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The Rural Literacy Pathfinder serves as a source of literacy information for learners and educators. It focuses specifically on literacy resources available to those who reside in rural areas of Canada. The pathfinder contains contact information and descriptions of select literacy organizations, which include, national associations and federal, provincial and territorial government contacts. This information is arranged geographically beginning nationally and then moving to regions, always beginning from the west coast and moving east. As well, the pathfinder includes an annotated bibliography. It is a detailed collection of publications and other resources which focus primarily on rural Canada. The bibliography provides references and descriptions to studies, reports, manuals, and tools for both learners and educators of literacy. This guide is a growing document, we welcome suggestions for additions. Please contact us at cris@agr.gc.ca
National National organizations which serve literacy issues often provide several types of services, such as: public awareness, educational and professional development programs, advocacy, and funding for other organizations and projects.ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation Don Mills, Ontario M3B 2X7 Toll Free: 1-800-303-1004 Tel: (416) 442-2998 Fax: (416) 442-2987 E-mail: info@abc-canada.org Gift of Words presented by Starbucks Internet: http://www.abc-canada.org/gow/ The program, developed and managed by ABC CANADA, is a national funding initiative providing resources for public and school libraries and literacy organizations to expand their book collections and launch 'reading circles' that encourage students, their teachers and parents to read and learn together. Canada Post community/literacy/default-e.asp The Canada Post Literacy Awards were established more than a decade ago to discover and acknowledge the achievements of Canadians who have made a special effort or an important contribution to literacy. Canada Post recognizes up to 45 individuals and organizations for their exceptional work in one of four award categories: Individual Achievement, Educator, Community Leadership and Business Leadership. Canadian Association of Literacy Educators (CALE) The Canadian Association of Literacy Educators is a national organization that facilitates professional development among literacy educators in Canada and supports the literacy experiences of learners. CALE provides various electronic forums to expand the opportunities for dialogue among literacy educators including the Canadian Journal of Literacy Educators. Dr. W.T. Fagan P.O. Box 194 Faculty of Education, Memorial University St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3X8 Fax: (709) 737-2345 E-mail: wfagan@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Canadian Library Association - Action for Literacy Interest Group The CLA Action for Literacy lays the foundations for an on-going action program that addresses the issue of literacy in Canada. It heightens awareness of the issue of literacy (and the legitimacy of library involvement in this issue) among library boards, chief librarians, trustees and library staffs, and institutions of library education and works with existing agencies to heighten public awareness of the literacy issue. As well, it promotes the development and evaluation of suitable literacy materials and co-operates with other CLA committees and other library associations which have common concerns about literacy. Thomas Quigley Vancouver Public Library, Joe Fortis Branch 870 Denman Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6G 2L8 Tel: (604) 665-3972 Fax: (604) 665-2265 E-mail: thomaqui@vpl.ca Conference Board of Canada - Workplace Literacy Central Internet: http://www.conferenceboard.ca/workplaceliteracy/ The Conference Board of Canada 255 Smyth Road Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M7 Tel.: 1-866-711-2262 Fax: (613) 526-4857 Frontier College Toronto, Ontario M4T 1E2 Toll free: 1-800-555-6523 Tel: (416) 923-3591 Fax: (416) 323-3522 E-Mail: information@frontiercollege.ca Laubach Literacy of Canada Development Office: 60-C Elizabeth Street Bedford, Quebec J0J 1A0 Tel: 1-888-248-2898 Fax: (450) 248-7054 E-mail: laubach@laubach.ca Laubach Literacy of Canada's Head Office and Distributorship: 70 Crown Street Suite 225 Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 2X6 Tel: 1-877-634-1980 Fax: 1-866-634-0944 E-mail: laubach@nbnet.nb.ca Movement for Canadian Literacy Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1P5 Tel.: (613) 563-2464 Fax: (613) 563-2504 E-mail: mcl@literacy.ca National Adult Literacy Database Inc. (NALD) NALD is a comprehensive base for resources available to learners and educators. It includes links to national and international literacy sites. It attempts to provide access to literacy information from across Canada, North America and around the world to literacy