Ontario Recognizes Innovative Literacy Leader

Posted: August 15, 2007

ONLC congratulations  Michelle Eady!

The Ontario Native Literacy Coalition is very pleased and proud to announce that Michelle Eady, a Native literacy practitioner with the Sioux Hudson Literacy Council in Sioux Lookout, has been awarded the 2007 Council of the Federation Literacy Award for Ontario!  (The press release from Premier Dalton McGuinty's office confirming her award can be found at the end of this message.)

 For those who are not familiar with this annual award the Council of the Federation’s website gives the following rationale. 

“In order to bring recognition to achievements in literacy in every province and territory, Premiers created a Council of the Federation Literacy Award medallion. The award recognizes outstanding achievement, innovative practice and excellence in literacy. Thirteen Council of the Federation Literacy medallions are presented annually, one for each province and territory. The Council of the Federation Literacy Award covers the entire spectrum of the field, including family, Aboriginal, health, workplace and community literacy and is given to recognize the excellence of educators, volunteers, learners, and community organizations (including non-governmental organizations) and businesses in each province and territory.”

The Council of the Federation Literacy Award was created in 2004 and highlights a different aspect of literacy each year.

In 2005 the award was awarded to Rita Buffalo, another Native literacy practitioner from Thunder Bay, in the category of  ‘community champion of literacy’.  In 2006 the award recognized an ‘outstanding literacy volunteer’ and the category for 2007, which Michelle won, was to recognize an ‘innovator in literacy’. 

Michelle has been instrumental in establishing distance education in the north using the Centra platform and continues to be at the fore-front of literacy practice.  She is also a passionate advocate for literacy and the rights of learners.  For more information about the Sioux Hudson Literacy Council and the eChannel learning they are doing check out their website at www.siouxhudsonliteracy.com.

If you would like to know more about the Council of the Federation award, their website is www.councilofthefederation.ca.

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