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KNET Reading in First Nations Workshop Working with the University of Toronto and Keewaytinook Okimakanak, with funding from the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, the online READING IN FIRST NATIONS WORKSHOP is being held on Monday March 29, 2010 from 8:30-3:30pm CDT. Click here for a copy of the workshop poster Click here to enter the Discussion Forum about this workshop The main theme of the event is "Reading in First Nations: Infrastructure, Access and Imagination". The aim is to explore the realities, barriers and challenges to reading in First Nations communities particularly in remote and isolated areas of Northern Ontario. The meeting will be a hybrid of physical and virtual presence (through audio, videoconferencing and webcast) with four host sites confirmed to date: one in Sioux Lookout (KNET office), one in Keewaywin (e-center), one in Thunder Bay (KORI office), and one in Toronto (Design Exchange). Other interested sites are invited to join this workshop and individuals are invited to participate online in the webcast that can be accessed from http://meeting.knet.ca. The day will include keynote speeches (including acclaimed author Drew Hayden Taylor, roundtable discussions, as well as demos of various initiatives aimed at supporting reading in First Nations (including the on-demand book service; DIY scanners, e-readers, libraries' initiatives, etc.). For more information about the event, feel free to contact me (nadia.caidi@utoronto.ca) or Margaret Lam (margaret.lam@gmail.com). Best regards. Nadia Caidi Associate Professor |