Manitoba Advanced Education and Literacy
Lieutenant Governor's Medal for Literacy
Previous Recipients
| 2009 | Leaders in Education - Ms. Judith McDougall Partnership for Literacy - Newcomer Literacy Initiative |
| 2008 | Ms. Trish Ward |
| 2007 | Dr. Raymond Lavery |
| 2006 | Gail Tiessen |
| 2005 | Edna Joan McCreath |
| 2004 | Margaret de Kock |
| 2003 | Margaret Chambers |
| 2002 | Deborah Delaronde - Falk |
| 2001 | Shilo Military Resource Centre |
| 2000 | Cheryl Campbell |
| 1997 | Aboriginal Literacy Foundation |
| 1996 | Pembina Valley Language/Education for Adults |
| 1995 | Barbara Thompson & Blaine Klippenstein |
| 1994 | Shirley Stone |
| 1993 | Diane Eastman |
| 1992 | Edwin Braun |
| 1991 | Beverly Zakaluk |
| 1990 | Ruth Martinussen |
Recipients for 2009 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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Leaders in Literacy Education - Ms. Judith McDougall, Winnipeg
The Honourable John Harvard Lieutenant Governor with Ms. Judith McDougall (centre) and Her Honour Lenore Berscheid
Judith MacDougall is a teacher and curriculum and resource developer who works with deaf adults and children. Ms. MacDougall currently teaches English as an Additional Language (EAL) and American Sign Language (ASL) to deaf adult immigrants and refugees at the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program. She has the complex task of teaching her students two languages at the same time - EAL and ASL. Judith led a team to create curricula and instructional videos for teaching math and document use to deaf workers at Boeing Canada. No English sub-titles or voice-overs were used in these award winning Deaf for Deaf teaching videos, only theatre and American Sign Language. She also has created resources to teach Workplace Hazardous Materials Information Systems (WHMIS). Ms. MacDougall is a valued leader and mentor who assists deaf teaching assistants and helps them develop their skills as instructors. For 18 years she has designed lessons and activities, given direction and support and shared her skills. As Judith herself says, “The world is run by people who do things—and slowed down by people who don’t.” Judith MacDougall does things – she makes sure that her learners are able to do things, too.
Partnership for Literacy
The Honourable John Harvard Lieutenant Governor and Minister Dianne McGifford with partners of the Newcomer Literacy Initiative.
Partnership for Literacy - Newcomer Literacy Initiative, Winnipeg
The Newcomer Literacy Initiative (NLI) is partnership initiative of the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organizations of Manitoba (IRCOM), Victoria Albert School, High John MacDonald School, and the Community Education Development Association (CEDA). The goal of the Newcomer Literacy Initiative is to provide a flexible community-based access program for newcomer immigrants and refugees to assist them to acquire the literacy and language skills they require to participate fully in the community. It provides learning opportunities for refugee mothers and other newcomer students who would not otherwise be able to access regular literacy or EAL classes due to childcare commitments, health and other access issues. Because of the partnership and agency collaboration, NLI is able to provide such supports as child care, healthy snacks, and language coaches. Programming merges literacy skills with transferable life skills, using both exploratory and participatory approaches such as nutrition literacy, parent-school involvement, choir lessons, and cooking classes. Participants in the Newcomer Literacy Initiative have improved their English literacy skills, gained meaningful employment, helped their children with homework and successfully accessed important community services. Moreover the participants have developed positive trusting relationships with their peers from other cultural backgrounds in their neighbourhood.
The Newcomer Literacy Initiative (NLI) Partners are:
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organizations of Manitoba (IRCOM)
Victoria Albert School
High John MacDonald School
Community Education Development Association (CEDA)
The representatives for the partners are: Ms. Noelle DePape, Executive Director of IRCOM; Ms. Aida Rodrigues, Principal of Victoria Albert School; Mr. Vinh Huyn, Principal of Hugh John MacDonald School; and Mr. Allan Wise, CEDA.
