Highly Qualified Personnel Committee

The Committee for the Development of Highly Qualified Personnel (HQPC) has three goals:

to improve the national capacity to undertake leading edge language and literacy research
to facilitate transfer of knowledge to service delivery specialists
to develop and deliver efficient, innovative, interdisciplinary training

To increase the number of outstanding researchers, able to conduct research critical to solving problems of language and literacy deficiencies in Canada, HQPC develops and supports programs for:

early recruitment and effective mentorship of undergraduate and graduate students
multi-disciplinary research collaborations and laboratory rotations
research internships in community settings
training at Core Facilities
student participation and activism in Network achievements

To increase the transfer of knowledge between laboratory and service delivery, HQPC develops and supports programs for:

public lectures and site visits
courses and workshops for educators and health care personnel
secondments and co-op training for public and private sector personnel
the development of protocols for identification of early language and literacy risk factors
investments in federal, provincial, and private training partnerships
an advisory panel of partners and stakeholders

In this way, The Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network will deliver expertise and evidence-based practice to the public and private sector, thereby increasing the social, economic, and educational opportunities of all Canadians.

Member	Organization
Lesly Wade-Woolley	Queen's University, Chair
Pierre Cormier	Université de Moncton, Member
Sonya Symons	Acadia University, Member
Marcia Barnes	University of Guelph, Member
Natacha Trudeau	Université de Montréal, Member
Elizabeth Sloat	University of New Brunswick, Member
Randy Lynn Newman	Acadia University, Member
Noella Piquette-Tomei	University of Lethbridge, Member
Megan Hodge	University of Alberta, Member

The language and culture of my heritage is passed on to me orally. it's a different way off learning than how I am taught at school. How do I keep my traditional culture alive while learning to read and being immersed in the majority culture?

Reading is the core of learning and staying in school . improving reading skills with young Aboriginal children can open up the doors to future prospects.

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