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| The Literacy Development Council was
established through legislation (Chapter L 19.1) passed by the House of
Assembly in June of 1994. Section 6 of the legislation reads as follows: |
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The first council shall
be appointed by the minister and shall consist of a chairperson and not less
than 7 and not more than 18 voting members. |
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Vacancies on the first council and
subsequent councils shall be filled from the membership of the various agencies
represented on the council. |
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| (3) |
Council membership shall consist of:
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(a) |
3 members who shall be
advisory and non-voting |
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1 member who shall represent the
Department of Education and who shall be appointed by the minister, |
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1 member who shall represent the Social Policy
Committee of the Executive Council and who shall be appointed by the minister,
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1 member who is an employee of the Government of
Canada with literacy training and responsibilities and who shall be appointed
by the Government of Canada; |
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(b) |
4 members who shall represent
business, industry and labour and be appointed by the respective organizations
or associations; |
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1 member at large to be appointed by
the council to represent the public; |
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(d) |
1 member who is a member of the
Council of College/Institutional Presidents appointed by that
organization; |
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4 members who shall represent
volunteer and community-based literacy delivery agencies and shall be appointed
by the respective organizations or associations; and |
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the executive director of the council
who shall be advisory and non-voting. |
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| (4) |
Additional members, in
accordance with the same terms, may be appointed by the council. |
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| (5) |
The chairperson of the council shall
be appointed, initially by the minister, and subsequently by a 75% majority of
the voting members of the council and where no nominee for chairperson is
supported by the 75% majority of the voting members of the council, the
minister shall appoint 1 of the 2 candidates receiving the highest number of
votes of the council. |
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| The current members of Council and
the stakeholder groups they represent are: Voting Members Dr. William Fagan,
member at large; Carol Ann Farrell, Laubach
Literacy of Canada; Fred Andrews, The Newfoundland and Labrador Teachers
Association; Harry Connors, Newtel; Cec Godwin, Learner representative; Brent
Howell, College of the North Atlantic; Ann Making,
Teachers On Wheels; Kevin Manual, former
School Superintendents Association; Agnes Pike, Partners in Learning; John
Poirier, Atlantic Construction Training Centre; and, Lucy Stoyles, Learning
Disabilities Association. Non-Voting and Advisory Members - Judy Anderson,
Executive Director (Acting), Literacy
Development Council and the Provincial Public Libraries Board; Pam Walsh,
Department of Education; Vivian Randell, Cabinet Secretariat; and, Adrian
Papanek, National Literacy
Secretariat. |
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