2022

Winner IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2022


The winner of the 2022 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award is Ilitaqsinniq – Pinnguaqta of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut.

The Intergenerational and Family Literacy Initiative is one of Ilitaqsiniq’s main pillars of work. Included in this initiative, Pinnguaqta is an inclusive and culturally meaningful community-based early childhood education programme that is designed and centred on Inuit societal values. The programme supports and encourages parents and caregivers in the development of life, literacy and essential skills in their infant and preschool children in preparation for formalized education. The target group of Pinnguaqta is children from birth to six-years old, as well as their parents and caregivers. Full and part-time staff, content specialists, and community Elders work together to provide “wraparound support” for informal culture-based learning in a warm, safe and welcoming environment.

The film from the IBBY Press Conference can be found here. The full media release can be downloaded here.

ilitaqsiniq.ca/home and ilitaqsiniq.ca/programs/pinnguaqta 

IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award 2022 - Nominations

Nominations for the 2020 IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award

1. IBBY Argentina                Poesía en la escuela, Buenos Aires and nationwide

2. IBBY Canada                   Ilitaqsinniq – Pinnguaqta, Rankin Inlet, Nunavut

3. IBBY Chile                       Fundación Giracuentos, Santiago de Chile

4. IBBY Denmark                Di Heslige Sløngers Klup, Middle Jutland

5. IBBY Denmark                Albus International Children’s Literature Festival, Aarhus

6. IBBY Dominican Rep.     DREAM: Dominican Republic Education and Mentoring, nationwide

7. IBBY Dominican Rep.     Fundación Abriendo Camino, Santo Domingo

8. IBBY Ecuador                 Reading Marathon: Ecuador, a country that reads, Quito (endorsed by IBBY Venezuela)

9. IBBY France                    ATD Fourth World’s Street Libraries, nationwide

10. IBBY Germany               Art of Buna, across Ethiopia

11. IBBY India                      Parag Multi-StateLibrary Project,Tata Trusts, across seven states

12. IBBY India                      The Community Library Project (TCLP), New Delhi

13. IBBY Iran                       Children Cultural Development Centre (CCDC),  across 11 provinces

14. IBBY Netherlands          De Verhalenweverij, Flanders, Belgium

15. IBBY Netherlands          Stichting De VoorleesExpress, nationwide

16. IBBY Slovenia                Društvo Bralna značka Slovenije-ZPMS, nationwide

17. IBBY South Africa          Book Dash, nationwide and across six other African countries

18. IBBY USA                      Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library: The Dollywood Foundation, nationwide and
                                             international

> The list of nominated projects can be downloaded here.