Ontario Literacy Organizations
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Action for Family Literacy Ontario
AFLO works to sustain, promote, and strengthen family literacy services
in Ontario through advocacy, communication, and research support.
AFLO is a provincial working
group of the Ontario Literacy Coalition, committed to developing a plan to
move family literacy forward in Ontario.
Action Read Community Literacy Centre
Action Read offers adults help with reading, writing, and basic
math. Adults can also learn how to use computers. Staff help adults
assess their reading level,
set their own goals, and then create their training plans. Staff can also offer
information about other educational programs and services.
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre - Univ. of Toronto
This is a resource centre that exploits technology to meet the
challenges faced by people with disabilities. It also provides
services and educational information.
Adult Basic Education Association
This organization develops and plans literacy services and promotes
lifelong learning in the community.
Adult Basic Literacy Program - Tillsonburg and District Multi-Service Centre
The Livingston Centre is a building where all partners have come
together to: deliver services through one common location; provide
local access to services;
increase community awareness of what services are available, etc.
Adult Learning Centres : Grey-Bruce-Georgian
The Adult Learning Centres help adults achieve the math, writing
and reading skills they need for work and to fully enjoy the community.
The services are
free and confidential.
Adult Learning and Resource Centres - Niagara West
This is an integrated service for upgrading of basic, essential and literacy
skills; support services for un/underemployed; specialists in
employment services for
the 40+ worker; transitional programs towards employability or higher education;
one-to-one tutoring and small groups in reading, writing, math, computers;
GED preparation; open learning computer lab; professional academic and
vocational assessments;
Job Finding Clubs; career counseling; etc.
Adult Literacy Council of Greater Fort Erie (ALC)
The mission of the ALC is to promote literacy in the community,
and to provide one-on-one tutoring in reading, writing, math,
and ESOL (English for Speakers
of Other Languages) to adults, in a confidential environment, so they may participate
in and take full advantage of the opportunities within their community.
Advocates for Community-Based Training and Education for Women (ACTEW)
ACTEW is an umbrella group of agencies and programs delivering employment
and training services to women in Ontario. It distributes information
regarding labour
force development policy, consults with various levels of government, advocates
for women's access to quality employment and training services, etc.
Algonquin College
Besides Literacy and Basic Skills, this college offers full-time programs in the areas of information technology,
health care, community services, business, etc. It also offers a wide variety of courses on a part-time basis.
They develop and deliver customized courses and programs to agencies, business and industry in the Ottawa Valley.
AlphaPlus Centre
Alpha Plus Centre is the gateway for resources on adult literacy
and language learning in Ontario. Our primary focus is to facilitate
communication and provide
forums for discussions and materials to practitioners, tutors, volunteers,
researchers and organizations working in the fields of adult literacy
and language learning.
Our clientele includes the Francophone, Anglophone, Deaf, Native and second
language learning communities in Ontario.
ALSO - Alternative Learning Styles and Outlooks
Among the programs offered at ALSO are: Adult Literacy, Family
Literacy, Computer Skills. Adults can upgrade their literacy skills
in a small community-based setting.
Teachers work one-on-one with students and together develop personalized learning
plans, as students work at their own pace.
ARCH: A Legal Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities
Founded in 1980, ARCH: A Legal Resource Centre for Persons with
Disabilities is a community-based, not-for-profit legal clinic and
legal resource centre for
the Province of Ontario, dedicated to defending and advancing the equality-rights
of persons with disabilities.
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Barrie Literacy Council
The council's goal is to help adults in the community to: improve their basic reading,
writing, and math skills, use these skills in everyday living, reach their own
goals and improve their self-esteem.
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Cambrian College
Cambrian College is one of the 24 colleges of applied arts and technology that
comprise the Ontario College System. It offers about 105 full-time programs,
eight of which are designed specifically for the Native community, and more than
800 part-time continuing education programs, courses, seminars, customized training
packages, and distance education opportunities.
Canadore College
The college offers a personalized environment where students can excel
in smaller
than average classes and where they’ll have their own academic advisor.
It offers many different programs: Full-time or part-time, Apprenticeship Training,
Continuing Education, Customized Training, Preparatory Studies, etc.
The Catalyst Centre Popular Education Foundation (CCPEF)
The CPPEF promotes innovation in adult learning and advances adult education. They manage a large collection of popular and adult education materials (curricula, lesson plan, activity descriptions and more).
Centennial College
Centennial's full-time and continuing education programs are designed to help
students succeed in today's job market. Some of the special programs offered
are: Co-op Programs, Apprenticeship and MAP Programs, Entrepreneurial Programs
and Distance Learning.
