Media Contacts

Rodney Porter

Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training
rodney.porter@gov.bc.ca
250 889-7494

Darshan Lindsay

Director, Executive Communications
Thompson Rivers University
dlindsay@tru.ca
250 828-5362
250 320-2813 (cell)

Backgrounders

Giving adult learners the skills to thrive

A total of $243,826 in 2018-19 is flowing through Thompson Rivers University to support adult literacy programs in co-operation with 11 community-based partners.

The funding is being distributed as follows:

  • Partner Assisted Learning – Barriere: $24,800
  • Partner Assisted Learning – Clearwater: $24,800
  • Partner Assisted Learning – 100 Mile House: $24,800
  • Street School CALP – Twin Rivers Education Centre, School District 72 in Kamloops: $19,258
  • Families as Learning Leaders – Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy Society in Williams Lake: $10,115
  • Urban Aboriginal Engagement Program – Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy Society in Williams Lake: $24,800
  • Reaching Learners 100 Mile House and Canim Lake – Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy Society in 100 Mile House: $24,797
  • Families as Learning Partners – Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy Society in 100 Mile House: $18,167
  • Lillooet Adult Literacy Outreach Program: $24,783
  • Partner Assisted Learning Program (Adult) – Cariboo Chilcotin Partners for Literacy Society in Williams Lake: $24,800
  • Kamloops Partner Assisted Learning – Kamloops and District Elizabeth Fry Society: $22,706