Canada plans national forum on literacy in spring 2008

Canadian ministers of education celebrated the 40th anniversary of their intergovernmental organization this week in Victoria, British Columbia. To mark the occasion, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), announced an innovative forum on literacy to be held in spring 2008. The event will be designed to increase awareness among Canadians of the importance of literacy as a lifelong issue, and to encourage collaboration and sharing of information on literacy across Canada. The forum will be hosted simultaneously in a number of locations across the country and will take advantage of technology to create a virtual meeting space, where participants will be able to listen to and interact with keynote speakers in real time. Read more about the planned national conversation.