practitioners, teachers, volunteers, program administrators and policy setters in the entire country. NALD works with non-profit literacy and literacy-related organizations at the national and provincial levels to create a network of World Wide Web pages so that literacy in Canada will have a clear profile from one site. Scovil House 703 Brunswick Street Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 1H8 Toll-Free: 1-800-720-NALD (6253) Tel: (506) 457-6900 Fax: (506) 457-6910 E-mail: contactnald@nald.ca National Literacy and Health Program Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 8R1 Tel: (613) 725-3769 Fax: (613) 725-9826 E-mail:nlhp@cpha.ca UNESCO - International Adult Learner's Week October 24 - 26, 2005. Internet: http://www.unesco.org/education/uie/InternationalALW/ Adult Learners' Weeks around the world are celebrating the joy of learning in all its forms and in all settings. They promote the idea of learning throughout life and give special emphasis to adults so that they can express their learning needs, explore the many learning possibilities and experience the joy of learning. United Nations Literacy Decade 2003 - 2012 ev.php-URL_ID=5000&URL;_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL;_SECTION=201.html World Literacy of Canada Studio 236 Toronto, Ontario M5V 3A8 Tel: (416) 977-0008 Fax: (416) 977-1112 E-mail: info@worldlit.ca Regional There are an abundance of literacy services and projects available across Canada. For details on many of these projects a comprehensive collection is available through the National Adult Literacy Database Inc. For further information on literacy services in your community check the Yellow Pages in the telephone book, under LEARN.Centre AlphaPlus Center They serve practitioners and organizations that work in the Deaf, Native, Francophone, and Anglophone literacy field in Ontario. The goal is to help users find relevant resources and information to enrich the learning of adults in literacy programs.
2040 Yonge Street, 3rd Floor
Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick
Literacy Foundation / Fondation pour l'alphabétisation Scovil House 703 Brunswick Street Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 1H8 Toll-Free: 1-800-720-NALD (6253) Tel: (506) 457-6900 Fax: (506) 457-6910 E-mail: info@nald.ca Internet: http://www.nald.ca/index.htm Sarah Badgley Literacy Fund for Ontario Rural Children The Rural Learning Association P.O. Box 1588 Guelph, Ontario N1H 6R7 Internet: http://www.sols.org/links/clearinghouse/fundingdev/ resources/grantapplications/sarahbadgleyliteracyfund2006.htm
Saskatchewan Literacy Network
Up2us - Family Literacy Internet Project P.O. Box 2681 102 - 155 Water Street St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1C 6K1 Tel: (709) 739-5215 Fax: (709) 739-5931 E-mail: wanl@nfld.com Internet: http://www.writersalliance.nf.ca/programs.html
Federal National Literacy Secretariat (NLS)About/aboutus.shtml The National Literacy Secretariat (NLS) works to promote literacy as an essential component of a learning society and to make Canada's social, economic and political life more accessible to people with weak literacy skills. It works in partnership with the provinces and territories, other government departments, business and labour, the voluntary sector and non-governmental organizations to build capacity for literacy opportunities across Canada. The NLS also provides funding to many literacy projects. National Literacy Secretariat Learning & Literacy Directorate Human Resources and Skills Development Canada Constitution Square 360 Albert Street, 15th Floor Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0J9 Tel: (613) 946-1388 Fax: (613) 946-5882 Community Learning Networks Initiative - Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) program/olt.shtml The Community Learning Networks is a contribution initiative that supports community-based pilot projects, which demonstrate innovative and sustainable uses of existing network technologies to upgrade skills and knowledge of adult learners in Canadian communities. Office of Learning Technologies Human Resources and Skills Development Canada 140 Portage Street Phase IV Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0J9 Tel: (819) 953-0300 Fax: (819) 997-6777 E-mail: olt-bta@hrdc-drhc.gc.ca Provincial Each province and territory is responsible for providing direction on literacy issues. All provide funding to local programs while many provide specific programs and services of their own. This section provides contact information to each provincial and territorial government section.AlbertaAlberta Learning Information Service 7th Floor, Commerce Place 10155 - 102 Street Edmonton, AB T5J 4L5 Tel: (780) 427-7219 Fax: (780) 422-1263 E-mail:comm.contact@learning.gov.ab.ca British Columbia British Columbia - Ministry of Advanced Education Private Institutions and Developmental Programs Branch Post Secondary Education Division Ministry of Advanced Education P.O. Box 9177 Station Provincial Government Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9H8 ManitobaManitoba - Department of Advanced Education and Training - Adult Learning and Literacy
