Literacy Facts

ABC Canada — www.abc-canada.org/literacy_facts/
AlphaPlus Centre — alphaplus.ca
International Adult Literacy Survey Database -
www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/89-588-XIE/ials-eiaa.htm
Movement for Canadian Literacy — www.literacy.ca/litand/litand.htm
National Adult Literacy Database — www.nald.ca
National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources Development Canada -
www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/gateways/nav/top_nav/program/nls.shtml
Ontario Literacy Coalition — www.on.literacy.ca/literacy/aboutlit.htm
Reading the Future: A Portrait of Literacy in Canada -
www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/89F0093XIE/free.htm
Statistics Canada — www.statcan.ca/

Literacy Listserv Discussion Groups

AlphaPlus Centre — http://alphaplus.ca/
National Adult Literacy Database lists — nald.ca/Listserv/listserv.htm

American Listserv Discussion Groups

U.S.A. National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) has several online discussion groups to deal with
issues critical to the literacy fi eld. For a list of the different groups visit www.nald.ca/Listserv/listserv.htm#Listserv. Email your subscription request to listproc@novel.nifl.gov and ask to join the Forum on Family Literacy: NIFL-Family

Ontario Literacy Newsletters

Family literacy practitioners may find it useful to subscribe to newsletters from agencies working
locally in their own communities or across the province. Newsletters will help you keep up to
date about literacy issues, funding sources, potential partnerships, networking opportunities
and activities taking place in your area. For more information and a list of all the newsletters
concerning literacy in Ontario, visit: www.nald.ca/newslet/province.htm#ont