Our Mission

As a program at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House, our mission is to work with community organizations to improve literacy initiatives in Burnaby, B.C. because literacy is the foundation of any new knowledge that enables citizens to live a good life.

What We Do

• We work with community organizations to collaboratively identify literacy needs in Burnaby, encourage community efforts to add literacy components to current programs and to create new literacy initiatives where needed.
• We distribute book donations from charitable organizations such as Literacy Abbotsford, Read On Canada and First Book Canada, to communities in Burnaby.
• We host clear language and design workshops conducted by experts in the field for the members of the Burnaby Inter-Agency Council and other nonprofit organizations, in order to improve their ability to engage with the public.
• We provide public outreach assistance to partner organizations such as the Burnaby Neighbourhood House, Frontier College and the Burnaby Early Childhood Development Table.
• We provide literacy related resources on our website and social media with the goal of raising the profile of literacy and related programs.

The Literacy Now Burnaby Partnership

Literacy Now Burnaby is a task group whose members are working in partnership with nonprofit organizations, education institutions and local government to build and enhance literacy services, programs, and networks in Burnaby.

The steward organization of Literacy Now Burnaby and the literacy outreach coordinator is the Burnaby Neighbourhood House.

Burnaby Literacy Task Group

NAME OF MEMBER	ORGANISATION/AFFILIATION
Antonia Beck	Burnaby Neighbourhood House
Barb Kalashnikov	WCG Services
Beth Davies	Burnaby Public Library
Chelsea Hitchen	Burnaby ECD Table / Fraser Health Authority
Helena Readman	Burnaby School District – SD41
Huyanne (Huey) Le	Burnaby Division of Family Practice
Kathryn Yamamoto	Burnaby School District – SD41, Burnaby Neighbourhood House
Lukas Park	Literacy Now Burnaby/Burnaby Community Action Team, Burnaby Neighbourhood House
Mary Luk	Douglas College
Masoud Rahmani	Community Engagement and Program Coordinator, Burnaby Division of Family Practice/Burnaby Primary Care Networks
Rajeeta Samala	Burnaby Neighbourhood House
Stephanie Cynthia	Literacy Now Burnaby/Burnaby Community Action Team, Burnaby Neighbourhood House
Suzanne Smythe	Simon Fraser University

Burnaby Literacy Now Volunteer Team

VOLUNTEER	ACTIVITIES
Alma	X / Twitter & Website Content Management
Amanda	ECD Table Instagram
Dayna	Literacy Hampers
Elaine	Literacy Hampers
Joy	Instagram
Kayla	Blog and Content Creation
Khoa	Web Design
Nhi	Facebook
Yerin	Reporting, Newsletter

Let’s Work Together

Community groups and individuals interested in furthering literacy in Burnaby can attend our regular task group meetings and events. Please contact us.

Land Acknowledgement

Literacy Now Burnaby is located on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples.