In the
Basic Skills for Living
educational modules you will sometimes find other websites.
A brief
description will tell you about the site and the information it contains. A
link
is given to the site.
Links are in
blue font
and
underlined
for your
information.
Below are
websites
where you will find additional information
about Canadian literacy programs.
National Adult Literacy Database:
www.nald.ca
Links to all provincial government programs and a variety of
agencies across Canada. As well, there is useful research
and statistical information about adult literacy in Canada
today.
See an excellent report published in 2003 from the
Departments of Human Resources and Skills Canada and
Statistics Canada called
Building on our Competencies: Canadian Results of the
International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey
Raise a Reader:
www.raiseareader.com
Useful
site for background information and statistics, as well as
family literacy programs.
Canadian Council on Learning:
www.ccl-cca.ca Site offers a variety of information and the newly released
report Reading the Future about Canadian
literacy needs.
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