Centre d’apprentissage et de formation plus (CAF+)
CAF+ is a learning centre where you will find help to reach your goals in orientation, outlining your training or development program or finding a job suited to your expectations.
Centre for Expertise in Family Literacy
This site is designed to provide information and resource support
for anyone interested in family literacy in the Eastern Ontario
region. It gives an overview
of current Family Literacy Programs in the region. As well, there is general
information on the different types of Family Literacy Programs.
Centre for Community Learning & Development
The mission of this group is to creating a strong culture of community engagement through capacity-building, progressive learning and innovative training.
Centre
The CET is a not for profit, progressive corporation that enhances
the
self-sufficiency and effectiveness of individuals and organizations
by offering customized education, training and career resource
solutions.
The Centre for Skills Development & Training
The Centre is an entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization affiliated with the
Halton District School Board. Its mission is to provide lifelong learning opportunities
for the community through responsive, quality programs and services, strengthened
by partnerships.
CESBA (Ontario Association of Adult & Continuing Education School Board Administrators)
CESBA's objective is to promote and advance the cause of adult and
continuing
education. The CESBA Literacy Committee coordinates Literacy and Basic Skills
(LBS) programs offered by Catholic and public school boards across Ontario.
Clear Language And Design (CLAD)
Clear Language and Design (CLAD) is a public education program of
the Toronto East End Literacy Project, a non-profit organization
that helps adults learn
to read and write, and educates the public about literacy issues. CLAD provides
editing and consulting on a fee for service basis.
Collège Boréal
Collège Boréal answers to the education and training
needs of francophones in the mid-southwest and Northern Ontario, based
on community strengths and decentralization.
It offers programs and services that are flexible and adapted to the realities
of today's world, in a climate that is conducive to learning and work.
College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (CSC)
The CSC is committed to providing leadership in promoting the continuous
improvement of the delivery of upgrading programs to meet the
needs of adult learners.
Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)
Founded in 1974, CLEO specializes in public legal education and
information, primarily through the production of printed materials.
CLEO's publications are
written largely but not only for the low income community. By describing the
law as simply and clearly as possible, these materials help readers understand
and exercise their legal rights.
Community Literacy of Ontario
This is an organization that exists to support and promote English
language community-based literacy programs in Ontario through
consultation, information
sharing and program support.
Conestoga College
The college offers more than 60 career-related, skills-oriented
programs. Their programs in Engineering Technology, Business and
Business Administration, Information
Technology, Communications and Media, Health Sciences, Community Services and
the skilled trades are well recognized.
Confederation College
Its mission is to provide excellent, accessible, learner-centred
education connecting learners, the communities of Northwestern
Ontario, and the global
workplace.
Contact North
The mission of Contact North/Contact Nord is to increase and improve
affordable and equitable access to quality education and training
for Northern Ontario residents,
to support regional and community economic development and to promote a culture
of lifelong learning.
Council of Elizabeth Fry Societies of Ontario
The Council of Elizabeth Fry Societies of Ontario (CEFSO) is the provincial voice for the ten Elizabeth Fry Societies in Ontario. CEFSO is the Regional Advocate for federally sentenced women in Ontario. It monitors the conditions for both provincially and federally sentenced women in prison.
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Database of Adult Literacy Research in Ontario
This site is a bilingual starting place to learn about adult literacy research
and practice in Ontario. Practitioners and researchers can visit this site to
conduct research and stay informed about projects and publications in Canada
and around the world.
Deaf Literacy Initiative
The Deaf Literacy Initiative is a provincial umbrella organization that provides accessible and culturally relevant training, research, networking and resources to the deaf and deaf-blind literacy community in Ontario.
Demonstrations Ontario
This site is designed to assist Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS)
Program delivery agencies in Ontario to develop and apply learning
outcomes demonstrations.
Durham College
This college offers Full-time Programs, Continuous Learning, Internet Based Learning and new programs such as Adult Education Post-diploma-Executive Format, etc.
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East Parry Sound Literacy Council
This group provides free one-on-one tutoring and small group
classes to adults in various locations throughout East Parry
Sound.
East York Learning Experience
This is a non-profit adult literacy program serving East York, parts of east Toronto, and west Scarborough. Their objective is to reduce the social and economic barriers of adult literacy students.
English Language Tutoring for the Ottawa Community (ELTOC)
ELTOC provides home tutoring for adult immigrants who cannot
attend regular English programs. Once a week, students receive free, one-on-one
instruction in their homes by volunteer tutors. Emphasis is given to practical
English skills that allow newcomers to integrate into Canadian life.
