The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick exists to raise awareness of the value of learning for the people of New Brunswick. For the past 27 years LCNB’s “magic” has been working with provincial partners to provide training and tutoring programs, learning resources, financial assistance, community outreach and recognition that will help nurture a learning culture that values critical thinking, collaborative problem solving, innovation and assistive technology which are essential to skills in the Information Age. The very economy of this province and future employment of our youth depends upon it.

Literacy Coalition projects underway include: Translation of Let’s Learn Booklet into Mi’kmaq and Maliseet, New Horizons for Seniors: Enhancing the Role of Grandparents in Family Literacy, and an Adult Learner Online Program.

Projects proposed to help implement the Provincial 10 Year Plan and Literacy Strategy include: Volunteers for In-School Literacy Support, Communicating with Parents and Families on the Value of Learning, a Symposium on Strategies to Support Child Literacy, Pan Atlantic Project on Literacy in Rural Coastal Communities, and the Maritime Literacy Partnership for Essential Skills.

The Literacy Coalition is sustained through the support of volunteer Board members, and its “life blood” is implementing literacy programs under the stewardship of executive director, Christy McLean, to make a difference in the lives of citizens of New Brunswick.

Frank Hayes

The 2015-2016 AGM was held this year at the STU campus, where many topics arose from LCNB’s actions throughout the year and ones yet to come.

To view this years Annual Report please click here

The provincial government has been presented with the report The Power of Literacy – Moving towards New Brunswick’s Comprehensive Literacy Strategy, which contains recommendations to improve literacy rates in the province and foster a culture of lifelong learning.

To read this report please click the attached PDF file!  —–>    ( Report_Literacy-e )

The LCNB is proud to have been selected to be featured in one of the many excellent webcasts at the 2016 Skills Canada National competition held in Moncton! Our Executive Director Lynda Homer sat along side other great panelists such as; Paul Carter from NBCC, Dan Ferko President of Sirco Machinery Company Ltd, as well as Gillian Mason from ABC Life Literacy Canada who acted as Moderator. Together we discussed the important issue of “Essential Skills as the Foundation of Learning”, thank you all for this wonderful opportunity!