Recipient for 2008 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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The Honourable John Harvard Lieutenant Governor and Ms. Trish Ward
Photography by: Tracey Goncalves, Manitoba Government Photographer, Feb 28,
2008
Recipient for 2007 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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Dr. Raymond Lavery
The Honourable John Harvard, Lieutenant Governor of
Manitoba
and Dr. Raymond Lavery
Photography by: Tracey Goncalves
MB Government Photographer
February 27, 2007
Dr. Raymond Hamilton Lavery, has dedicated over 40 years to Literacy Education in Manitoba. He is a former English teacher and department chair, university instructor, and curriculum writer, as well as an education consultant.
Dr. Lavery is an innovative and creative leader, who is respected for his collaborative approach in the development of innovative and practical teaching and learning resources and assessment approaches. He is a writer and an active member of education committees and associations who continues to contribute in his retirement.
In addition, Dr. Lavery’s years of dedication and leadership in the field of literacy are exemplified in his volunteer commitment. He has served as President of the Manitoba Association of Teachers of English (MATE), Executive Director of the Canadian Council of Teachers of English Language. He has mentored classroom teachers and graduate students and shared his expertise at numerous conferences and workshop and published articles.
Dr. Raymond Lavery is an exemplary Manitoba literacy educator who has devoted his energy to the improvement of the teaching of all strands of literacy.
Recipient for 2006 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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Gail Tiessen
The recipient of this year’s medal, Gail Tiessen, has worked as an ESL/Literacy teacher, program coordinator and curriculum developer, and is currently an Associate Professor of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at Providence College and Seminary in Otterburne.
In the past 17 years Ms Tiessen has made a major contribution to ESL/Literacy programming for adults in the southwest region of Manitoba. She was instrumental in the formation of SEELS (South Eastman English and Literary Services) where she worked as instructor/coordinator from 1989-1995 and served as board chair from 2000-2005.
The professional development of ESL teachers in the province and beyond has benefited from Ms Tiessen’s expertise. She has provided numerous workshops for literacy and ESL teachers, has worked on the TESL Canada board and has offered her expertise on projects such as the Manitoba Canadian Language Benchmarks Core Language Objectives, Canadian Language Benchmarks 2000 Guide to Implementation and Canadian Snapshots.
Ms Tiessen’s years of dedication and leadership in the field TESOL/Literacy are exemplified in her commitment to the needs and experiences of learners. In response to the unique needs of Low German Mennonite immigrants in southern Manitoba, she co-authored an ESL/Literacy workbook The Peace Seekers in 1995; Elma Street Treasure (2003) and Faith Encounters (2004). She is deeply convinced of the need for learner input into the instructional process.
Recipient for 2005 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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Edna Joan McCreath
The recipient of this year’s medal, Edna Joan McCreath has worked as
a teacher, administrator, university instructor, and education consultant since
1970, and continues since her retirement in 1996, to actively promote literacy
education.
Ms. McCreath is recognized as an innovative and creative leader who developed
the ‘wonder model’ in reading comprehension and initiated school-based
research in children’s writing development and in the role of technology
in early literacy development to make reading and writing more comprehensible
to young students.
The professional development of teachers in the province and beyond has benefited from Ms. McCreath’s expertise. She has written numerous articles on literacy teaching and co-authored and contributed to two books: Think more…Write More: a Handbook on Thinking, Writing and Assessment and For the Love of Reading, “the Wondering Model of Reading Comprehension”. She has provided workshops and consulted with the Department of Education on English Language Arts and Curriculum Technology Integration projects and mentored new teachers, as a university instructor.
Ms. McCreath has been an active member of the several education committees and associations, a founding member of Manitoba Association for Gifted and Talented and executive member of the Reading Council of Greater Winnipeg.