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Family Literacy Focus
Family Literacy Focus develops enriched family literacy programming and offers
a range of professional development services for organizations that work with
young families in diverse communities.
Fanshawe College
Fanshawe College has a community focus. Apprenticeship training and part-time
continuing education courses are other options available and complement their
regular programs. For students not fully prepared to enter a career program,
preparatory and academic upgrading is available to help them reach their goals.
One, two and three-year certificate and diploma courses are offered.
Festival of Literacies
The Festival of Literacies at the Ontario Institute for Studies
in Education (OISE) is a meeting ground for diverse literacy communities.
It coordinates credit
and non-credit courses, online and on campus. Another aspect is the Research-in-Practice,
such as research in Aboriginal Literacy. As well, the site has a list of speakers
and events for the upcoming academic year.
Frontier College: Students for Literacy at U of T
Frontier College is a national volunteer-based literacy organization.
Students for Literacy provides volunteer university students to
teach reading and writing
to youth and adult learners.
Frontier College: Sudbury & North Bay
The Sudbury Frontier College group - Laurentian Students for Literacy,
and the North Bay group - Canadore-Nipissing Students for Literacy,
both offer one-to-one
tutoring to elementary schools in their areas. University students trained by
Frontier College are paired with a child in need of extra help in a wide variety
of areas. They also do some English as a Second Language (ESL) work, help children
with learning difficulties, and encourage others who were not able to keep up
with their classmates.
Frontier College at the University of Waterloo
This is a volunteer tutoring organization organized and operated
by U. of Waterloo students. They strive to encourage youth and
children in the community to pursue
valuable and rewarding educational experiences. By providing time and sharing
of knowledge, they hope to help youth in the community go one step further
towards their full potential.
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George Brown College
This is a college with high-quality, career-focused programs, with three campuses
at the heart of downtown Toronto. Some of the full-time program subject areas
are: Access & Preparation for College & University, Business and Finance,
Community Services, Early Childhood Development, etc.
Georgian College
The college offers a full range of programs in Business and Computer
Studies, General Studies, Design and Visual Arts, Health Sciences
and Human Services,
Hospitality and Tourism, etc.
Golden Oak Adult Literacy Book Club
The Golden Oak reading program, sponsored by the Ontario Library
Association, provides a unique opportunity for adult literacy
learners to read books for pleasure.
In addition to discussing the books with their tutors or in their local reading
group, learners can join online discussions about any of the books.
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Haldimand Norfolk Literacy Council
Their objective is to assist adults to improve their reading, writing and math skills. In addition to providing one to one confidential tutoring to adult students, small group lessons are also available.
Hamilton & District Literacy Council
This is a free and confidential community-based literacy program serving
the Hamilton-Wentworth region. It provides one-to-one reading, writing
and math services
for adults.
Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board - Continuing Education
This section of the School Board offers courses in literacy, numeracy,
Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC), Computer
Courses, and more.
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board - Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS)
L.B.S. is a skills development program in Communication (Reading,
Writing and Speaking) and Numeracy at a pre-high school level.
Its purpose is to help adults
attain their goals related to further training, employment, or independence.
Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Humber offers over 350 full-time and part-time postsecondary programs,
customized corporate training and business-to-business partnerships.
It strives for an open,
respectful and welcoming educational environment that is responsive to the
needs of the students, faculty, staff, the community and the nation.
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Inclusion Press International
Inclusion Press is a small independent press striving to produce readable,
accessible and user-friendly books and resources about full inclusion
in school, work and community.
Independent Learning Centre
The Independent Learning Centre (ILC) is mandated by the government of Ontario as the designated provider of distance education and GED testing. ILC's credit and non-credit courses and educational services enable students to: earn a high school diploma or the equivalent, upgrade their skills and achieve their academic and career goals.
Iroquois Falls and Cochrane Adult Learning Centre
The A.L.C. is a community based, Literacy and Basic Skills program that assists adults improve their reading, writing, math, computer, and communication skills for employment, further education and training, and/or personal goals.
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The
John Howard Society of Kingston and District
The John Howard Society of Kingston and District provides direct service
to individuals in conflict with the law or at risk of becoming in conflict
with the
law,
their
families
and
the
public.
John Howard Society of Ontario
The John Howard Society of Ontario is a registered charity working to develop
and promote just, humane and effective responses to crime and its causes in the
community. Their 17 branches and affiliates provide a wide range of rehabilitative
services to prisoners, their families and others in conflict with the law.
John Howard Society of Ottawa
The John Howard Society of Ottawa is an organization of citizens
who accept responsibility for understanding and dealing with the
problems of crime and the criminal justice
system.
