The Vancouver Public Library is holding a Family Literacy Week event on Wednesday, January 25:
Raising the Critically Thinking Child—The School Library as Catalyst

The Family Literacy Week event features a panel of experts discussing critical thinking, the importance of the school library program, and the role of parents in raising an aware child.

Panel members include:
Joel Bakan—Professor, Faculty of Law at UBC, and author of The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power
Patricia Finlay—District Teacher-Librarian, Burnaby
Roland Case—Professor of Curriculum and Social Studies at SFU, and Executive Director, The Criticial Thinking Consortium

For more information please contact Vancouver Public Library at 604-331-3603 or via email:

The event is sponsored by Literacy BC and BC Coalition for School Libraries

Wednesday January 25
7:30 pm
Vancouver Public Library
Central Library, 350 West Georgia Street
Free Alice MacKay Room, Lower Level