Month: January 2025
Family Literacy Week Jan 27th – Feb 2nd
January 20, 2025
Beem Credit Union Unplug and Play Family Literacy week is full of a variety of family fun activities.
Some of the events require pre-registration
To register use this link https://linktr.ee/fsjliteracy or email coordinator@fsjliteracy.ca
We look forward to seeing you there!!
There are 3 different stories this month!
Pre-register and your family can take home their own copy of the book that is read.
Register for Building with bricks!!There are 4 time slots to choose from.
Join us at the toboggan hill for a story walk, it will be there January 13 -February 2.
Bring your family down to the Fort St John public library to learn something new.
“Learn To Be Green Together ” presented by the Charlie lake Conservation Society.
Bring your family or friends down to Family Board game night@ the Cultural center. We do require registration for this event!!! There is a variety of games to choose from.
Join us for our last story time during Family literacy week.
Enjoy and a story and decorate a plant pot to take home.
Join the Tse’kwa Heritage Society for a self guided tour at the Tse’kwa Historical site.
There will be a campfire and hot chocolate.
This is a place of power, where healing, learning and understanding go hand in hand.
Head to the Museum for a scavenger hunt. What a great way to learn about the history of Fort St John !! And win prizes too! Museum admission is free for this event.
This will be offered on Friday, January 31st and Saturday, February 1st.
The last event of Family literacy week, Family yoga( ages 5+)@ Blue Moon Yoga
This event is free but registration is required.
Are you a dynamic visionary ready for your next challenge?
January 10, 2025
The Fort St John Literacy Society is seeking a dynamic visionary for our next Executive Director!
Our ED will be passionate about lifelong learning, views challenges as opportunities, understands strong communities are built upon enduring partnerships, and works to promote the value of literacy in our community.
Responsible to the Society’s Board of Directors, our ED will provide leadership to a small staff, oversee day to day business, oversee strategic planning functions including engaging stakeholders, proactively explore a wide variety of funding opportunities, and ensure funding deliverables are consistently met.
The very cornerstones of our Literacy Society include developing, evaluating, and supporting literacy projects within our community. To ensure success in these endeavours, our ED will be skilled in building strong working relationships with Board members, other literacy organization leaders, the public, the media, and other stakeholders. They will also maintain an organizational culture in which to attract, retain, and motivate a successful team in fulfilling the goals set out in the Society’s Strategic Plan which will be reviewed in 2025.
We look forward to hearing from you if you hold a professional background in non-profit organizational administration, strategic planning, budget management, networking, partnership building and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.
For more details, please refer to the Executive Director job description.
To apply, please forward your resume and cover letter to chair@fsjliteracy.ca. We will begin reviewing applications on January 20th and will continue until the position is filled. We thank everyone for their interest but only candidates selected to move forward in the process will be contacted.
Thank you, Jessica!
January 10, 2025
After seven wonderful years, Jessica has decided to step away as the Executive Director of the Fort St. John Literacy Society. During her time in the role, she was instrumental in building to Society to what it is today, broadening the definition of Literacy and the programs and services we offer.
We will miss Jessica’s passion for literacy, enthusiasm she brought to every event, creativity with program creation and delivery, and the positive attitude she brings to everything. We are fortunate that Jessica will remain with the Society in a limited capacity as a consultant to the Board.
We wish Jessica well and know that she will find success in whatever endeavour she chooses!
As we recruit for a new Executive Director (check out the posting, it will go up today!), the fabulous staff team at the Society can assist you. Any concerns can be directed to L.J. Lawson, Board Chair at chair@fsjliteracy.ca.