Halifax Community Learning Network

Share your learning success story! https://literacyns.ca//Adult-Learners-Week-2021-Social-Med

April 5 - 9 is Adult Learners Week in Nova Scotia! How did Adult Learning change your life? Share your learning success story on social media during #ALW2021 and inspire others! Download the Social Media Guide at https://www.literacyns.ca/alw.htm

April is National Poetry Month! This year the theme is resilience. The League of Canadian Poets shares: "What does it mean to be resilient? We meet resilience in every corner we’ve been backed into, every hardship that we endure. Resilience is geographical, spiritual, historical. It’s the fight against climate change, the inner battle with mental health, the outcry for human rights and an end to systemic racism. Resilience is the backbone of generations of trauma, the silence at the dinner table, the bow to culture’s violin. Resilience is the courage to start each day anew. This NPM 2021, we celebrate, reflect on and respect the resilience that has made us who we are." Join us in celebrating National Poetry Month by finding poetry that speaks to you.

Congratulations to the latest HCLN grad, Brian who passed the GED tests in 4 weeks. Well done!! Halifax Public Libraries Literacy Nova Scotia #literacy #lifelonglearning #essentialskills

Literacy Nova Scotia will be celebrating #AdultLearnersWeek2021 from April 5 9. We’re looking for learners we can highlight through our #ALW2021 social media ...campaign. Do you have learner(s) in your programs who would be willing to share a bit of their story to help encourage others to return to learning? We’d love to celebrate and acknowledge their learning journey. We are looking for videos, pictures and a brief bio/story. We can help with the recordings and provide prompting questions as needed. Other examples can be found on our website under the learner tab at: https://www.literacyns.ca/alw.htm Every story is unique and reaches out encouraging others to follow their dreams or to create a new vision for their future. Please let us know if you have a learner in mind. We’re happy to answer any questions you may have. Email [email protected] #LiteracyChangesLives

I READ CANADIAN DAY February 17, 2021 Libraries across the province will be celebrating Canadian books all day. I Read Canadian Day is a national day of celebra...tion of Canadian books for young people. This is a day dedicated to ‘reading Canadian’ and to raise awareness of Canadian books and celebrate the richness, diversity and breadth of Canadian literature. Events include free online author readings, activities and more. Contact your local public library to find booklists, recommended reads, and find out what’s happening! http://publiclibraries.ns.ca Join thousands of students across the country in the challenge to read Canadian for 15 minutes or more https://ireadcanadian.com/day/

LNS February eNews is online at https://www.literacyns.ca/enews/feb21.htm There are updates on NSSAL Community Grants and PD Fund, Practitioner Training, and many online PD opportunities and resources. #LiteracyChangesLives

Halifax Public Libraries kicked-off African Heritage Month 2021 on January 28th with a glimpse of what's to come in the weeks ahead. Watch the full event here!!!

The 2021 African Heritage Month theme, Black History Matters: Listen, Learn, Share and Act, recognizes the important legacy of people of African descent and the... long-standing history in the development of Canada. The theme brings focus and increased awareness of racialized issues of a community that has overcome great adversity for inclusion. It further calls on us to listen, learn, share and act to make society a better place. Nova Scotia has over 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities with a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. African Heritage Month provides us with another opportunity to celebrate our culture, legacy, achievements, and contributions of people of African Descent past and present. From the Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs https://ansa.novascotia.ca/african-heritage-month #AHM2021 #AfricanHeritageMonth #NovaScotia

Make a connection with someone in your community this winter. Take part by contacting Engage Nova Scotia for note cards, printing them from their website, or using whatever you have on hand! For details visit: https://engagenovascotia.ca/from-me-to-you