John Howard Society of Sault Ste. Marie
The mandate of the Society is promoting effective just and humane
responses to crime and its causes. It encourages people within
the community to be aware of
criminal justice issues and to share in seeking solutions to the problems of
crime. Some of the services offered are: Coalition Building, Anger Management,
Newstart Life Skills, Community Education and Community Crime Prevention.
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Kenamatewin Native Learning Centre - Kenora
Kenamatewin Native Learning Centre offers a place and resources to support Aboriginal
people on this lifelong path of learning.
Kingston Literacy & Skills
Kingston Literacy promotes literacy to individuals, families, and
various communities by helping to identify literacy needs and
by helping to provide personalized
literacy services.
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Lambton College
Lambton College has evolved to become an internationally recognized, specialized
institution punctuated by facilities like their Industrial Fire School, and state-of-the
art computer, chemical and environmental training laboratories. Whether students'
goals are to launch their career, strengthen their job skills or to pursue lifelong
learning interests, the college is here to help by offering certificate, diploma
and degree completion opportunities.
Laubach Literacy Ontario
Laubach Literacy Ontario is a volunteer association dedicated to increasing literacy in Ontario. LLO's literacy councils support the "Each One Teach One" philosophy of peer tutoring. Laubach provides both training and professional development opportunities for its tutors and trainers. LLO is a Canadian distributor of all New Readers Press materials, including the entire Laubach Way to Reading series.
The Learning Centres - Simcoe County District School Board
The goal of these centres is to provide adult learners of all ages and abilities with a full range of opportunities to discover new knowledge, develop new skills and to achieve personal learning goals. Focused on meeting the needs of the adult student, the six Learning Centres located throughout Simcoe County enable individuals to grow personally, academically and professionally.
The Learning Connection
The Learning Connection is an educational program involving full-time and part-time classes offered by the Near North District
School Board in North Bay, Ontario.
The goal is to enhance the lives of adults by helping them improve their reading,
writing, language, and math capabilities in a friendly, non-threatening educational
setting to help them meet their individual needs and goals.
The Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario (LDAO)
The Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario is a charitable
non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children,
youth and adults with learning
disabilities.
Literacy Alliance of West Nipissing (LAWN) Adult Learning Centre
LAWN is operated by volunteer tutors who can help people fill in the essential skills gaps with upgrading in English Communications, Math, Introduction to Computer, Essential Workplace Skills, and a variety of other programs.
Literacy and Basic Skills Practitioner Training
This site offers professional development training for practitioners
who work with adult literacy learners in the Literacy and Basic
Skills Program of Ontario.
While much of the training is specific to LBS, and the mentoring services are
available only to LBS practitioners, the courses are free and available to
anyone who wishes to use them.
Literacy Basics
Literacy Basics is a free, self-directed online training website
for Ontario literacy practitioners. This innovative training website
was researched, written
and designed by Community Literacy of Ontario.
Literacy Council of Brantford and District
This Literacy Council has trained tutors teaching adults and older
youth who request its help to learn to read, to write and to
understand numbers. It is a community-based, non-profit, volunteer organization.
The Literacy Council of Burlington
The Literacy Council of Burlington's mission is to "help adults improve
their quality of life at home, work and in the community by developing their
reading, writing and mathematical skills."
Literacy Council of South Simcoe
The Literacy Council of South Simcoe is dedicated to providing and
promoting literacy skills in the community.
The Literacy Council of South Temiskaming
This is a volunteer-based organization providing adult literacy
tutoring on a one-to-one basis. It also helps create a learning
environment which enables students
to find their own voice.
Literacy Council York-Simcoe
This group is a volunteer, non-profit, charitable organization that
recruits, trains and matches volunteer tutors with adult students.
It was established as
a Laubach Council in 1984.
The Literacy Group of Waterloo Region
This group is a non-profit organization that offers adults over the age of 18, free help with skills upgrading to improve basic reading, writing, math, computer and workforce skills. Through volunteers and staff, they provide a variety of programs and services in Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and surrounding rural areas.
Literacy Link Eastern Ontario
Literacy Link Eastern Ontario (LLEO) is a Non-Profit, regional literacy
network serving literacy programs in eastern Ontario through a
variety of referral, sharing,
research and development activities.
Literacy Link Niagara
Literacy Link Niagara is a regional coalition of literacy programs, private businesses and related training agencies committed to adult basic education. This non-profit organization provides a network for shared information and resources, a continuum of quality adult basic education services and provides information and referral to the public.
