by our organization, and made up of representatives from the Department of Education, the Department of Culture, Language, Elders & Youth and Nunavut Arctic College. Nunavut’s Language Commissioner was also on the committee. The survey was carried out by Statistics Canada and Nunavut Statistics. We expect the release of the first report in the fall of 2005.
• In 2002 the Nunavut Literacy Council was honoured with the Canada Post Literacy Award. The Council was nominated by the Department of Education for the Community Leadership award for our long-term achievement, innovation, leadership, and organizational excellence in furthering the cause of literacy.
• In 1997, our organization (then the NWT Literacy Council) began the Family and Community Literacy Development Project in Nunavut. This project was developed in response to the need to place literacy in a context that was meaningful to community members, Inuit in particular, and connected to other social and economic development activities.
  
  The focus of the Family & Community Literacy Development Project continues to be on developing the capacity of communities to develop and carry out their own projects and events. We have accomplished this through the delivery of community workshops and the provision of resources and on-going support.
  
  The outcomes of this work are significant and demonstrates an increased awareness of the importance of literacy in the social, cultural and political context of Nunavut as well as an increased community capacity to develop meaningful and effective literacy programming within this context.

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Nunavut Literacy Council
Board of Directors

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Staff Contact Information

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The Nunavut Literacy Council is incorporated under the
Nunavut Societies Act #SOC 1442.
Our Charitable Organization Registration number is #89084 2123 RC0001.