Acknowledgements

These reports were written by Peter Calamai, national correspondent for Southam News in Ottawa, and edited by Norm Ovenden of Southam News. Additional research and writing was provided by Rose Tamburri and Rob Ludlow, who also did the graphics. The literacy project was supervised by Doug Fischer, managing editor of Southam News. Many of these articles are based on the results of the Southam Literacy Survey which was commissioned by Southam News and conducted by The Creative Research Group Ltd., of Toronto. Dr. Paul Nesbitt and Georgia Henderson supervised the project on a day-to-day basis at Creative.

The survey benefited greatly from the contributions of other individuals outside these two organizations: Archie E. Lapointe, Irwin Kirsch, Kathy Sheehan, Robert Mislevy, and Anne Campbell, National Assessment of Educational Progress in Princeton, N.J.; Alastair Lynn, Consumer Contact Ltd., who executed, on behalf of The Creative Research Group, the field work, data entry and computer tabulations; Jean-Paul Hautecoeur, Montreal, the French language literacy consultant for the study; and the following literacy consultants; Luke Batdorf, Laubach Literacy of Canada; Richard Darville, Movement for Canadian Literacy; John G. Doherty, Owen Sound Sun-Times, Prof. Mark Holmes, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; Prof. Stan Jones, Carleton University; Ian Morrison, Canadian Association for Adult Education; John Daniel O'Leary, Frontier College; Kevin Peterson, The Calgary Herald; Kjell Rubenson, University of British Columbia; and Arthur Smith, Ottawa. Also to be thanked is Russell Mills, publisher of The Ottawa Citizen, which printed the special newspapers used in the study, with the cooperation of Le Droit, Ottawa's French-language daily. Members of the advisory panel that helped establish a national guideline for functional literacy are listed separately in an article in this booklet.

More information about literacy and about helping people with reading and writing problems can be obtained fom the following national bodies:

Frontier Allege, 35 Jackes Avenue, Toronto, Ont., M4T 1E2 (416) 923-3591

Laubach Literacy of Canada, Box 6548, Station A, Saint John, N.B., E2L 4R9 (506) 6424357

Movement for Canadian Literacy, Suite 304, 9 St. Joseph St., Toronto, Ont., M4Y 1J6, (416) 393-1995

National Literacy Secretariat, Department of the Secretary of State, Hull, Que., K1A OM5 (819) 953-5280

Other sources of information include community colleges, the continuing education division at local school boards, community literacy groups and the Newspapers-in-Education co-ordinator at your local newspaper.

Additional copies of this $2 booklet can be obtained by writing to Literacy, Southpaw Newspaper Group, Suite 900, 150 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ont., M5S 2Y8.