Light Onwords / Light Onwards LIVING LITERACIES TEXT OF THE NOVEMBER 14-16, 2002 CONFERENCE AT YORK UNIVERSITY This collection copyright @ 2004 Living Literacies Individual entries copyright @ 2004 in the names of their authors All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. B.W.Powe Living Literacies Committee, 311 Stong College, York University, 4700 Keele St North York, Ontario M3J 1P3 Tel: 416-736-5132 EmaiI:
[email protected] LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION Light onwords / light onwards: living literacies : text of the November 14-16, 2002 conference at York University / editor, B. W. Powe ; co-editor, Stephanie Hart. ISBN 0-9736828-0-9 1. Literacy-- Congresses. I. Powe, B. W. (Bruce W.), 1955- II. Hart, Stephanie, 1973- III. Living Literac ies Committee (Toronto, Ont.) P40.5.L5SL44 2004 302.2'244 C2004-905642-5 Printed in Canada at The Coach House Press 401 Huron Street on bpNichol Lane, Toronto Acknowledgements from B. W. Powe What does it mean to be literate in the twenty-first century? How could we involve people in an exploration of the philosophy of literacy? In the processes of learning how to read our world, how could we free the mind, lift the spirit, open perception, and forge connections? What are multiple literacies? These were the questions that drove the creation of a unique conference dedicated to the ideals and ideas of literacy. This book presents the print record of that event we called Living Literacies, an occasion that took place in Toronto at York University in November of 2002.