The Literacy Lab - Where We Are


Please check this page for periodic updates on the Literacy Lab. We aim to update monthly. 

Lit Lab Where We Are
As of December 2024, we are currently wrapping up the 'Identifying Leverage Points" phase of the Lab.

 

The Literacy Lab - What's Been Happening

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What’s been happening so far:

 -Lab Counsel Gatherings (April, June)

-Two community workshops (with 50+ participants) to engage diverse voices and understand the systemic challenges of childhood literacy in Calgary (April)

-Draft systems map

-1:1 interviews (May, June)

-Teacher candidate workshop (June)

-Research and document review by Student Lab Assistants.

-Conversation centering Indigenous perspectives and experiences with literacy.

-Integrated document research, interview data and Indigenous perspectives into the challenge map visualization and refinement.

-Based on all the information gathered in the workshops, interviews and research, we created 5 child-centered narratives that allowed us to zoom into the systemic challenges as they relate to children's journeys through the literacy landscape. 

-Based on the wisdom of our Literacy Lab Counsel, we refined the child-centered systems journey narratives and assessed which ones offer the most potential for solution development in the next phases of the lab process in 2025.

-We hosted a workshop open to everyone who's been involved in the Literacy Lab process to date to gain insight on leverage points within the literacy challenge map.


 

 The Literacy Lab - What's Coming Up


 

  • On December 4th, the Lab Counsel will convene to plan for Phase 2 of the Literacy Lab.

 

 

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Are you interested and want to be involved?

 

 

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The Literacy Lab is generously funded by an anonymous donor through the Calgary Foundation.

Stay tuned for project updates and ways to engage.