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What's Literacy? — 94 episodes

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Episode 97 - Food Literacy: More Than What We Eat | Community Spotlight: CHSSN

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Episode 96 - International Literacy Day Special: Paul Rosen's Story

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Episode 95 - Literacy 101 with Literacy Quebec | Community Spotlight: RDN

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Episode 94 - Opening Doors: Literacy and Employment, Featuring Member Spotlight

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Episode 93 - Inside Volunteer Literacy Tutoring + Member Spotlight

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Episode 92 - Adult Learning with Lina Shoumarova from QUESCREN, Featuring Member Spotlights on Wendy Seys (Yamaska Literacy Council) and Michelle Osbourne (Quebec City Reading Council)

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Episode 91 - Tax is Not a Season with Ronika Khanna (CPA, CA, CFA), Featuring Member Spotlight on Françoise Bravay from CVLC

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Episode 90 - World Read Aloud Day with Children's Author Sara O'Leary, Featuring Member Spotlight on Darlene Brown from TLE

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Episode 89 - Mental Health and Literacy with Tracy Woodward, Featuring Member Spotlight on Julia Asselstine from Literacy Unlimited

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Episode 88 - Exploring AI with Charlotte Nurse from Canada Learning Code, Featuring Member Spotlights with Greg Graham from WQLC and Angelina Leggo from EQLC

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Episode 87 - Let’s Talk Money This Financial Literacy Month: Conversations with Li Zhang from CPA Canada, Featuring Rachel Wagner from South Shore Literacy Council

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Episode 86 - Unlocking Health Literacy: Conversations with Therese Callahan from ARC, Featuring Marlene Dagenais from Laurentian Literacy Centre!

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Episode 85 - Back to School with Joseph D'Intino (The Montreal Fluency Centre)

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Episode 84 - Melissa Racine - Screentime with MediaSmarts

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Episode 83 - Julia Norcross - Preventing the Summer Slide

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Episode 82 - Alix Adrien - Quebec Board of Black Educators, Diversity and Inclusivity in the Education System, and More

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Episode 81 - Barbara Reid - Family Literacy Day

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Episode 80 - Elizabeth Robinson from ABC Life Literacy Canada - Financial Literacy Month

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Episode 79 - Brigid Hayes - International Literacy Day

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Episode 78 - Enza Ciampanelli, Mie Cook, and Malena Maguiña from The Learning Exchange- Working with Adult Learners

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Episode 77 - Greg Birkett - Black Canadian History - Black History Month

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Episode 76 - Kristin Dmytriw - Centre for Family Literacy

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Episode 75 - Cyndi Owen - Boundaries and Self-Care

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Episode 74 - Nadia L. Hohn - Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors

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Episode 73 - Matthew Johnson - Media Literacy

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Episode 72 - Jael Richardson - Author and FOLD Founder

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Episode 71 - Heidi Rubin - Inclusive spaces

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Episode 70 - Roen Higgins performs

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Episode 69 - David A. Robertson - Canadian author and public speaker - Land Acknowledgements - Indigenous authors

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Episode 68 - Liz Wheeler - Co-Founder of SecondhandStories.ca - NPO & Animal Microsanctuary

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Episode 67 - Greg Birkett - Slam Poetry - Poetry Month

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Episode 66 - Jonathan Bécotte & Jonathan Kaplansky - Author & Translator of "Like A Hurricane" or "Comme un ouragan"

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Episode 65 - Education via Hip Hop & The Headucatorz - RFTLOI Conference - Toronto 2023

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Episode 64 - Black History Month - BCRC Montreal

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Episode 63 - Family Literacy Series - ABC Life Literacy

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Episode 62 - Family Literacy Series - Jeremy Fisher Part 2

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Episode 61 - Family Literacy Series - Jeremy Fisher Part 1

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Episode 60 - Jeff speaks to Martin Silverstone - current editor of the Atlantic Salmon Journal, in his first ever What's Literacy? interview

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Episode 59 - New Podcast hosts Niamh Devaney and Jeff Taylor are introduced with help from Jaimie Cudmore

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Episode 58 - Quebec Elections 2022 & Special Announcement

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Episode 57 - Creativity and building a life of learning with Roen Higgins and Linda Sparks!