Ms. McCreath’s years of dedication and leadership in the field of literacy are exemplified in her volunteer commitment. As the volunteer editor of two journals, Reading Manitoba Journal (1996-2005) and the award winning Reflections (1999-2004), she ensures that current ideas and research and ‘tried and true strategies’ are shared. She also assists struggling early years learners to create ‘talking books” and currently serves as Chair of Bookmates, a family literacy organization.
Recipient for 2004 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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Margaret de Kock
Margaret de Kock was the first coordinator and instructor of the Flin Flon Adult Learning Centre. Hired in 1992, she held this position until her retirement in December, 2003.
Margaret de Kock has dedicated nearly twelve years to the program, which has grown from a one-to-one tutorial model in the basement of the library, to a dynamic adult learning centre on Main Street in Flin Flon. In addition to developing the adult literacy component of the program, she was instrumental in developing a family literacy program called “Read to Me.”
Beyond her role as coordinator and teacher, Margaret de Kock has lent her leadership ability to the formation of a Northern Literacy Coalition that enhanced the networking of practitioners and learners in Northern Manitoba.
Her creativity and dedication to literacy was evident in the countless volunteer hours spent on researching and developing the Aboriginal grammar game, Kistikewin Itiniwok.
Recipient for 2003 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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Margaret Chambers
The recipient of this year’s medal, Margaret Chambers is the coordinator of the Interlake Adult Learning Association. She coordinates adult literacy, family literacy, adult language training and specific projects within the Interlake.
Ms. Chambers was a volunteer tutor with the Interlake Adult Learning Association when it began 11 years ago. She was the first instructor to teach the Gimli adult literacy program. After teaching the program for five years she moved into her current position as coordinator.
Ms. Chambers established local committees in several Interlake communities to identify literacy needs and recruit learners into the programs. She provided orientation and training to committee members.
The professional development of literacy practitioners in the province has benefited from Ms. Chambers’s expertise in the provision of workshops and curriculum development. She has written a Guide for Tutors and Learners for the Stage One and Stage Two Certificate in Literacy and Learning. This project received support from the National Literacy Secretariat and Adult Learning and Literacy.
Ms. Chambers was recently honoured by Literacy Partners of Manitoba with a Literacy Service Award of Merit for her many years of dedication and leadership in the field of adult and family literacy.
Recipient for 2002 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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Deborah L. Delaronde-Falk
The recipient of this year’s medal, Deborah L. Delaronde-Falk has worked at Duck Bay School as a Librarian Technician and Media Specialist since 1986. In 1987, she initiated the Book Bag Program for children aged six to ten years and their parents. A Board Book Program was added the past two years for younger children from ages one to five.
Ms. Falk coordinates the Internet Story Writing Project, which began in 1996 to connect children and teachers around the world in a reading and writing activity. Six schools wrote a story together by each contributing a paragraph. The project has motivated students to write and teachers to integrate other language arts activities.
As a librarian with Frontier School Division, Ms. Falk offers a family literacy program on two Sundays per month. The animated literacy component where a letter of the alphabet is introduced through stories, action songs and a drawing activity has doubled attendance.
Recognizing the lack of children’s stories which include a Métis protagonist or are written by a Métis author, the recipient began writing under the name Deborah L. Delorande to honour her Metis heritage. She is now a published author of a series of children’s picture story books which convey the “way of life” of the Métis people in early Canadian history.
Recipient for 2001 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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The Shilo Military Family Resource Centre
The Parent and Child Early Literacy and Deployment Program
The recipient of this year’s medal the Shilo Military Family Resource Centre (SMFRC) was established in 1990 to serve the families of military and civilian employees of Canadian Forces Base Shilo as well as the families residing in the rural Municipalities of Cornwallis, North and South Cypress. The non-profit organization initiated a family literacy program in 1998 with funding from National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources Development Canada. The goal of the family literacy program was to provide support and resources for the parent and learning opportunities for both the child and the family unit as a whole.
