Category: literacy
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Why public libraries are not substitutes for warming centers: a librarian’s perspective
From Sarah Pump, PAN Executive Director Currently, there is only one funded daytime warming center for unhoused people in Nanaimo, the Drop-In Center located at 55 Victoria Road and run by Island Crisis Care Society. Their capacity is 20 people at a time. Estimates of the number of unhoused people…
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TradeSkills by LCVI
Literacy Central Vancouver Island is developing a new literacy program called TradeSkills. The program is set to launch in the new year, and will be focusing on empowering men in the trades by enhancing their reading, writing, math and computer skills. The program is intended to help participants excel in…
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Free support from Literacy Central Vancouver Island
Shaina from Literacy Central Vancouver Island generously shared some of her time with us to describe the resources that the organization provides to the Nanaimo community. 1. Can you summarize what role LCVI plays in the community? We are a non profit organization that provides literacy, numeracy, ESL and digital…
Poverty Advocacy Nanaimo 