The University of Winnipeg Faculty of Education has reportedly placed its Literacy Leadership Post-Baccalaureate program on hold. The post-graduate literacy program—originally set to launch this Fall—is a diploma that teaches literacy theory and comprehensive reading and writing instruction and intervention techniques. The Winnipeg Free Press reports that there is an ongoing debate in the education and literacy community around the best approach to helping students develop into competent readers. “This pause will give us time to reflect on evolving research and policy developments in literacy education and consider how best to shape future literacy-focused professional learning opportunities,” said UWinnipeg Education Associate Dean Lesley Eblie Trudel.
