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Lowery - 2002 Recipient of the
The NALD Literacy Award ceremony for 2002 took place on December 6, 2002, in the NALD offices in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Some of the invited guests were : The Honourable Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick; representatives from Laubach Literacy NB; representatives from the Government of New Brunswick; representatives from the New Brunswick Coalition for Literacy; Yvette Souque, from the National Literacy Secretariat; NALD Board Members and staff. During the award ceremony, the Lieutenant Governor, Marilyn Trenholme Counsell, was invited to speak, as was the Executive Director of NALD, Charles Ramsey. The NALD Chair, Frances Shamley, presented the award to Ed Lowery, from Riverview, NB. As Frances remarked : ‘‘Ed is a tireless volunteer with NALD, putting in over 20 hours a week in volunteer time - scanning documents, converting documents to html or pdf, and working on graphics. He has been associated with NALD for over five years. His contribution to literacy in Canada as well as to NALD is invaluable and we are both proud and honoured to recognise him with this award.’’ The NALD Literacy Award was created in recognition of the participation and leadership of individuals who have made outstanding contributions and endorsements toward literacy issues in Canada, and who have supported the technology infrastructure which has helped form NALD. The Award is intended for those who have embraced this initiative, and have undertaken significant activities to help promote and enhance literacy and lifelong learning. It places emphasis on the goals, growth and overall effectiveness the recipient has had in the literacy community; how they have gone above and beyond the call of duty to encourage and promote literacy awareness; and in advocating for continued support and efforts in the various realms of literacy, thereby fulfilling the above stated literacy challenge. Within the last few years, a large number of documents that are posted to the NALD website, either in the NALD Literacy Collection, or in the Full Text Documents, have been done by Ed Lowery. Without his help, the posting of these documents would gave been seriously diminished. Ed’s association with NALD goes back several years. In 1997, he completed a formal research project in which he collected computer shareware programs and compiled a directory of them for NB Literacy Coordinators. He is currently assisting the NALD staff in the production of a CD-ROM of shareware and freeware programs suitable for literacy tutors and learners. |
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Team: NALD would like to thank Atout-Lire (QC) Collège Frontier College (ON), RÉCRAF (QC), First Steps (BC), AlphaPlus (ON) and Literacies: Researching Practice, Practising Research (ON), who gave us the opportunity to use their photographs and graphics within this newsletter. |