Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Richard Darville of Carleton University and William Higginson of Queen’s University for giving helpful guidance in their roles as reference people for this project. We would also like to thank Ann Osborne of the Literacy and Basic Skills Section of the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities for her support.

Thanks also go to the people in Canada and other countries who contributed to this report by responding to e-mail inquiries.

Finally, we would like to thank the National Literacy Secretariat of Canada and the Literacy and Basic Skills Section of Ontario’s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities for funding this research.

Your Comments

We welcome your comments and questions. Please contact:

Irene Blayney or Lisa Hagedorn
Literacy and Basic Skills Program
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Ottawa, Ontario
(613) 239-2656
irene_blayney@ocdsb.edu.on.ca
lisa_hagedorn@ocdsb.edu.on.ca

or

Literacy and Basic Skills Section
Workplace Preparation Branch
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
900 Bay Street, 23rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario M7A 1L2
Tel.: 416-326-5476
Fax: 416-326-5505
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/training/literacy/main.html