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Learning Research Service Volunteer Engagement

An Atlantic research and training project entitled "Train the Trainer: A Family Literacy Approach for Aboriginal Families in Atlantic Canada" is being led by UPEI. Launched in 2007, the three-year research project is developing and implementing a family literacy training program with teachers and volunteers in Aboriginal communities. The research is being conducted in communities in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island.

A "Train the Trainer" manual will be developed with the communities, based on relevant cultural materials, to use in the implementation of the program. It will then be available as a general guide to be used by other groups for training people for their respective projects. Local facilitators will acquire the skills and knowledge to host family literacy programs. Parents and children who participate will acquire skills related to literacy development. These skills can also improve parents' ability to support their children in all educational experiences.

Dr. Vianne Timmons, Principal Investigator, University of Regina
Research Co-ordinators: Nora E. McCarthy, BEd; Shelley M. Gordon, BComm