TY - BOOK AU - O'Sullivan,Julia AU - Goosney,Janet ED - Centre of Excellence for Children & Adolescents with Special Needs. TI - Get ready, get set, get going: learning to read in northern Canada AV - LB1050.43 .O884 2007eb U1 - 372.41/4 PY - 2007/// CY - Thunder Bay, Ont. PB - Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs, Lakehead University KW - Reading KW - Research KW - Canada, Northern KW - Education KW - Indigenous children KW - Reading readiness KW - Literacy N1 - Includes bibliographical references: p. 55-62; Executive summary -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- About the international expert panel -- Definition of "north" -- Overview -- Northern children go to school -- Growing into reading -- Northern children get ready with supportive early literacy -- Environments -- Northern children get set with language support in school -- Northern children get going with excellent school-based reading programs -- Summary and recommendations -- Appendix 1: list of best principles -- References N2 - Includes Yukon Territory, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern Quebec, Labrador and northern Saskatchewan, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia. Includes Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children (and their parents and communities), whose mother tongue may be English, French or one of the Aboriginal languages UR - http://www.maei-ppw.ca/pdf/10.1.1.119.5615.pdf ER -