Project Leaders: Dr. Jim Anderson and Dr. Vicki Purcell-Gates

Dr. Jim Anderson and Dr. Vicki Purcell-Gates are co-leading this project at two sites: Britannia Community Center, Vancouver in partnership with the Canucks Family Literacy Project and at Hjorth Community School, Surrey in partnership with the Surrey School District. The project involves classes for low literate adults and their pre-school children and focuses on the situated and real life literacy practices of the participants in their homes and communities. In addition to documenting the development and evolution of the program, they are also assessing and documenting changes in the literacy practices and knowledge of the adults and the children. As a result of this work, a handbook will be produced to train teachers working in intergenerational literacy programs. This project is funded by grants from the UBC Bookstore and the Canadian Council on Learning.

Funded by: The Canadian Council for Learning (CCL) and the University if British Columbia Bookstore

Project website: http://educ.ubc.ca/research/literacyforlife/

Duration of the project: 2007-2009