A Way Back
Westviking College and the Gateway Community Development Corporation
have produced a 30 minute video. The title is A Way Back. The video features
adults who have gone back to school. Snook, of Here and Now fame, is the story
teller. Lawrence Karasek was the person in charge of making the video. He says,
"People do not go to ABE classes because other people may think they are
illiterate." The Literacy Outreach Centre in Grand Falls-Windsor has
also produced a video called Literacy 1-2-3. This video presents the stories of
adults who have come back to school. There are people like Gar Applin from Port
aux Choix, Mary Hartson from Corner Brook and Kim White from St. John's. The
Literacy Outreach Centre hopes to get money to make extra copies of this video.
The TAGS Learning and Reference Handbook
The TAGS Learning and Reference Handbook is another project of the
Central Newfoundland Regional College. There is information here on the fishery,
the TAGS program, career planning, and starting a business. There is also a
section on aquaculture. This project also includes a book called Faces of the
Fishery. The book contains profiles of men and women involved in the fishery.
This project was researched, written and edited by Cal Coish and Reg Hamilton.
Copies are available free of charge from the Literacy Outreach Centre, Central
Newfoundland Regional College, P. O. Box 745, Grand Falls-Windsor, NF A2A 2M4
(Phone: 709-489-4844, Fax: 709-489-2277).
From Me. . . To You
From Me ... To You is a collection of stories by adult learners. These
are stories about growing up in different communities. Some people tell of their
experiences with the TAGS program. The book has two sections. The first part
tells about personal stories. The second part presents stories the learners
collected. Eileen Smith put the collection together for the Newfoundland and
Labrador Rural Development Council. You can order the book from the NLRDC, P. O.
Box 306, Gander, NF A1V 1W7 (Phone: 709-256-8833). Copies of the first printing
are free.
Strong as the Ocean
Strong as the Ocean: Women's Work in the Newfoundland and Labrador
Fisheries is a project of the Newfoundland and Labrador Women's Fishnet. The
first chapter in this book is about Louise Belbin and Violet Green. "My
husband was a skipper," says Louise Belbin. "We was married a month
and a half when he went away, and I never seen him no more for 11 months. When
the schooner was going, he had to be gone. The first five years we was married,
I hardly seen him much at all." Strong as the Ocean was edited by Frances
Ennis and Helen Woodrow. The book is available from Harrish Press, 18 Leslie
St., St. John's, NF A1E 2V6 (Phone: 709-753-8815, Fax: 709-753-8856). Strong as
the Ocean sells for $11.95. |