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Episode 56 - Talking Community Literacy & Financial Health with PennyDrops & Council for Anglophone Magdalen Islanders

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Episode 55 - Celebrating Adult Learners with Lost for Words

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Episode 54 - Celebrating International Women's Day & Storytelling Day

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Episode 53 - Learning About Black History

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Episode 52 - Raffi and Family Literacy Day!

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Episode 51 - Lost For Words Part 2 with Literacy Experts Joanne Medlin & Adam Nobilia

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Episode 49 - The power of literacy in your life with the Green Phantom wrestler, Money Matters with ABC Life Literacy & Telehealth Program for Older Adults

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Episode 48 - Inspiring people through storytelling and civic literacy with MNA Greg Kelley and Suspicious Fish

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Episode 47 - Getting involved in the Municipal Elections through civic literacy with Sterling Downey and Elections Montreal

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Episode 46 - Election 2021 Special!

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Episode 45 - International Literacy Day with UNESCO, Parliamentary Assistant Christopher Skeete, Yamaska Literacy and LQ!

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Episode 45 - Connecting 3 Generations on Zoom Goose and Taking Risks with TED Circles

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Episode 43 - Spilling the T on Drag Literacy with Uma Gahd !

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Episode 42 - Learning to tell your story with Akilah Newton from Big Dreamers and CBC Montreal with Debbie Hynes & Andrea Stanford

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Episode 41 - Part#2 "The Sequel" Family Literacy and the life long bonds telling stories has in families with Dr Denny Taylor

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Episode 40 - Creating opportunities in conversation with Dolly Parton's Imagination Library & DESTA Black Youth Network!

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Episode 39 - Black history in Canadian education for cultural literacy & How to build a resilient mindset for peak performance

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Episode 38 - Celebrating Adult Learners & Community Education Week with Dr Denny Taylor Part #1

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Episode 37 - Overcoming reluctant reading and learning to love the way you learn with two amazing writers!

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Episode 36 - Black Leaders in Literacy & Going from Burnout to Balance #selfcare

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Episode 35 - Family Literacy and Mental Health

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Episode 34 - Health Literacy with Dr. Joe Schwarcz and Celebrating International Volunteer Day!

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Episode 33 - Communicating, Compassion and Community through COVID and Beyond!

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Episode 32 - Media and Digital Literacy Week

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Episode 30 - Exploring the new online frontier of lifelong learning

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Episode 29 - International Literacy Day!

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Episode 28 - Part 2: Getting Connected and Affordable Internet in Canada

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Episode 27 - Part 1: Getting Connected and the 2019 Freda Hudson Award

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Episode 25 - International Women's Day

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Episode 24 - Celebrating Literacy in Black History Month

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Episode 23 - Do stats really count? Conversation with Statistics Canada

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Episode 22 - Family Literacy

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Episode 21 - How to Fail Successfully in 2020

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Episode 20 - Holiday Special The Best of 2019!

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Episode 19 - EPIC conversations with Literacy Warriors and a Mother Goose!

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Episode 18 - Financial Literacy! - Part 2 Being a savvy consumer

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Episode 17 - Financial Literacy! Tips on staying in control of our finances

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Episode 16 - Election Special #3 Vote!

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Episode 15 - Election Special #2 Media Literacy

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Episode 14 - Election Special Connecting Literacy and Civic Engagement

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Episode 13 - International Literacy Day!

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Episode 12 - Books for All with First Books Canada

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Episode 11 - How to make a Podcast with Literacy Quebec

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Episode 10 - Replay! The Power of Storytelling S1E6

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Episode 9 - Health Literacy

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Episode 8 - LGBTQI2+ communities sharing stories and creating community spaces

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Episode 7 - Fostering Youth Literacies through Media Arts, Creative Writing and the Diversity of Literacy

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Episode 6 - The Power of Storytelling

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Episode 5 - Family Literacy

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Episode 4 - Developing clear writing and plain language and Volunteer Week

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Episode 3 - The Obstacles and Creative Solutions of Learners

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Episode 2 - Community-based Learning Through Stories and Art

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Episode 1 - Defining Literacy