{"id":3973,"date":"2025-02-11T02:13:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T02:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/?p=3973"},"modified":"2025-04-30T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:20:32","slug":"sasi-joins-the-fraser-valley-regional-library-for-family-literacy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2025\/02\/11\/sasi-joins-the-fraser-valley-regional-library-for-family-literacy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"SASI joins The Fraser Valley Regional Library for Family Literacy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3975 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/20250125_122338_resized_1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/20250125_122338_resized_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/20250125_122338_resized_1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3976 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/20250125_120134_resized_1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/20250125_120134_resized_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/20250125_120134_resized_1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/>On January 25<sup>th<\/sup>, for a second consecutive year, we celebrated Family Literacy Day in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fvrl.bc.ca\/\">The Fraser Valley Regional Library<\/a>. Family Literacy Day is a national initiative to raise awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. This year\u2019s theme was <em>\u2018Learn to be Green, Together!<\/em>\u2019 SASI\u2019s community literacy table was located at <a href=\"https:\/\/thereach.ca\/\">The Reach Gallery Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The SASI team participated with showcasing our 2022 book: \u00a0<em>A Social History of South Asians in British Columbia <\/em>that threads South Asian Canadian stories from 1903 to the present. We also displayed, for active engagement, six archival photographs from the <a href=\"https:\/\/sacda.ca\/index.php\">South Asian Canadian Digital Archive (SACDA)<\/a>. These photos are of events from South Asian Canadian history that highlight the diversity of experiences.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3978 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/20250125_122945_resized_1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/20250125_122945_resized_1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/20250125_122945_resized_1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3977 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1004-263x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1004-263x300.jpeg 263w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1004-898x1024.jpeg 898w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1004-768x876.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1004-1347x1536.jpeg 1347w, https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/files\/2025\/01\/IMG_1004-1795x2048.jpeg 1795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Interactive activities at the table included puzzle-making with archival photos from the SACDA collection,\u00a0which was deeply enjoyed by children and adults alike. In keeping with the theme of learning to be green, another activity was \u2018<em>Draw your Family Tree<\/em>,\u2019 where children could connect-the-dots to make a tree and then add names and places of birth for themselves and their families. This encouraged children to ask their parents\/relatives and learn about their ancestral backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>The Family Literacy event was well enjoyed, with almost 300 attendees. The SASI team was able to inform children and adults on projects and initiatives of the institute in a direct and important way!<\/p>\n<p>To view photographs of the event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ufvcics\/albums\/72177720323484048\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 25th, for a second consecutive year, we celebrated Family Literacy Day in partnership with The Fraser Valley Regional Library. Family Literacy Day is a national initiative to raise awareness of the importance of reading and engaging in other literacy-related activities as a family. This year\u2019s theme was \u2018Learn to be Green, Together!\u2019 SASI\u2019s &#8230; <a title=\"SASI joins The Fraser Valley Regional Library for Family Literacy Day\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2025\/02\/11\/sasi-joins-the-fraser-valley-regional-library-for-family-literacy-day\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":3989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3973"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4111,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions\/4111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}