Arnie Stewart
The field of adult literacy lost an incredible role model and passionate advocate for life-long learning. Arnold Stewart passed away peacefully on August 16th, 2012 in his home in Niagara Falls, after a brief battle with cancer.
Arnold (known to everyone who knew him as “Arnie”) overcame a childhood of poverty and shame to become one of the strongest voices in the adult literacy movement. Arnie’s life story reads like the novels he learned to love.
Learn more about Arnie here.
Lana Faessler
Lana Faessler was one of the founding members of Laubach Literacy Ontario. She was a passionate advocate for literacy and dedicated her life’s work to helping others.
Lana led Laubach Literacy Ontario in her role as Executive Director for more than 25 years before retiring in 2019. Even after she retired she continued to support and advocate for literacy, as she bravely battled cancer.
She will be dearly missed by adult literacy field.
