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?
September is Literacy Month
We'd like to thank Mayor Mike Hurley for proclaiming September as Literacy Month in the City of Burnaby! As students are returning back to school this week, this proclamation by…
August Hamper Week Wrap-Up
This August was an amazing month of book giveaways. Thank you to all of our amazing volunteers!
Last week, Literacy Now Burnaby volunteers worked tirelessly every day at our first Literacy Hamper Week! Thanks to donations by First Book Canada and Read On Canada!, we distributed 100s…
Literacy for a Better World
Literacy makes our province a better place to live. Have you ever wondered if there was a simple cure for all of society's ills? What if you could help reduce…
Literacy Hamper Distribution Week
Distributing literacy hampers and books on Monday, Aug 16, at the Outreach Resource Centre at Southside Community Church. Sorting the books earlier that day at the Burnaby Neighbourhood House Community…
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Speaker Series
On Wednesday September 29th, from 10am to 1pm PST on Zoom, Volunteer Burnaby is hosting a focused speaker series event called “Exploring Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the Non-Profit Sector.” …
Multilingual Resources at the BPL
Are you raising a multilingual child in Canada? Do you worry that your child might lose their home language or not learn English well enough? At the Burnaby Public Library,…