Acknowledgements
We would like to acknowledge and thank the following
organizations for their support in this project.
- The National Literacy Secretariat of Human Resources and
Social Development Canada funded research and production
of the Family Literacy Directory and Family Literacy Map.
- Literacy BC and ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation helped
us frame the concept of family literacy and gave us permission
to include excerpted definitions.
- Community agencies — Project Literacy Victoria, the South
Island Learning Community and the Greater Victoria Public
Library, Central Branch — provided in-kind support.
- LifeCycles facilitated community mapping and planning and
Mapswest built the Family Literacy Map.
- Busy coordinators and administrative staff from local agencies
and program groups responded to emails and telephone
enquiries. Participants at the June 2006 Literacy Mapping
Morning expanded our growing knowledge of community
resources and programs.