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APPENDIX B
LIST OF WITNESSES


Associations and Individuals

Date

Meeting

 


 

Department of Human Resources Development

Lenore Burton, Director General, Learning and Literacy Directorate

Jane Stewart, Minister

30/01/2003

9

 

Canadian Public Health Association

Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety, Director

04/02/2003

10

 

Learning Disabilities Association of Canada

Elizabeth Gayda, Past President

 

 

 

National Aboriginal Design Committee

Priscilla George, Coordinator

 

 

 

Centre for Literacy of Quebec

Linda Shohet, Executive Director

06/02/2003

11

 

Conference Board of Canada

Michael Bloom, Director

 

 

 

FuturEd Consulting Education Futurists Inc.

Kathryn Barker, President

 

 

 

St. Christopher House

Susan Pigott, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation

Christine Featherstone, President

11/02/2003

12

 

“Fédération canadienne pour l’alphabétisation en français”

Luce Lapierre, Executive Director

 

 

 

“Fondation pour l’alphabétisation”

Sophie Labrecque, Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Frontier College

John O’Leary, President

 

 

 

Laubach Literacy of Canada

Robin Jones, Executive Director

 

 

 

Movement for Canadian Literacy

Wendy DesBrisay, Executive Director

 

 

 

National Adult Literacy Database (NALD)

Charles Ramsey, Executive Director

 

 

 

Statistics Canada

Scott Murray, Director General, Institutions and Social Statistics

18/03/2003

17

 

Alberta Literacy

Elaine Cairns, Vice-President

20/03/2003

18

 

British Columbia Literacy

Jean Rasmussen, Director

 

 

 

Literacy Partners of Manitoba

Marg Rose, Executive Director

 

 

 

North West Territories Literacy Council

Kate Sills, Executive Director

 

 

 

New Brunswick Coalition for Literacy

Ian Thorn, Coordinator

25/03/2003

19

 

Nunavut Literacy Council

Cayla Chenier, Literacy Development Coordinator

 

 

 

Ontario Literacy Coalition

Sue Folinsbee, Acting Co-Executive Director

 

 

 

“Regroupement des groupes populaires en Alphabétisation du Québec”

Christian Pelletier, Coordinator

 

 

 

Calgary Board of Education

Irene La Pierre, Principal

27/03/2003

20

 

Chief Dan George Centre for Advanced Education (Simon Fraser University)

Darrell Mounsey, Executive Director

 

 

 

Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey

Murdena Marshall, Retired Associate Professor

 

 

 

Peterborough Native Learning Centre

Karen McClain, Instructor

 

 

 

St. Anne’s School Coone, Newfoundland

Edwina Wetzel, Director of Education

 

 

 

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Alastair Macphee, Consultant

01/04/2003

21

 

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations

Danette Starr-Spaeth, Executive Director, Education and Training Secretariat

 

 

 

Avon Foods Inc.

Albert (Allie) Craswell, Plant Manager

03/04/2003

22

 

“Commission scolaire de Montréal”

Françoise Grenon, Teaching Consultant

 

 

 

Durabelt Inc.

Ruth Rogerson, Field Officer

 

 

 

La Ronge Motor Hotel, Saskatchewan

Clarence Neault, General Manager

 

 

 

National Silicates

Lynda Ryder, Director

 

 

 

Palliser Furniture

Valerie Unwin, Language Training Coordinator

 

 

 

Canadian Auto Workers Union

Laurell Ritchie, National Representative

08/04/2003

23

 

Canadian Labour Congress

Kenneth Georgetti, President

Tamara Levine, Co-ordinator

 

 

 

The Alliance of Sector Councils

Gary Grenman, Executive Director

 

 

 

Alpha Plus

Ellen Long, Senior Researcher

10/04/2003

24

 

Association of Canadian Community Colleges

Gerald Brown, President

 

 

 

Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment

Bonnie Kennedy, A/Executive Director

 

 

 

Canadian Library Association

Don Butcher, Executive Director

Madeleine Lefebvre, Vice-President

 

 

 

National Coalition of Community Based Training

Bernadette Beaupré, Co-Chair

 

 

 

Prior Learning Assessment Center, Halifax

Doug Myers, Executive Director

 

 

 

Correctional Service Canada

Don Head, Senior Deputy Commissioner

29/04/2003

25

 

Department of Citizenship and Immigration

Rosaline Frith, Director General

 

 

 

John Howard Society of Canada

Graham Stewart, Executive Director

 

 

 

Maytree Foundation

Elizabeth McIsaac, Manager

 

 

 

Y Women of Montreal

France-Line Carbonneau, Coordinator

Zaïa Ferani, Project Leader

 

 

 

Department of Human Resources Development

Lenore Burton, Director General, Learning and Literacy Directorate

Yvette Y. Souque, Program Manager, National Literacy Secretariat

01/05/2003

26

 

Council of Ministers of Education (Canada)

Paul Cappon, Director General

06/05/2003

28