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Posted in: Impact Stories
Below is a letter from Graham Hughes, Executive Director of Literacy Alberni in Port Alberni, B.C. " I’ve lived in Port Alberni for most of my life and seen the changes cutbacks to education have had on classroom resources, opportunities for children, and now as a professional, the impacts these cutbacks have had on th...
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Posted in: Focus on First Book
Rebeca Delgado is the Programs Coordinator at First Book Canada. Can you tell us a bit about what you do as Programs Coordinator? As Programs Coordinator, there are 3 major things that I oversee. 1: For the First Book Canada Marketplace, I oversee the book purchases – making sure we have a variety of Canadian authored...
Posted in: For Educators, Focus on First Book
The Ontario Government has recently proposed increases to the class sizes for grades 4 and up. The largest increase will be seen at the high school level, with classes jumping up to on average 28 students, and in some instances as high as 40 students . A larger class size means less individual attention and a less effe...
Read more about Cutting the Education Budget at the Cost of Kids in Need
Posted in: Press Room, Our Partners
-- La version française suit du texte anglais -- Reading Day Celebration event recognizes the achievements of students from Peel and Dufferin schools MISSISSAUGA, Ontario (March 28, 2019) – On Tuesday, March 26, 2019, over 400 students from the Peel District School Board and Dufferin Catholic School Board gathered at t...
Read more about First Book Canada and Raptors 905 Celebrate the Conclusion of the 2019 Raptors 905 Reading Challenge
Posted in: Author Voices
Hilary Leung is a Toronto-based author and illustrator. When he isn't creating picture books, he can be found at home playing with his two awesome kids. We’re so glad he took some time to tell us why he loves being an Author Champion. Why do you work with First Book Canada? I appreciate and support everything First Boo...
Read more about The Gift Of A New Book: A Conversation with Hilary Leung
Posted in: Press Room, Our Partners
TORONTO, Ontario (March 7, 2019) – First Book Canada, Pi Beta Phi, and the University of St. Michael's College held the first Pop Up Book Distribution at the University of Toronto campus earlier this week. First Book Canada distributed over 20,000 books to kids and organizations serving kids in need within the Greater...
Read more about First Book Canada, Pi Beta Phi, and the University of St. Michael's College provide books to kids in need in Toronto
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Grace Mahas is the Communications and Events Intern managing the 2018 – 2019 Raptors 905 Reading Challenge and the 8th Annual RBC Capital Markets Pongapalooza. Do you want to start with introducing yourself? My name is Grace, I’m the Communications and Events Intern at First Book Canada. I do a little bit of everything...
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Posted in: Press Room, Our Partners
TORONTO, Ontario (February 25, 2019) – First Book Canada and Tata Consultancy Services partnered to provide books to students at King Edward Junior Public School with a Reading Celebration on Friday, February 22nd. First Book Canada invited guest author/illustrator Paul Covello, who spoke about his process and his rece...
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Posted in: Author Voices
Brian McLachlan is a cartoonist who writes the “Alex and Charlie” strip for Owl Magazine. He's also done cartoons for Nickelodeon, Dragon, and The New Yorker Magazine. His book Draw Out The Story: 10 Secrets to Creating Your Own Comics , received an ILA Nonfiction Award, a JLG Gold Medal, and was a Silver Birch finalis...
Read more about Going Beyond The Page: A Conversation with Brian McLachlan
Posted in: Impact Stories, Our Partners
Today's guest post is from Sharon Crowley of Literacy Matters Abbotsford in Abbotsford, B.C. The first time I volunteered for First Book Canada I was SHOCKED at the sheer volume of books that were being donated to local organizations. I was unaware of how the process would work and it was interesting for me to learn of...
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