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Reading the Future: This report synthesizes the results of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) for Canada. IALS was a seven-country investigation undertaken in the fall of 1994. Its main goal was to create comparable literacy profiles across national, linguistic and cultural boundaries. Highlights from the Canada Report include:
Appendices contain details on participants, literacy performance on three scales: prose, document and quantitative, as well as international standard occupational classification breakdowns at different group titles. Regional distributions of literacy levels in Canada are examined, and results of IALS are compared with those of LSUDA (1989), Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities. Other variables taken into consideration are: literacy and educational attainment, lit literacy and language, literacy and age. Under economic dimensions of literacy, researchers investigate relationships between literacy and employment. The statistical data in the document are broken down by language, age, gender and religion of participants. It provides new information with which to evaluate Canadian policy on literacy, education, and socio-economic development. The report gives Canadians a glimpse of their possible future, by opening a window on their life at home, in the community and in the workplace. This publication is a joint effort of Statistics Canada, Human Resources
Development Canada and the National Literacy Secretariat. It can be ordered at
a cost of $49.00 through: *Note: Highlights of the publication can be viewed at the World Wide Website: http://www.nald.ca/nls/introduc.htm **During the months following the release of the Canada Report, a series of
monographs will be issued by Statistics Canada and Human Resources Development
Canada. For more information about the monographs contact the IALS Working
Group
And, Among the Winners Were... The battle for world literacy is too often a story of unsung heroes. That's one reason the NALD newsletter will bring to you on a regular basis a list of those individuals, programs and organizations honoured with international, national and provincial recognition for outstanding work in the global literacy initiative. International UNESCO International Literacy Awards UNESCO has announced the winners of the 1996 International Literacy Prizes for outstanding work in promoting literacy, especially among women and girls. An international jury appointed by UNESCO Director-General Federico Mayor, chose four recipients for the literacy awards. Each award includes a $15,000 cheque. Presentation of the awards took place on International Literacy Day, September 8, 1996, at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France. 1996 Recipients: International Reading Association Literacy Award: Noma Prize: The two King Sejong Literacy Prizes: National Canada Post Corporation Flight for Freedom Awards 1996 Winners in the following categories included: Governor General's Flight for Freedom Award: The Government of Canada Literacy Innovation Award: Corporate Canada Literacy Award: The Literacy Education Award: The Individual Achievement Awards (English): The Individual Achievement Awards (French): Provincial Superior Propane Awards Margaret Lawrence Volunteer Literacy Tutor Awards -
Manitoba New Brunswick Alpha Awards Corinne Arsenault, Beresford Alpha Award for Facilitator Excellence Volunteer Alpha Award Voluntary-Service Organization Alpha Award Corporate Alpha Award | ||||
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