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ABC Life Literacy Canada
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
ABC Life Literacy Canada specializes in public awareness campaigns, and provides promotional support to local literacy groups. It is also the founder of Family Literacy Day, a national initiative that promotes the importance of reading and learning together as a family.
Adult Basic Education Association of British Columbia
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This association promotes excellence in adult basic education instruction and programming. This site contains membership information, publications and related link sites.
Alberta Correctional Education Association
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Alberta Correctional Education Association (ACEA) is dedicated to the academic, vocational, and personal development of offenders and the professional enhancement of Association members.
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Canadian Literacy and Learning Network
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This national organization promotes literacy and essential skills for English Canadians through networking, research, government liaison and learner development. In addition, through communication and collaboration, it helps to support the people and organizations involved with adult literacy education.
The Centre for Literacy
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Centre for Literacy is a pan-Canadian, Montreal-based centre of expertise in the areas of adult literacy and essential skills. It supports best practices and informed policy development in literacy by creating bridges between research, policy and practice.
College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (CSC)
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
In addition to preparing students for post-secondary and apprenticeship training, Ontario college programs are also increasingly focusing on helping them move successfully into employment. This portion of the website is dedicated to sharing resources that colleges have developed to promote and deliver workforce and workplace preparation. The website also has a number of links to other resources including links to essential skills materials.
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Essential Skills Ontario
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Essential Skills Ontario (ESO) is a non-profit organization that works to find the most innovative, efficient and effective solutions that provide adults with the skills they need to thrive in a rapidly changing world. The organization believes that education and training are pathways to a better future for many adults and that by advancing the skills of Ontarians, ESO is advancing the health of families, communities and the long-term economy.
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Frontier College
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Frontier College has been responding to the literacy needs of Canadians since 1899. Its national network of volunteers teaches literacy skills through the Student Centred Individualized Learning method. Other programs include Campus Programs (Students for Literacy) and the Labourer-Teacher Program.
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Good Learning Anywhere - Sioux Hudson Literacy Council
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Good Learning Anywhere provides free online distance learning opportunities for adult learners in Ontario to assist them in upgrading their reading, writing, math, computer and other Essential Skills.
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jennyhorsman.com
Category: Essential skills
Dr. Jenny Horsman is a founding member of Spiral Community Resource Group, community educators engaged in research and writing, curriculum development, training, workshops and facilitation. This is her personal website, "the place where I will post my new writing and where I would still love to read your feedback on my ideas."
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Learning and Violence
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This website features practical ideas to make it easier to teach and learn when you or people you work with are faced with violence or hard times. You will also be linked to people and organizations that are exploring violence and learning through research and practice. Most of the information is Canadian and from the adult literacy field.
Literacy Basics
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This self-directed training module from Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO) is designed to provide literacy agencies and others with training and resources to increase knowledge and awareness of the essential skills in Ontario’s literacy and basic skills agencies. Essential skills are foundational skills needed for work, learning and life. The training module was funded by the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.
Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick Ltd.
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This committee drives to continue influencing the direction of literacy policy and to encourage and support the ongoing development of family, workplace and community based literacy programs.
Literacy Link South Central
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Literacy Link South Central (LLSC) is a literacy information and referral network servicing six counties in Ontario. Its website has a workplace literacy component that suggests ways employers can get involved in the promotion of literacy and essential skills. LLSC can help you determine your workplace literacy needs, connect with literacy providers in your community and produce written materials that are clear and easy to understand.
Literacy Newfoundland & Labrador
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Literacy NL is a grassroots network of individuals and community-based groups committed to advancing literacy and lifelong learning in the province. The group works with members and partners to connect learners to programs and support; help literacy groups share ideas, information and resources; raise public awareness about literacy issues; and foster partnerships with all sectors.
Literacy Nova Scotia
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Literacy Nova Scotia networks with other Nova Scotia literacy organizations. It promotes continuing education and supports literacy and upgrading programs.
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National Adult Literacy Database Inc.
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
NALD is a comprehensive, up-to-date and easily accessible database of literacy and essential skills-related classroom and research materials that are available free to download. NALD also functions as a portal to adult literacy resources and services across Canada.
Northern Workplace / Workforce Literacy Partnership
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This group of educators, employers and government officials from Nunavut and the Northwest Territories has a strong interest in workplace and workforce literacy development in the north. Members of the partnership created this website to provide information about literacy programs and policies that support good practice in both the workplace and in preparing people to participate in the workforce.
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Partnerships in Learning
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This website looks at the learning paths of workers with low literacy skills in different types of workplace education programs across Canada. The site features seven case studies written by field researchers and whose stories represent the relatedness of formal and informal training for workers with low skills. The section Fostering Partnership Development examines strategies used to engage business, labour, literacy practitioners and provincial/ territorial governments.
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QUILL Learning Network
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Quality In Lifelong Learning (QUILL) Network is one of 16 regional literacy networks in Ontario funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. QUILL works closely with government-funded literacy and basic skills agencies that deliver free upgrading opportunities for adults who are without the basic literacy skills needed to succeed in the home, community and workforce.
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Sioux-Hudson Literacy Council
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Sioux-Hudson Literacy Council is a non-profit, community-based, client-centred Literacy and Basic Skills Program. The council also operates the Sioux Lookout Learning Centre and Good Learning Anywhere distance delivery programs.
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Teacher of Adults: Literacy Educator Certificate Program
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
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.
Training and Learning Centre of Renfrew County
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Training and Learning Centre (Renfrew County Community Upgrading Program) gives adults an opportunity to build their skills to prepare for work, education, training or life.
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Victoria READ Society
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Founded in 1976, the READ Society helps students of all ages in the greater Victoria area learn basic academic skills through small classes, individualized help and a supportive, caring environment.
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Youth Skills
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Youth Skills is designed to appeal to young people interested in exploring their learning needs and career goals. Taking an interactive approach, the website offers useful exercises and resources that will help youth get on the right path to meaningful employment.
Yukon Literacy Coalition
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The purpose of the Yukon Literacy Coalition is to be an inclusive Yukon-wide literacy umbrella organization that is community-governed and committed to supporting the development of literacy in all the languages of the Yukon.
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