In 1999, Kim Hetherington recognized the need for a program to address the unique situation of the military family dealing with the cycles of deployment when one parent is away for a six-month period. The parents and children had an opportunity to share their thoughts and feelings and to express them on paper through drawings or writing. As a result of the program the parents researched, wrote and edited a manual containing information and activities related to the issues of deployment for parents and children.
This program has been well promoted and recognized by the army as the first family literacy program on a Canadian Forces Base. The SMFRC now receives funding from Manitoba Education, Training and Youth and the group is currently creating books based on the drawings and stories of the children.
Recipient for 2000 Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy |
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Cheryl Campbell
The recipient of this year’s medal Cheryl Campbell has dedicated 20 years of her life to assist countless adults in south-central Manitoba to increase their literacy skills and self confidence, and enhance their employment status, personal lives and community involvement.
In the early 1980’s Ms. Campbell started working in the literacy field and quickly became known as a gifted and dedicated educator. In 1982 her achievements were recognized by an award from Employment and Immigration Canada for her assistance in the settlement of sponsored refugees in the Pembina Valley area. A short time after teaching her first language class, Ms. Campbell began managing part-time programming for Pembina Valley Language for Adults (PVLEA) in five different towns. While holding that position, she initiated and coordinated workplace language training in the area and was largely responsible for the creation of the Pembina Valley Learning Centre (PVLC), the first full-time adult literacy program in Manitoba. She strongly influenced its formation and is serving as its manager for her ninth year. Ms. Campbell has initiated a number of literacy research projects that have supported the use of technology and the development of curriculum for literacy programs in Manitoba. Since its inception in 1990, PVLC has been a highly respected program and has become a model for adult literacy programs.
Cheryl Campbell’s dedication and leadership in promoting literacy opportunities for the people in Pembina Valley, as well as the province, make her a worthy recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for Literacy.
Cette année, la Médaille du lieutenant-gouverneur pour services rendus en matière d'alphabétisation a été décernée à Cheryl Campbell. Mme Campbell s'est dévouée pendant vingt ans afin d'aider un très grand nombre d'adultes du Centre-Sud du Manitoba à accroître leur capacité de lecture et d'écriture, à acquérir une plus grande confiance en soi, à améliorer leur employabilité et leur vie personnelle, et à participer davantage à la vie communautaire.
Au début des années 1980, Mme Campbell s'est mise à travailler dans le domaine de l'alphabétisation et a rapidement été reconnue pour ses talents et son dévouement en tant qu'éducatrice. En 1982, Emploi et Immigration Canada lui a décerné un prix afin de reconnaître le travail qu'elle avait entrepris pour faciliter l'installation de réfugiés dans la région de la vallée de la Pembina. Peu de temps après avoir commencé à enseigner ses premiers cours de langue, Mme Campbell a décidé de s'occuper à temps partiel des programmes du Pembina Valley Language for Adults (PVLEA) dans cinq villes différentes. Tout en effectuant ce travail, elle a aussi mis sur pied et coordonné dans la région un programme de formation linguistique au travail et a été en grande partie responsable de la création du Pembina Valley Learning Centre (PVLC), le premier programme d'apprentissage pour adultes à plein temps au Manitoba. Elle a grandement contribué à la création de ce centre et occupe le poste de directrice depuis neuf ans. Mme Campbell a mis sur pied plusieurs projets de recherche sur l'alphabétisation qui appuient l'utilisation de la technologie et qui ont facilité l'élaboration de cours à l'intention des programmes d'alphabétisation au Manitoba. Depuis sa création en 1990, les programmes offerts à PVLC sont très estimés et sont utilisés comme modèles pour les programmes d'alphabétisation des adultes.
Étant donné le dévouement et les qualités de chef dont Cheryl Campbell a fait preuve pour promouvoir l'alphabétisation des habitants de la vallée de la Pembina et de ceux du reste de la province, elle est vraiment digne de recevoir la Médaille du lieutenant-gouverneur pour services rendus en matière d’alphabétisation.
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