Literacy Link South Central
This network supports many government-funded literacy programs.
Its main purpose is to provide and distribute information to its
members.
The Literacy Network of Durham Region (LiNDR)
The Literacy Network of Durham Region (LiNDR) is a non-profit agency
that operates the Hotline, a literacy referral service, and supports
literacy programs in Durham
Region.
Literacy Network Northeast
Literacy Network Northeast supports literacy agencies within its
region in the delivery of quality literacy programs to adults.
Literacy North Halton
Literacy North Halton is a community-based organization seeking
to reach and assist, through individualized and small group tutoring,
adults in North Halton
who wish to improve their functional level of literacy.
Literacy Northwest
LNW is one of 16 Anglophone literacy networks in the province of
Ontario, that are funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges
and Universities (MTCU). Its
purpose is to support and promote adult literacy in the districts of Thunder
Bay, Kenora and Rainy River (Northwestern Ontario).
Literacy Ontario Central South
LOCS is a Regional Literacy Network serving literacy programs in
the counties of Peterborough, Victoria, Haliburton, Northumberland
and Renfrew.
Literacy Plus-Renfrew County
Literacy Plus-Renfrew County Community Upgrading Program promotes
literacy and provides upgrading in literacy and basic skills to
adults, based on their individual
needs. RCCUP offers one-to-one tutoring and small classes.
Literacy Society of South Muskoka
This society offers a program of volunteer tutors trained to use the "Laubach
Way to Reading" series. Its sessions are free, confidential and are held
at convenient times and locations.
London Free Press Newspapers in Education
This is a site that provides a guide for making a classroom newspaper.
Loyalist College - Literacy and Basic Skills (L.B.S.)
L.B.S. combines academic upgrading, training readiness, career and personal development, and job-search skills. Individualized programs are provided for students who may attend full- or part-time.
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McLuhan Initiative for the Study of Literacies
What is the future of literacy in a global context? The McLuhan Literacies Centre at Stong College, York University, provides a venue where literacy practitioners, artists and activists, together with scholars, teachers, philosophers, media representatives and students, may explore and debate the meaning and importance of multiple forms of literacy.
Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy
MTML is a network of organizations and individuals who are involved
in and support adult literacy. MTML provides leadership and works
actively to develop and promote
adult literacy in Toronto and York Region.
Midland Area Reading Council
As a branch of Laubach Literacy of Canada, MARC offers free, confidential
tutoring to adults who want to improve their reading, writing,
math or computer skills.
Mid North Network for the Coordination and Development of Adult Learning
This Network is one of 16 regional literacy networks in Ontario
funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Based
in Sudbury, the Network
covers 11 communities and provides information on Adult Literacy Programs in
the mid-north section of Ontario.
Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
The Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities can help you get the education and training you need to build a rewarding career after high school. It is responsible for managing provincial programs to support workplace training including apprenticeship, career and employment preparation, and adult literacy and basic skills.
Mohawk College
Mohawk College offers relevant and dynamic courses to match a broad
range of career choices, on a full-time, part-time or continuing
education basis to meet
every student's lifestyle needs.
Muskoka Literacy Council
The
Muskoka Literacy Council is dedicated to providing adults with confidential,
one-on-one and small group tutoring in literacy
and math
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Native Women's Resource Centre
The NWRC delivers programs and services to women of Aboriginal ancestry. Their
services include, but are not limited to: counseling; education; support services
and self-help programs. Programs are initiated and designed specifically for
Native women and aim to ensure approaches are holistic and culturally relevant.
New Approaches to Lifelong Learning (NALL)
NALL's basic objectives are to document current relations between
informal learning and formal/nonformal education, identify major
social barriers to integrating
informal learning with formal/nonformal programs and certification, and support
new program initiatives that promise to overcome such barriers.
Niagara College
Niagara College offers one, two and three-year programs in administrative
and justice studies; business and entrepreneurship; communications
and information
technology; hospitality and tourism; post-graduate studies; apprenticeship
training; international education; and a full range of courses
and services in continuing
education and customized training for business and industry.
Niagara Regional Literacy Council
The
Niagara Regional Literacy Council is a charitable organization who
provides free one-on-one tutoring to adults in the St. Catharines,
Niagara Falls, Welland, Thorold and surrounding areas. They teach
reading, math, spelling, writing, workplace skills, basic computer
and life skills.
Ningwakwe Learning Press
Ningwakwe Learning Press is dedicated to developing and providing
Native learning materials and services that are culturally appropriate
for Native people.
Nokee Kwe Occupational Skill Development Inc.