Adult Learning and Literacy New Brunswick
Literacy New Brunswick Inc. Literacy New Brunswick Inc. a nonprofit, charitable organization was created to orchestrate the province's literacy initiative. It was established in 1991 to provide a focus for private sector, community and volunteer efforts. It marshals the full resources of New Brunswick to eliminate illiteracy by bringing learning to the people through partnerships with communities and the voluntary and private sectors. P.O. Box 6000 470 York St. Suite 206B Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 5H1 Tel : (506) 457-READ (7323) Fax: (506) 453-3300 E-mail: literacy@gov.nb.ca Newfoundland and LabradorNewfoundland and Labrador- Department of EducationDepartment of Education Adult Learning and Literacy P.O. Box 8700 4th floor, West Block, Confederation Building St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 4J6 Tel: (709) 729-6185 Fax: (709) 729-6246 E-mail: webmasteredu@gov.nl.ca Northwest TerritoriesNorthwest Territories - Department of Education, Culture and Employment - Adult Literacy and Basic Education Department of Education, Culture & Employment Government of the Northwest Territories P.O. Box 1320 Yellowknife, NT XIA 2L9 E-mail : webmaster@learnnet.nt.ca Nova ScotiaNova Scotia - Department of Education - Nova Scotia School for Adult Learning The Adult Learning and Innovation program provides individuals with lifelong learning opportunities designed to promote active participation in the family, the community and the workplace. ALI is divided into 4 sections; the Adult Education section focuses specifically on literacy issues and services. It facilitates access to a continuum of literacy/upgrading programs, services and educational opportunities for adult Nova Scotians. The work of the Adult Education section is carried out in collaboration with community organizations, institutions, labour, business, industry and government agencies. Nova Scotia Department of Education NS School for Adult Learning P.O. Box 578 2021 Brunswick Street, Suite 402 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2S9 Tel: (902) 424-7764 Fax: (902) 424-7287 E-mail: nssal@ednet.ns.ca NunavutNunavut - Department of Education Literacy/Adult Learning Consultant Government of Nunavut Department of Education P.O. Box 390 Arviat, Nunavut X0C 0E0 Tel.: (867) 857-3063 Fax: (867) 857-3090 E-mail: autatnaq@gov.nu.ca OntarioOntario - Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities - Literacy and Basic Skills Program The Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities supports a wide variety of literacy and basic skills training programs across the province. These programs are offered through local community agencies, school boards, and community colleges. Individuals 16 years of age or older, who are out of school, and need help to read, write or do basic mathematics, are eligible. Literacy and Basic Skills Section Workplace Preparation Branch Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities 23rd Floor, Mowat Block 900 Bay Street Toronto, Ontario M7A 1L2 Toll Free: 1-800-387-5656 (Training Hotline) or (416) 326-5656 Fax: (416) 326-5505 Ontario - Independent Learning Centre - Adult Basic Education The Independent Learning Centre provides a wide range of courses that allow adults to earn secondary school diploma credits, upgrade their basic skills, or study for personal development. It is operated by TV Ontario and the Adult Basic Education component includes four types of courses: Adult Basic Literacy, English as a Second Language, Adult Basic English, and Adult Basic Mathematics. Independent Learning Centre 2180 Yonge Street, 7th floor Toronto, Ontario M4T 2T1 To call toll-free: Local calls: (416) 484-2704 Fax: (416) 484-2754 E-mail: learner.ilc@tvontario.org Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Island - Department of Education - Literacy and Adult Learning Literacy Initiatives Secretariat PEI Department of Education Third Floor North, Shaw Building 105 Rochford Street P.O. Box 2000 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 7N8 Tel: (902) 368-6286 E-mail: bemacnutt@gov.pe.ca QuébecQuébec - Ministère de l'Éducation du Québec Learning throughout life SaskatchewanSaskatchewan Learning Tel: 1-888-775-3276 E-mail: hotline@sasked.gov.sk.ca Yukon TerritoryYukon Territory - Yukon Education - Literacy Programs labour/literacyprograms.html Labour Market Programs and Services Advanced Education Department of Education P.O. Box 2703 Whitehorse, Yukon Territory Y1A 2C6 Tel: 1-800-661-0408, local 8682 Fax: (867) 667-8555 E-mail: carol.leef@gov.yk.ca
Although many Aboriginal People's organizations address literacy in their objectives, a few focus specifically on literacy issues. A selection is listed in this Rural Literacy Pathfinder.
