Upcoming Events, January 2022
We sincerely hope everyone is enjoying their final week of 2021. The new year is just around the corner, so let's get ready by previewing some of the literacy events…
Why We Really Want to Learn Code
There are 2 common reasons to learn coding 1. You want to build something like a website, app, game, plugin, etc that lets you accomplish a goal. For example, You're…
Investing Starter Kit
Let's face it. Budgeting and saving aren't the most exciting things about financial literacy. However, investing can make saving fun because you can make more money. Saving isn't boring when…
Types of Literacy
Reading, Writing, and NumeracyThis is the type of literacy that we're all familiar with. It involves the ability to read, write, and use basic math skills. Many people develop these…
Start Your Financial Literacy Journey Today
As Canadians start to grapple with higher prices and record setting household debt due to the Covid-19 pandemic, financial literacy is becoming something of a buzzword. The problem is, schools…
Dangers of Misinformation
We have seen an explosion of misinformation in the media during the pandemic. Many of us have seen one of those dubious health tips that says drinking hot tea or…
5 Questions to Help You Develop Media Literacy
Plato once proposed to banish all poets from his ideal society because he was extremely cautious of their influence on the minds of people. Other philosophers shared a similar negative…
September Literacy Hamper Recap
Handing out new children's books to families at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House's South Food Hub and at Ryan's Rainbow Emergency Outreach Food Bank, Burnaby, BC.
Last month, Literacy Burnaby received more lovely new children's books from Literacy Abbotsford, Read On Canada and First Book Canada! On Sept 8th, we were at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House's…
Truth and Reconciliation Day – September 30th, 2021
"Imagine, if you can, what it would be like if your children or your grandchildren were taken away from you today and placed in an institution ... and they never…
How to up Your Reading Game
How can we maximize the amount of reading and learning in the limited time that we have?