7 Promoting Harmony in a Diverse Community. Our Community Windsor ON.

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Promoting Harmony in a

Diverse Community

Our CommunityWindsor ON

Promoting Diversityin Windsor

How We Have Changed1996 - 2006

Path to SuccessWPL & NCCE Inc

Making the road by walking it.

Anonymous

Who We Are

Our StrengthsWPL

Our Strengths

NCCE Inc.

Library Settlement Program

Working Together

in Windsor

in Windsor

Benefits for our Community

Community Capacity Building

Family Literacy

Resources:

Dual Language books – introduce English; preserve native language

Literacy resources – varied reading levelsBooks on CD English proficiency preparation Career / accreditation resourcesCurrent events – international newspapers

Library cards are FREE

Programs for children and caregivers

Mother GooseChildren’s storytimesArts and crafts Book Buddies – Homework Help

Citizen Engagement

Libraries are places …

“where citizens can engage in quiet reflection and study, able to pursue their own intellectual projects and personal growth free of the commercial pressures and ideological positions that permeate almost every

other aspect of life.”Three Perspectives on Libraries as Public

Spaceby Gloria J. Leckie

Economic Development

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