Literacy Action Day
Representatives from the literacy community across Canada met in Ottawa on Thursday, February 18 to mark Literacy Action Day (LAD).

The event, organized annually by the Movement for Canadian Literacy (MCL), is intended to raise awareness about literacy at the government level and to carry on productive dialogue with our Federal politicians.

This year's LAD was very successful in that more than 90 politicians and officials participated by meeting with representatives from the literacy community. This represents a strong foundation on which to build a better understanding of literacy. It will also help us to reshape thinking and work with politicians and officials to reshape policy.

New Literacy Project Announced
"Adult Literacy Comes of Age in Canada," a new project being funded by the National Literacy Secretariat, is a two-year project to develop a book on adult literacy in Canada.

The project will bring together community - based literacy, and literacy in the family, the workplace and among children/youth. Individuals interested in writing a chapter for the book should contact: Prof. Maurice Taylor Faculty of Education University of Ottawa 145 Jean Jacques Lussier St. Ottawa, ON, K1N 6N5 Email: mtaylor@uottawa.ca

Community Volunteer Income Tax Program
This year, as in the past 27 years, Revenue Canada will sponsor the Community Volunteer Income Tax Program.

Through the program, volunteers assist people within the community to prepare their tax returns.

It is hoped that learners will use this program, and organizations are encouraged to become involved. Revenue Canada will provide training and ongoing help during the program.

For information, contact the program coordinator of your nearest tax office by calling 1-800-959-8281

FLC Listserv
The Centre for Family Literacy Project invites people involved in Family Literacy to participate in a new listserv in action.

"Family Literacy Canada" is a new forum for sharing information, discussing issues, and raising questions about family literacy. The listserv, established in November 1998, is an archive of all the messages posted since it began. It is at http://www.nald.ca/list-archive/ (select FLC in the list on the left).

Family Literacy Canada is hosted by NALD and support services are being provided by the Centre for Family Literacy Project.

To join the listserv, send an email to LIST@nald.ca with the following message: join FLC (no subject, and no signature). If you are not sending this request from the address to which you would like mail to be sent, type your email address after the request.