2040 Yonge Street, 3rd Floor Internet: http://www.aboriginal.sk.literacy.ca/home.htm 917 22nd Street West Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 0R9 Tel.: (306) 934-2632 Fax: (306) 934-2633 E-mail: aboriginal.literacy@sasktel.net United Native Friendship Centre Literacy Program Internet: http://www.unfc.org/literacy.html P.O. Box 752 516 Portage Avenue Fort Frances, Ontario P9A 3N1 Tel: (807) 274-8541 or 1-877-496-9034 Fax: (807) 274-4110 E-mail: inquiry@unfc.org
Studies of LiteracyBell, James H. This paper reviews results of a questionnaire distributed to literacy workers in rural Alberta to ascertain their views on rural literacy. The questionnaire was designed to identify: (1) distinctive features of the issues of adults illiteracy in rural areas; (2) the strengths of literacy efforts in rural Alberta; (3) the weaknesses of literacy efforts in rural Alberta; (4) additional help needed; and (5) the most needed research efforts. The results indicated that respondents viewed rural literacy as distinct from urban literacy in that the former had greater difficulties in keeping the illiterate confidential and in overcoming geographic distance. Bulcock, Jeffrey W. Perceived Causes of Literacy and Illiteracy in Newfoundland and Labrador. Report Number 5. Summary Reports of Paths to Literacy and Illiteracy in Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's, NF: Memorial University, 1992.This study determined the causes of adult literacy and illiteracy in Newfoundland and Labrador as perceived by those in a position to set literacy policy. It used Statistics Canada data from a national adult literacy survey to critique some of these perceptions. Results indicated that policy-makers: (1) cited most frequently the school drop-out rate as the cause of illiteracy; (2) believed that parental and home background educational resources were principal contributors to adult illiteracy; (3) believed that greater, more systematic, and higher quality effort and training in the area of adult literacy program development and services was the most promising way a to increase the provincial literacy rate. Conseil Supérieur de l'éducation L'éducation des adultes: partenaire du développement local et régional. Gouvernment of Québec, September, 2003. Edmunds, Gail A. Literacy Upgrading for Adults with Learning Disabilities. Whitehorse: Yukon Literacy Council, 1993.The Yukon Literacy Council is committed to promoting literacy in both urban and rural Yukon by developing and providing programs for adults who wish to upgrade their literacy skills. Experience has shown that a proportion of these adult learners have learning disabilities. The purpose of this report is to provide information on this special population of adult learners. General information on the disorders is followed by specific information on the learning disabled adult. The report concludes with recommendations for the Yukon Literacy Council regarding programming for this population. To order, contact: Yukon Literacy Council Hautecoueur, Jean-Paul, ed. Literacy and Cultural Development Strategies in Rural Areas compiles 21 action research articles from 12 countries that describe community-based initiatives in adult literacy education in rural areas. Chile, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada are the countries represented. These initiatives represent dynamic experiments in cultural action that explicitly link individual basic education and a collective change in the conditions of local life. Hautecoueur, Jean-Paul, ed. Basic Education and Work examines critical issues such as the crisis of work, resistance to loss of culture and identity, work dislocation and disqualification, and resultant impoverishment of body and mind are tackled. Contents include: A Critique of Literacy Ideology and Some Current Literacy Practices in North America; Transition from Literacy and Basic Education Practices to Learner-Workers' Workshops; The Relationship Between Basic Education and Work in the Post- Modern Context. Hautecoueur, Jean-Paul. Opening Reflections: Literacy in Rural Areas - Orientations for Action Research. [S.l.: s.n., s.d.] This chapter addresses the role of action research in projects that link literacy education and cultural action in peripheral rural areas. These programs aim to improve the living conditions of a population without destroying its cultural heritage or way of life. Action research begins with three broad questions: (1) In what terms do local people pose questions of development, change, preservation, and revitalization of their cultural heritage? (2) By what means other than individuals' linguistic competence or school performance can literacy facts and issues be interpreted? (3) What plans have local individuals, groups, and communities formulated to resist the destructuring of their community? The outcome of this action research is a common cultural capital, a process of collective cultural development measured not by individuals' instrumental abilities but by improvement