The mission of Nokee Kwe, founded on Aboriginal principles, is dedicated
to creating, promoting and sustaining culturally sensitive environments,
which encourage and
support personal development and self-determination.
North Bay Literacy Council
The North Bay Literacy Council is an organization of volunteers
that helps individuals improve their reading, writing and math
skills, each according to need.
Northern College
Northern College offers one, two and three-year programs leading
graduates to employment in the fields of technology, business,
human services, health and
emergency services and veterinary sciences. It also offers post-diploma, apprenticeship,
skills and job re-entry programs.
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ONESTEP
The Ontario Network of Employment Skills Training Projects (ONESTEP) is a province-wide
umbrella organization for organizations that sponsor projects that help unemployed
people prepare for, return to and/or maintain employment.
Ontario Early Years Centres
The Ontario government created Ontario Early Years Centres to be
a place where parents and caregivers can get answers to questions,
information about programs
and services that are available for young children, and an opportunity to talk
to early years professionals, as well as other parents and caregivers in the
community.
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE)
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University
of Toronto pursues the goal of establishing a learning society.
It includes many departments, such
as Adult Education, programs and student services.
Ontario Literacy Coalition
The OLC brings together all types of people in Ontario who share
an interest in literacy. They focus on ways to break through the
barriers faced by people
with literacy challenges. OLC does this through advice, public education, research,
field development, communication, co-ordination and professional development.
Ontario March of Dimes
This organization delivers quality programs and services to adults
with physical disabilities in Ontario.
Ontario Native Literacy Coalition
This literacy group is committed to developing culturally relevant
learning materials, developing and implementing a computer network
and establishing a centre for
Native literacy administration and training.
Ontario Skills Passport
This is a resource that provides clear descriptions of the skills
used in virtually all occupations, as well as important work habits.
Organization for Literacy in Lambton
This group offers adult and family literacy assistance to the citizens
of Sarnia - Lambton and surrounding area, including a desktop publishing
centre.
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board - Continuing Education
The OCDSB is the largest school board in Eastern Ontario, serving
students within the city of Ottawa. The Continuing Education section
offers many programs, such
as: Adult Upgrading (LBS), Adult ESL, International Education, etc.
Ottawa Community Coalition for Literacy
This Coalition promotes public awareness of and access to adult
literacy information and services in the Ottawa region.
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The Parent-Child Mother Goose Program
This program is a group experience for parents/caregivers and their babies and
young children, focusing on the pleasure and power of using oral rhymes, songs
and stories together.
Parkdale Project Read
Project Read helps people realize their learning goals by providing
free literacy services in a supportive community. They work with
English-speaking adults who
want to learn to read, write, or use basic math or computer skills.
Peel-Halton-Dufferin Adult Learning Network's Website
PHDALN is a newly incorporated, non-profit, charitable organization
resulting from the amalgamation of the Peel Adult Learning Network
and the Halton Adult
Learning Network. It currently has a membership of 38 organizations, agencies
and individuals, and provides resource support to 12 literacy programs.
These programs represent three sectors: school board programs,
college programs, and
community-based programs.
People, Words & Change
People, Words & Change is a non-profit literacy organization for adults in
the Ottawa region. Through volunteer tutors, they have been helping adults read
and write better since 1978.
PORT CARES Educational Resource Centre
The PORT CARES Educational Resource Centre provides skills training to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to develop the reading, writing, mathematics and computer skills necessary to function more effectively in their personal, community and work lives.
Program
Read
Program Read helps adult learners in Sault Ste.
Marie to improve their reading, writing, spelling, math, and basic
computer skills.
Project Love
CODE's Project Love is a great opportunity for Canadians to act
as global citizens by sending much-needed educational materials
to students and teachers in developing
countries. The program talks to young people about international development
in terms they can understand. And it gives them a hands-on activity to help
their global neighbours their own age.
Project READ Literacy Network
Project READ Literacy Network is committed to: providing coordination,
referrals, advocacy, and support for literacy, literacy providers
and students, as well
as enhancing the effective and efficient provision of services to meet the
literacy needs in Waterloo-Wellington.
PTP Adult Learning Programs
PTP offers workplace literacy training through its Workplace Communications
Program, hands-on integrated training combining literacy and job
skills training as well
as specialized vocational counselling and a job search program for individuals
with limited literacy skills.
Public Library on Wheels (PLOW)
Public Library on Wheels (PLOW) is a literacy initiative of PCIN Libraries
that addresses the low literacy level in children throughout Perth
County. Specifically,
it delivers preschool and toddler reading programs, age-appropriate lending
collections, etc.
