Literacy: a tool to navigate the world
Zainab Al-Mehdar
Shawville Sept. 10, 2022
Literacy is a powerful tool to help community members better communicate, and understand one another and the world around them. In order to celebrate this the Western Quebec Literacy Council held their first literacy festival to mark International Literacy Week.
‘Get the Word Out!’ was held at Mill Dam Park on Saturday which saw six writers/poets from all over Western Quebec come talk about their craft as well as give different workshops. It was also a way to remind people about the WQLC’s services and what they offer.
“There are fantastic writers across this region, so we said let’s invite them here to come to talk about what they do. You know, just to get people excited about the written word,” said Greg Graham, executive director of the WQLC.
It’s less about being literate or illiterate but rather it’s a spectrum because there’s . . .
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