in local living conditions and cultural preservation. Hughes, Dionne, and Horth, Raynald. "Challenges of Literacy and Development in Rural Quebec." In Alpha 94 Literacy and Cultural Development Strategies in Rural Areas, edited by Jean-Paul Hautecoeur. Toronto: Culture Concepts, 1994.This chapter examines a regional project created in 1991, called "Coalition Urgence Rurale." It was formed to support initiatives that promote community empowerment, maintain community services (including schools), and enhance rural identity. The movement aimed to develop a social agenda based on a contemporary redefinition of rurality. Local chapters of the coalition use conscious-raising strategies and community educational activities to bolster developmental actions and strengthen often marginalized local identities. Literacy Field Research Group, Dundas (Ontario). Rural Reflections. Occasional Paper No. 2 Fall 1995. Dundas, ON: Literacy Field Research Group, 1995.Rural Reflections is a document which contains six papers describing program-based research from rural literacy programs in Ontario. Some of the reports describe action research from pilot projects, raising questions about responding to the special challenges of rural needs. The six papers are titled as follows: (1) The Lambton Learning Lab Project; (2) On Track: Using Tables to Organize and Schedule Data; (3) Rural Literacy and Health Concerns; (4) A Living Library; (5) Flying by the Seat of My Pants: A Novice Researcher's Reflections; and (6) Recognition for Learning - Life Cycle of a Project. To order, contact: Coordinator, Literacy Field Research Group Medicine Hat College - Brooks Campus. Homespun Literacy Project VHS Video. Medicine Hat, AB: Medicine Hat College - Division of Community Education, [1996].This 16 minute video describes the family literacy project of the Homespun project of Medicine Hat College - Brooks Campus. This project is an adult direct/children indirect program in a rural Alberta community. The parents meet one afternoon a week at the local library. Homespun believes that the roots of literacy are in the home and teaches parents how to read to their children. Several participants discuss the benefits of the program both for their children and themselves. To order, contact: Saskatchewan Literacy Network Norris, Stephen P. et al. Demographic Causes of Reading Literacy Levels in Newfoundland and Labrador. Report Number 1. Summary of Reports of Paths to Literacy and Illiteracy in Newfoundland and Labrador. St. John's, NF: Memorial University, 1992.This study tested the literacy levels of people living in Newfoundland and Labrador. Data on 4 030 native speakers of English (ages 16 to 69 years) born in Canada were taken from a large set of statistics to test for the following factors: the "brain drain," age, rurality, educational attainment, and parents' education. Findings suggest that demographics cannot account for the lower than average reading literacy in Newfoundland and Labrador. Northern Lights College. Community Literacy Needs Assessment Project Report. Fort St. John, BC: Northern Lights College, Fort St. John Campus, 1993.The report details a 1992/1993 BC literacy cost-shared project called, Community Literacy Needs Assessment, which took place in three northern BC communities: Fort Nelson, Fort St. John, and Dawson Creek. The project was shared by Northern Lights College, the Dawson Creek Literacy Society, the Fort St. John Literacy Society, and the Fort Nelson Community Council for Literacy. The three-volume report describes the differing needs in each region and outlines existing literacy programs and resources. To order, contact: Northern Lights College, Fort St. John Campus Ontario Literacy Coalition. Bridging Literacy and the Workplace (1996). Toronto: Ontario Literacy Coalition, 1996.This Occasional Paper includes five articles by practitioners who have examined the literacy needs in different workplace settings in Ontario. These settings range from a greenhouse in rural Ontario to a large factory site in urban Toronto. This publication is designed for anyone interested in program-based research and workplace literacy training. To order, contact: Ontario Literacy Coalition Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Education and Training. Workplace Preparation Branch. Empowering the Spirit of the Native People - The Native Literacy Movement in Ontario. Toronto: Ministry of Education and Training, 1993.Empowering the Spirit and of the Native People describes the Native Literacy projects funded through the Ontario Community Literacy grants program. Each profile provides contact information, a description of the program and its mission. Ontario Rural Literacy Distinct Needs of Rural Literacy Programs. Denfield, ON: Ontario Rural Literacy Committee, 1994.The Distinct Needs of Rural Literacy Programs report addresses issues specific to rural special projects. Rural communities and rural literacy programs have distinct geographic, economic, social, and employment characteristics