It's #ScienceLiteracyWeek! Pick a question you've always wondered about and learn the answer as a family, at the library or at Vancouver's Science World. Curiosity is a literacy skill. #DecodaLiteracy

The Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit paid Oct 5. No separate application. You get it by filing your taxes. If forms are a barrier, that's a literacy issue, and local programs can help.
#DecodaLiteracy #FinancialLiteracy

October = LD Awareness Month, Health Literacy Month, Canadian Library Month and Cyber Security Awareness Month.
One idea ties them together: everyone deserves information they can understand and use.

Follow along for tips and free resources.

#DecodaLiteracy

Happy #WorldTeachersDay to the adult educators, ESL teachers and volunteer tutors across BC who meet learners where they are. Thank you for the patience and the second chances. #DecodaLiteracy

BC votes in local elections on Oct 17. For people with reading challenges, voting "can become its own form of literacy test." Our new blog has free resources, including voter's guides in many languages.
#DecodaLiteracy #BCVotes

Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.
We honour residential school Survivors, the children who never came home, and their families.
Language and stories carry identity. Today we listen, learn and remember.
#EveryChildMatters #NDTR #DecodaLiteracy

On Quadra Island, Parents and Tots gives families with little ones (0–3) a free place to play, sing and read together.
For Carly Smythe and her daughter Helen, it led to friendships, an easier start to preschool, and a new role as a volunteer.

#FamilyLiteracy #DecodaLiteracy

"If the reading part is the barrier, let's figure that out together." — Maureen Kehler, Decoda
Thanks to @thetyee.ca and @Kristen de Jager for sharing our story this #LiteracyMonth.

Give: LITERACYMONTH.CA
#LiteracyMonthBC #DecodaLiteracy

It's Raise a Reader Week!
“Literacy changes lives and early support can change a child’s future,” said Maureen Kehler, executive director, Decoda Literacy Solutions.
#RaiseAReader #RaiseAReaderWeek #RaisingReaders #YouGIftManyChapters #DecodaLiteracy

One man walked into a Decoda program and said: "I want to be able to read to my preschoolers, and I want to be able to read the newspaper."
We believe in a future where no one is left behind because of their circumstances. DONATE TODAY.
#YourgiftManyChapters #DecodaLiteracy #LiteracyMonthBC

Fatna's story made this week's Post Papers (Asian Pacific Post, South Asian Post, The Filipino Post), written by Samantha McLeod. Thank you for covering B.C. literacy this month!
#LiteracyMonthBC #YourGiftManyChapters #DecodaLiteracy

Digital language heralds a radical change in the life of seniors. From isolation to conversation, that is what your gifts helps.

#YourGiftManyChapters #DecodaLiteracy #LiteracyMonthBC
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“Strong communities include everyone. That's what resilience looks like.” — Maureen Kehler, Acting Executive Director, Decoda Literacy Solutions
#InternationalLiteracyDay #DecodaLiteracy #YourGiftManyChapters
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