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Facts on
Literacy
ABC
Canada – literacy facts
www.ab-canada.org/literacy_facts/index.asp#literacy_links
This
link offers a wealth of facts and statistics on: adult literacy in
Canada, statistics with correlations to unemployment and social
assitance, literacy lingo, and literacy and numeracy in general.
The
Quebec English Literacy Alliance – literacy facts
www.qela.qc.ca/adult_literacy.htm
This
link offers a brief overview of the literacy statistics for Quebec,
results from an International Adult Litearcy Survey, reasons why adults
may have difficulty with reading, and potential problems that being a
non-reader may cause.
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National Links
NALD
– The National Adult Literacy Datatbase
www.nald.ca
The National Adult Literacy Database Inc. (NALD) is a
federally incorporated, non-profit service organization. It is a
comprehensive, up-to-date and easily accessible database of adult
literacy programs, resources, services and activities across Canada.
ABC
Canada Literacy Foundation
www.abc-canada.org
ABC
CANADA Literacy Foundation is a national charity committed to promoting
literacy to the general public and to the private sector. They focus on
public awareness programs, the development and execution of national
literacy awareness campaigns; provide promotional support to local
literacy groups; and conduct research to further the development of a
fully literate Canadian population.
Laubach
Literacy of Canada
www.laubach.ca
As
a national charitable organization, Laubach Literacy of Canada works to
improve basic literacy skills to meet changing Canadian needs.
The
National Literacy Secretariat
www.nald.ca/nls.htm
The
National Literacy Secretariat was established by authorization of
Cabinet in 1987 and has been actively involved since 1988 in working
with its partners to promote literacy in Canada. The NLS is
administratively part of the federal department,
Human
Resources Development Canada.
The
Movement for Canadian Literacy
www.literacy.ca
The Movement for Canadian Literacy (MCL)
is a national non-profit organization representing literacy coalitions,
organizations, and individuals from every province and territory.
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Provincial
Links
The
Direction de la formation générale des adultes (MEQ)
www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/dfga/portail.html
The Direction de la formation générale des adultes
(MEQ) develops and supervises adult educational services in Quebec,
including adult literacy.
Quebec
Ministry of Education
www.meq.gouv.qc.ca/GR-PUB/m_englis.htm
The
official site of the Quebec Ministry of Education.
Literacy
Partners of Quebec (LPQ)
http://www.nald.ca/litweb/province/qc.htm
Literacy Partners of Quebec (LPQ) is the
English-language literacy coalition that brings to one table
representatives of the diverse providers and supporters of literacy
services in the province. LPQ is the only organization to include school
boards, volunteer groups, community-based groups, libraries,
resources centres, researchers and others.
Laubach
Literacy Canada-Quebec/Literacy Volunteers of Quebec (LLC-Q/LVQ)
www.qela.qc.ca/LLC-Q-LVQ.htm
Laubach Literacy Canada-Quebec/Literacy Volunteers of
Quebec (LLC-Q/LVQ) is a provincial not-for-profit coalition which is
dedicated to, and supports volunteer literacy groups through
professional development, networking, communication and advocacy for
English literacy.
The
Quebec English Literacy Alliance (QELA)
www.qela.qc.ca
The Quebec English Literacy Alliance (QELA), a
partnership of English literacy providers, is dedicated to networking,
training and information-sharing activities among Anglophone
Quebec literacy providers; advocating for the advancement of
literacy in the province.
The
Quebec Literacy Working Group
http://www.nald.ca/litweb/province/qc/qlwg/index.htm
The Quebec Literacy Working Group, a sub-committee of
PROCEDE, is a provincial committee of schooboard representatives,
committing itself to promote, advance and support adult, youth and
family literacy within the English sector.
The
Centre for Literacy of Quebec
www.nald.ca/litcent.htm
The Centre for Literacy houses a resource collection
(the second largest in Canada) of materials and information on all
aspects of literacy, basic skills and media education; it
maintains an extensive selection of basic skills software for preview on
site and a dynamic web site on the NALD with current activities,
publications and list of resources.
La
Fondation québecoise pour l'alphabétisation
www.fqa.qc.ca
La Fondation québecoise pour l'alphabétisation is a
non-profit organization helping adults gain access to training in
reading and writing (text soon to be available in English).
The
Alpha Plus Centre
www.alphaplus.ca
The AlphaPlus Centre serves practitioners and organizations that work in
the Deaf, Native, Francophone, and Anglophone literacy field in Ontario.
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Other
Literacy Sites
World
Literacy of Canada
www.worldlit.ca
World Literacy of Canada is a non-profit voluntary organization that
promotes international development and social justice. WLC supports
community-based programs that emphasize adult literacy and non-formal
education for both children and adults.
ProLiteracy Worldwide
www.proliteracy.org
ProLiteracy
Worldwide is a nonprofit international literacy organization based in
Syracuse, NY, that was formed by the 2002 merger of Laubach Literacy
International and Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc. ProLiteracy
Worldwide is now the oldest and largest nongovernmental literacy
organization in the world
Literacy.org
www.literacy.org
is a gateway to electronic resources and tools for the national and
international youth and adult literacy communities.
Listing
of Several Useful Sites and Online Resources
http://www.qela.qc.ca/useful_web_sites.htm
QELA
has compiled a very useful list of online links and resources on topics
such as: child and family literacy, adult literacy, fun sites, numeracy
sites, teaching and learning resources, hobbies and interests, and
general interest.
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