PERSON OF THE YEAR

Norma Kidd, an Adult Basic Educa-
tion (ABE) instructor at the Maple
Ridge campus of Douglas College,
has been named “Person of the
Year” by Region Ten of the National
Council of Community Services and
Continuing Education (NCCSCE).

The “Person of the Year” award is
granted to the person who best
helps to promote education among
adults in the Pacific Northwest in
the United States, Alaska and Brit-
ish Columbia.

Kidd, however, takes the honour in
stride.

As the chairperson of both Project
Literacy B.C. and the ABE Associa-
tion of B.C., she says the award
rightfully belongs to the core group
of about 40 volunteers and profes-
sionals who make up the provincial
literacy task force.

The group’s purpose is to make
reading and writing programs
available to adults across the
province.

Official estimates place the number
of illiterate adults in B.C. at 274,000;
however, when different levels of
reading and writing abilities are
added, that number could be as
high as half a million adults.

“Some people have a Grade 12
education but still face problems
when it comes to reading a story,
keeping a chequebook, or writing a
driving test,” she says.

Last year, Kidd was among a group
of adult educators invited to work
with American public television on
the problems of illiteracy. Soon
afterwards, she helped gather
together the group, Project Literacy
of B.C.

“Project Literacy is a group of very
committed and energetic people,
and the “Person of the Year” award
is really everyone’s award,” Kidd
says.

The project has been featured on
more than 30 television and radio
shows, plus many more newspaper

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articles. Since starting a year ago
hundreds of adult British Colum-
bians have been put into contact
with education programs in their
communities.

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ARTSMART

Drawing and painting are
terrific ways for young people to
express themselves, but
parents are often hard pressed
to recognize whether their child
is a potential da Vinci or just
doodling.

This spring, the Burnaby Art
Gallery and Douglas College
are sponsoring a special two-
session program titled
“ArtSmart: Introducing Your
Child to Art” to help parents of
elementary school-aged
children.

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