About the Partnership
The Northern Workplace/Workforce Literacy Consortium came together in April 2004 in Yellowknife, to share information and aspirations for workplace and workforce literacy in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. The Nunavut Literacy Council and the NWT Literacy Council have taken a lead role in initiating the development of the Partnership with financial support from the National Literacy Secretariat and Skills Development Canada.
Organizations that have been working with partners to explore ways to collaborate on workforce / workplace literacy development in Nunavut and the NWT are:
 Nunavut Literacy Council - Northwest Territories Literacy Council
- Government of Nunavut
- Government of the Northwest Territories
- Nunavut Arctic College
- Aurora College
- Municipal Training Organization (Nunavut)
- Kitikmeot Economic Development Corporation
- Northwest Company
- Nunavut Economic Forum
- BHP Billiton Diamonds
- NorthwesTel
- Norterra
- Workers’ Compensation Board
- Government of Canada (HRSDC)
- Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
Other organizations that have expressed an interest in a consortium include:
- Nunavut Association of Municipalities
- Nunavut Association of Municipal Administrators
- Arctic Co-ops
- Kitikmeot Inuit Association
- Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.
- NWT & Nunavut Chamber of Mines
- Northwest Territories Mine Training Society
- Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
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