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All you have to do is read for 15 minutes on Wednesday, April 14. You can read anything, wherever and whenever you would like.

Here are some ideas:

• Take a book to a coffee shop
• Head to the park with your work email
• Read your newspaper on the bus
• Curl up by the window with your graphic novel
• Enjoy reading poetry out loud in a tent
• Do your homework on your deck

Email nwtliteracy@nwtliteracy.ca, or comment on the Read for 15 post on our Facebook page or Instagram account to let us know that you read for 15. All entries received by 9 AM on Thursday, April 15 will be entered to win a prize pack.

During NWT Literacy Week, April 11-17

Show of f the beauty of the land in your region of the NWT. 

Visit NWT Literacy Council’s Facebook page and add your photo as a comment on our photo contest post. You can also email your photo to katie@nwtliteracy.ca and we will add the photo to the post.

Every NWT resident who submits a photo between April 11 and 17 will be entered into a draw for prize packages.

nwtliteracy.ca • 867-873-9262 or 1-866-599-6758

The NWT Literacy Council invites you to take your learning and literacy outside this week. Think about the things that you enjoy learning about on the land, and the lessons that the land has taught you.

NWT-wide events

Photo contest:

Show off your community and the beautiful land around it!

Check out NWT Literacy Council’s Facebook page throughout NWT Literacy Week to enter this contest.

Read for 15:

Join us in reading for 15 minutes on Wednesday, April 14. Visit our Facebook page or email nwtliteracy@nwtliteracy.ca to let us know you read and to enter a draw.

Watch NWT Literacy Council’s Facebook page for community events to be shared.

Supporting Yellowknife businesses and the NWT Literacy Council

Thanks to Signed., ArTech Engrave, Barren Ground Coffee, The Yellowknife Book Cellar and Prosperous Lake Soap Co., we have surprise bags full of local goodies for sale! All items or services were provided at a discount or wholesale rate. NWTLC is selling at just above the combined retail value to raise funds for the Bison Bus Mobile Family Literacy Centre.

An annual training for Recreation Coordinators, Adult Educators, Teachers or Educational Assistants, Community Health Representatives (CHRs), Youth Centre program staff, Wellness Coordinators, Librarians, or anyone interested in youth literacy and essential skills!

Dates: November 30, December 1, 7, & 8 from 10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m * New dates

Information Package

Registration is limited – apply by November 26, 2020!

Cost to register – free!

Register here.

November 4, 2020-January 27, 2021 

Information Package below:

Trick or Treat at the NWT Literacy Council office - October 30.

Details below:

Resources for at-home learning during COVID-19 Pandemic 

Northern Writes writing contest entry Release Consent Form

Northern Writes Contest Rules ​​​​​​

Online applications