Words about literacy and life long learning from...

A Poet
"Literacy is about having a voice" Sheree Fitch in Literacy Matters. 1999

A Politician
"It's a multifaceted problem....we have to address the issue.....It (literacy) has to be extremely high on the list of priorities because it affects all other priorities." NB Premier Bernard Lord in The Telegraph Journal. July 20, 1998.

A Partisan
"I would like to see this issue (literacy) talked about more....I would also like to see a provincial vision for literacy and a working strategy developed that would stabilize literacy programs in the province." Jan Greer Langley, Executive Director of the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick. In The Daily Gleaner. May 16, 2003

A Practitioner
"Literacy enables all members of a community to experience life and to reach their full potential. To ensure our communities are literate is the combined responsibility of government, business and community, including you and me." Cheryl Brown, Community Literacy Worker, 2005.

A Participant
"I read the menu at Tim Horton's now. I used to just order coffee" Learner, after attending literacy classes. 2000

A Parent
"Being a single mom, the support with my own education and in teaching my daughter has been a reward in itself." Learner participating in a family literacy program. 2003