Supports to Learners

Adult learners who improve their skills and make literacy and lifelong learning a priority have their lives positively transformed. Their confidence increases, they get better jobs, and they inspire others in their families and communities to do the same. LNS offers supports for adults who enrol in adult learning programs at NSCC and community learning organizations.

ADULT LEARNERS' WEEK

LNS highlights learners’ stories. The learners share their challenges which allow us to identify how we can better support them on their learning journey. They also tell about overcoming their challenges and their successes. These success stories inspire others to return to learning. Learners were asked to send us their Literacy Changes Lives stories to be published in the Adult Learners’ Week eBooklet and to be entered in the iPad Mini Draw.

LNS hosted workshops across the province, including the writing workshop with Jenni Blackmore. We held a draw from all eligible submissions of learner stories. Frank Brown was the lucky winner of the iPad Mini. All the learner stories are featured in the 2018 Adult Learners’ Week eBooklet.

KARL FRANCIS-WILLIAMS

"Don't doubt, you can do it!"

To celebrate Adult Learners’ Week, LNS held a celebration at the Halifax Central Library on April 5, 2018, with media coverage and learners recognized in Province House with the reading of a proclamation.

Karl Francis-Williams was one of the speakers at the celebration. Karl returned to learning after surviving life-threatening illness and successfully completed his GED at the Bedford Sackville Learning Network in February 2018. “It's Literacy Nova Scotia and all the learning networks that work together for people like us to be able to achieve an education. When we get our GED/High School or any level of education, it opens so many doors, so many opportunities that we can go after, and not be afraid to move forward.”

SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES

The money for these grants comes from the NSPGI Golf Tournament for Literacy. One scholarship is designated for a NSCC Truro student in appreciation of the ongoing support LNS receives from this campus. The recipients were:
Susan Shaw $1500 Scholarship Recipient
Ryan Perrin $1500 Scholarship Recipient
James Foggoa $1500 Scholarship Recipient
Beverly Brace $500 Bursary Recipient
Twyla Doucet $500 Bursary Recipient