This Week’s Article in the Ottawa Citizen’s “The Wrap”: The Burt Award -the Best is Yet to Come

October 20, 2010

Ottawa-based literacy organization 'CODE' Nurturing African Literature for Teens

In the heart of Sandy Hill, at the corner of Chapel and Laurier streets, sits a majestic, red brick Victorian house once the private residence of a Bytown fuel merchant named John Heney.

321 Chapel is now know as "CODE House" - home to Canadian literacy organization CODE and where a team of dedicated program managers coordinates, with partners thousands of miles away, a new literary award called the Burt Award for African Literature.

The Burt Award is a relatively new addiction to CODE's roster of literacy activities.... Read more  – The Best is Yet to Come (PDF)