that create barriers to teaching, learning, and program development. Recommendations for addressing program barriers include: (1) rural representation on government policy-making committees; (2) development of a distinct costing mechanism for rural programs; (3) availability of funds and equipment for effective networking; (4) support for offering a wide spectrum of services; (5) development of relevant materials for rural adult learners; and (6) research concerning the needs of adult learners and barriers to participation in rural Ontario. To order, contact: Ontario Literacy Coalition Ontario Rural Literacy Rural Literacy Ontario: Cost Differences Between Rural and Urban Literacy Programs. Denfield, [Toronto]: Ontario Rural Literacy Committee, 1995.Ontario Rural Literacy was a special interest group of educators concerned with the particular needs of literacy programs in rural areas of Ontario. The committee is now a component of Ontario Literacy Coalition. Rural Literacy Ontario: Cost Differences Between Rural and Urban Literacy Programs report is the result of a survey conducted in 1995 of all programs in Ontario receiving Ontario Literacy grants from the provincial government. To order, contact: Ontario Literacy Coalition Prince Edward Island. Department of Education. Tough Challenges: Great Rewards - A Strategy for Adult Literacy/Education in Prince Edward Island. [Charlottetown]: Department of Education, 1996.In Prince Edward Island an aggressive approach to improve adult literacy/education levels is essential if the cycle of dependency and unemployment is to be broken. Education and training are the key to this Province's ability to meet the challenge of global competition. Issues addressed by the Strategy for Adult Literacy/ Education in Prince Edward Island are complex and clear: how to insure sufficient and sustainable resources, how to significantly broaden the level of community commitment to achieve a fully literate province. Project Literacy Terrace. Northwest Journey Sketches of Life and Learning. Terrace, BC: Project Literacy Terrace, [1994].Project Literacy Terrace wanted to create a book about Northwest BC by learners who make their lives in the region. The work found in this book is a reflection not only of the area but also of the people. To order, contact: Project Literacy TerraceTaylor, Maurice C. and Draper, James A. The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador. Newfoundland and Labrador Adult Basic Education Social History Sites (1996). St. John's, NF: Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1996.This series of ten books for adult learners in basic education is a collaboration between The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador and Cabot College Literacy Office. The objective of this project was to provide adult learners with meaningful literacy materials drawn from their own culture. Topics in the series were chosen for their human and social interest. In addition to historical topics, current social and economic issues such as the closure of fish plants are also examined in an attempt to provide a contemporary perspective. Taking the Lead. St. John's, NF: Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2001.To order, contact: The Writers' Alliance of Newfoundland and Labrador Teaching Tools for LiteracyFrontier College. Frontier College LOON. (Learning Opportunities in Ontario North) The Loon Literacy Practitioner Training Course. [Sudbury, ON]: LOON, 1995.This distance education training course, being developed in Northern Ontario, consists of seven modules, with audio and/or video tapes, guides and supplementary material. This resource is aimed at people working in the literacy field. Manitoba. Department of Education and Training. Literacy and Continuing Education Branch. Exemplary Practice in Manitoba. Models of Quality in Literacy Programming. Winnipeg: Department of Education and Training. Literacy and Continuing Education Branch, 1995.The Exemplary Practice in Manitoba. Models of Quality in Literacy Programming profiles seven programs: (1) the Open Doors program in Winnipeg; (2) the Brandon Friendship Centre literacy program; (3) the Flin Flon Friendship Centre literacy program; (4) the Transcona Literacy program in Winnipeg; (5) the Pembina Valley Language Education for Adults program; (6) the Communication Enhancement Program coordinated by the United Grain Growers and Manitoba Pool Elevators; and (7) the workplace program offered by the manufacturing company Atlas Graham. New Brunswick Committee on Literacy. Rural Literacy Promotion Kit (1997). Fredericton, NB: New Brunswick Committee on Literacy, 1997.This promotion kit, published by the New Brunswick Committee on Literacy, was developed in partnership with READ Chipman, the Carleton County Council, and the Petitcodiac Literacy Council of New Brunswick. The kit includes: a community profile questionnaire, background information and an executive summary of the project, literacy and literacy level definitions, and New Brunswick