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Queens' Students for Literacy
QSL is a campus-based program of Frontier College, dedicated to improving literacy
skills and spreading literacy awareness in the Kingston community. They have
three programs: Prison Literacy Initiative, tutoring penitentiary inmates; Read
for Fun, tutoring children in community reading circles; and Literacy Outreach, tutoring
children at Kingston Interval House.
QUILL (Quality In Lifelong Learning) Network
QUILL is one of 16 regional literacy networks in Ontario funded by the Ministry
of Training, Colleges and Universities. Based in Walkerton, it works closely
with Literacy and Basic Skills Agencies that deliver free upgrading opportunities
for adults.
Quint Literacy Group
Quinte Literacy Group offers one-to-one tutoring in English, numeracy and basic computer skills for men and women who are working below a grade nine level.
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Reading Plus - Atikokan
Reading Plus provides free, confidential, learner-centered, volunteer tutoring
for adults wanting to improve their life and their learning skills.
Red Lake District Adult Learning Centre
The Red Lake Adult Literacy Board believes that literacy is essential
to lifelong learning. The program's aim is to assist and support
adults in their communities
who wish to achieve and to participate more fully in their community and workplace
by improving their English language and numeracy skills.
Referral Centre for Adult Training (RCAT)
The RCAT mandate is to assist adults in Prescott-Russell with the
retraining process and to reduce the drop-out rate once training
has commenced.
Rideau Street Youth Enterprises
(RSYE) was formed in 1993 by business people, social agency representatives,
politicians, police and community organization representatives who had a common
vision: to make the streets of downtown Ottawa a safe and vibrant place for
all people. RSYE's Mission is to create opportunities for street
and at-risk youth
to develop some of the practical skills and experience they need to enter (or
re-enter) the work force, and to become active, contributing members of the
local community.
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Sault
College - Literacy Educator Certificate Program
This
program is designed to address the training needs of literacy practitioners.
It provides an in-depth exploration of key
skills, principles, practices, concepts, and professional issues involved
in literacy work.
Schreiber/Terrace Bay Adult Learning Centre
The Schreiber - Terrace Bay Adult Learning Centre offers the
following programs to people in the area: information on all adult
learning needs; upgrading
in reading, writing, and math skills; help learning basic computer skills;
Pre-GED upgrading skills, etc.
Seneca College
Leading the way in advanced applied education, Seneca College provides
students with the tools they need for success now and in the future.
Seneca offers a tremendous
variety of class sizes and methods of teaching — from in-class lectures
and online learning to co-op and field placements.
Settlement.org
This organization offers information and resources for immigrants to Ontario, Canada.
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Sheridan is known for academic excellence and applied research,
taught by dedicated faculty to motivated students in an invigorating
environment. It has six academic
schools focused on visualization design, digital technologies, e-commerce,
advanced manufacturing, community services and corporate training.
The programs range
from Music Theatre to Financial Planning to Montessori Early Childhood Teacher
Education, Information, etc.
Simcoe Muskoka Literacy Network
This literacy network is a non-profit agency of organizations that
provide or have an interest in adult basic education in Simcoe
County and Muskoka.
Sioux-Hudson Literacy Council - Sioux Lookout
The goal of this group is to promote and encourage independence
and lifelong learning for all individuals in the community.
Sir Sandford Flemming College
The college delivers that hard-to-find combination of quality learning
and quality of life. It prepares students for careers in
Apprenticeships, Arts and
Heritage, Law and Justice, Trades and Skills Training, etc.
Skills for Employment, Life and Family
Among the objectives of this group are : to inform the public of the importance of literacy; to reach out to adults in need of literacy skills; to work with other organizations to meet the community's literacy needs, etc.
St. Christopher House Adult Literacy Program
The purpose of this program is to bring together diverse people
from the west end of Toronto to provide basic literacy learning
and tutoring opportunities
for English-speaking adults.
St. Clair College
St. Clair College offers two and three-year diploma programs in technology,
trades, business, hospitality/tourism, health sciences, international
business, human
services, media communications and general arts and science. Many programs
offer coop and apprenticeship opportunities that provide students with hands-on
experience.
St. Lawrence College
St. Lawrence College provides practical, hands-on education to over
5,000 full-time students annually in the following areas of study: Applied Arts and General
Studies, Business, Social and Community Services, Skilled Trades and Apprenticeships,
etc. Part-time studies and customized training are also offered.
Superior North Literacy
Their services include adult literacy training from the basic level
up to and including the GED program.
