Province: 2008 July 21
Vancouver librarian Janice Douglas has won British Columbia’s fourth annual Council of the Federation Literacy Award.
Douglas, who began her career as a librarian in 1967, received the award for “her dedication and her commitment to literacy” and for bringing “books and reading to thousands of people in British Columbia in her lifetime,” Premier Gordon Campbell said in a statement.
Douglas helped found both the Word-on-the-Street festival and Family Literacy Week in B.C. She also created several successful literacy programs for kids in Vancouver.
Thirteen Council of the Federation Literacy Awards are given annually to one recipient from each province and territory who are nominated for their contributions to promoting literacy.
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