statistics on literacy. To order, contact: 944 Prospect Street West Ontario Rural Literacy Community Partnership Handbook. Denfield, ON: Ontario Rural Literacy Committee, 1995.Ontario Rural Literacy is a special interest group of educators concerned with the particular needs of literacy programs in rural areas of Ontario. The Community Partnerships Handbook is a resource for literacy programs. It has a variety of ideas to help educators and organizations create partnerships within the community. Its three-ring binder format is divided into four sections: (1) Community Partnerships; (2) Literacy/Educations Organizations; (3) Fundraising Techniques; and (4) Helpful References. To order, contact: Ontario Literacy Coalition Open Learning Agency. Learning Resources. Burnaby, BC: Open Learning Agency. The learning resources catalogue offers a comprehensive compendium of high-quality learning resources that can either by used for designing curricula or for enhancing a variety of college, university, workplace or continuing education programs. Many of these materials can also be adapted to meet individual educational or corporate training needs. To order, contact: The Open Learning Agency Shelburne County Learning Network. Family Learning Handbook 1997. Shelburne County, NS: Shelburne County Learning Network, 1997.The Family Learning Handbook is designed for use by coordinators who wish to set up a family learning program in a rural area. Community services personnel and health outreach workers will also find this handbook helpful in understanding family literacy issues. The Handbook describes a family literacy program which was recently implemented in the rural Nova Scotia town of Lockeport. It provides a history of the program and a detailed description of the methods used by the program to attract learners and tutors. To order, contact: Shelburne County Learning Network Women and LiteracyConsumers Association of Canada Literacy: the hidden problem. Consumers' Association of Canada. Videocassette. 1998. 12 minutes.The Consumers Assocation of Canada (CAC) produced this video for 1,500 workshops held across Canada for members of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada (FWIC). Peter Gzowski opens the video and closes it with a challenge to the Women's Institutes to find ways to improve literary awareness in their own communitiies. Foxall, Justine F. Rural Women, Literacy, and Participation in Economic Development. Carleton University, Ottawa: Centre for the Study of Training, Investment and Economic Restructuring, 1995.The purpose of this working paper is to raise for discussion and further examination the issue of rural women, literacy and economic development in the context of Eastern Ontario. The first section asks questions about the links between literacy and economic restructuring in the 1990s, the second part asks questions about women in rural Eastern Ontario, and the third section poses questions about the provision of programs in rural communities where women can participate in courses that develop their literacy. The final section asks how to move ahead with the rural women who are already engaged in their own and their communities' development and with those who are waiting to join it. To order, contact: Carleton University Horsman, Jennifer. "But I'm Not a Therapist": Furthering Discussion about Literacy Work with Survivors of Trauma. Toronto: Spiral Community Resource Group, 1998.This report is a brief introduction to the findings of a research project sponsored by The Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW) and funded by the National Literacy Secretariat. It examines the impacts of abuse on women's literacy learning and explores approaches to literacy programming in light of these impacts. Horsman, Jennifer. Something in My Mind Besides the Everyday: Women and Literacy. Toronto: Women's Press, 1991.Horsman examines social, personal, familial and community patterns that form the social disorganization in the lives of rural women. Using interviews of rural women, about their literacy, Horsman's theoretical analysis soundly argues that illiteracy is socially constructed. To order, contact: Women's Press 180 Bloor St. West, Suite 801 Toronto, Ontario, M6G 4A2 Tel: (416) 929-2774 York University. Canadian Woman Studies: Women of the North. Toronto: Founders College, York University, 1994.Women of the North is by and about women living in northern, rural and isolated communities, the issue explores northern women's experiences and insights into social issues such as limited access to services, the challenge of living in isolated communities, employment equity, child care, health care and more. Parts of the book deal in particular with the development of literacy skills and the distinct needs of literacy programs in the North. To order, contact: Canadian Woman Studies Founders College, York University 4700 Keele Street, Suite 212 North York, Ontario, M3J 1P3 Tel: (416) 650-8144
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