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Teacher of Adults: Literacy Educator Certificate Program
The Certificate Program has been designed to address the training needs of adult
literacy educators. Whether you are new to the literacy field or a "seasoned" practitioner,
you will find these courses challenging and stimulating. The Certificate Program
will give you the opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge to meet the needs
of today’s adult literacy learners.
TESL Ontario
This a provincial non-profit organization of educators and specialists
in the field of English as a Second Language (ESL) and English
Skills Development (ESD)
who aim to develop and enhance many aspects of the teaching and learning of
ESL.
Thunder Bay Literacy Group
The Thunder Bay Literacy Group is a community-based organization
created to assist adults in Thunder Bay improve basic reading,
writing and math skills. In addition,
the Thunder Bay Literacy Group works to raise awareness about adult literacy
issues.
Toronto Adult Student Association
TASA's goal is to promote the value and continued existence of adult
education in the public school system. With an eye to the future,
TASA's long-term goal
is to extend their mandate and vision to the Separate School Boards, and other
educational partners.
Toronto Advocacy Council for Adult Literacy (TACAL)
TACAL is a group of adult literacy learners, volunteer tutors, literacy
workers and other people who are working to ensure that all members
of Toronto's communities
have access to the literacy programs they need.
Toronto Catholic District School Board
The TCDSB, Continuing Education Department (Adult Education) provides
services to adult newcomers in Canada and offers full-time and part-time
courses in English as a Second
Language, ESL/Computer Skills, ESL/Workplace Preparation, Citizenship Preparation,
Literacy, Literacy & Basic Skills, TOEFL / TWE and LINC during the
day, evening and weekend.
Toronto District School Board
The TDSB is the largest school board in Canada. Programs offered
in the Continuing Education Department are: Community Programs,
Credit Programs, English as a
Second Language, Remedial Programs and Elementary International Languages Programs.
Toronto
Public Library - Adult Literacy Services
Toronto Public Library is the largest library system in Canada with
98 branches. Collections of adult literacy materials are available
at 55 branches and collections
of literacy resources are maintained at 18 community-based literacy programs.
Literacy instruction for adults is offered at eight library branches through the
library's Adult Literacy Program. Toronto Public Library supports children
through the Leading to Reading Program at 23 branches and Homework
Help Clubs at 19 branches.
The Rap N' Read program helps teens with reading and homework.
Trails to Literacy
Trails to Literacy is an innovative program in participatory education
for adults. It's all about hands-on learning that boosts the skills
and confidence of the
participants, leading many to jobs and greater personal success. Participants
decide what type of "trail" to create.
Training Post
This
website contains complete modules and other resources to help you in your
training and tutoring.
Trent Valley Literacy Association
The Trent Valley Literacy Association (TVLA) is a non-profit organization
formed to help adults in Peterborough city and county acquire
the literacy skills needed
to live and work successfully in the community.
Tri-County Literacy Network
The Tri-County Literacy Network is a non-profit organization of
people concerned about adult literacy. It provides information
sharing and offers guidance and
direction to adult literacy programs in the municipality of Chatham-Kent, Essex,
and Lambton counties.
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United Native Friendship Centre
This Friendship Centre is dedicated to enhancing the lives of native and non-native
people in the community of Fort Frances and surrounding area. Its primary responsibility
is to serve Aboriginal people with special services in the fields of social,
educational and cultural development while, at the same time, building a bridge
of understanding between native and non-native people.
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Valley Adult Learning Association - Fort Frances
The Valley Adult Learning Association provides the Ontario Literacy and Basic
Skills program to people in the Rainy River Valley. The staff and volunteer tutors
work with committed adults to achieve their personal goals in reading, math,
communications and computer skills.
Volunteer Action Online: Technology Making a Difference to
People
This
program funds non-profit organizations to partner with business and
other groups in the community on Internet projects that
enhance their work, helping them to deliver services efficiently to
more people throughout Ontario.
The Volunteer Management Resource Centre
The Volunteer Management Resource Centre is a website for those involved in
the Ontario literacy community to learn more about volunteer management issues.
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Wellington County Learning Centre
The Wellington County Learning Centre provides residents of the county with a
vital learning service, and with information about literacy issues. Their varied
programs and services are key community resources which allow anyone the opportunity
to maximize their ability to learn.
Workplace Training and Services Inc. (WTS)
Since 1990 WTS has developed and delivered training programs in
a variety of sectors: hospitality, manufacturing, food processing, public
organizations and
hospitals. WTS has delivered training in large, multinational and small organizations,
in union and non-union environments, in board rooms and on factory floors and
to one person at a time or to groups of people.
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The YMCA of Niagara
Here is an easy-to-use site that answers many questions about the YMCA programs
and membership.
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