August 4, 2021 — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE With no funds from the annual Peter Gzowski Invitational (PGI) available this summer, the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick instead used funds from the Marian Zaichkowski Endowment Fund to provide grants to nine literacy programs which struggled due to the pandemic. LCNB was unable to host its annual […]

Celebrate literacy and Fredericton culture with us this summer! Award-winning author Gail Francis and the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick will be partnering with local downtown Fredericton organizations to hold a Moonbeam Scavenger Hunt. Featuring pages from the recently released book, Moonbeam, the scavenger hunt will run for four weeks starting on August 10th and […]

We’re excited to launch the training for our first cohort in the Employability Skills for the Health Sector (EES-HS) project! Our New Brunswick participants started their classroom training on May 17th and they are looking forward to more! They met in person with social distancing measures in place, but all of their classroom sessions are […]

The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick is calling for nominations for the 2021 Dr. Marilyn Trenholme Counsell Literacy Awards. The awards recognize outstanding achievements of individuals or groups in the field of literacy, essential skills and lifelong learning. Awards will be presented to worthy recipients in the following categories: Early Childhood Literacy, Community Literacy Programs, […]

The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick is holding their annual Adult Learner’s Writing Contest! This year’s theme is “Learning Changes Lives”. Adult learners are invited to share their stories about why they returned to learning, how learning has changed their life, or will change their life and what their future goals may be. The stories will […]