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New poll finds 90% of Canadians believe improving literacy is key to competitive economy.

Council of the Federation Announces Literacy Award Winners for 2010

Conference Board of Canada report shows that improving literacy can save lives in the workplace.

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Literacy BC's Diana Twiss speaks about workplace education and literacy (video by ABC Life Literacy Canada)

Project Report: Getting Online: Distance Education Promising Practices for Canadian Literacy Practitioners

The Westcoast Reader, a newspaper for adults learning to read, presents The Best of the Reader, a website with many ebooks and teacher resources.

Watch "Literacy Yarn" to find out why knitting is a good metaphor for literacy.

Data Angel Report: Addressing Canada's Literacy Challenge, A Cost-Benefit Analysis (PDF)

New Guidebook: Learning Together: A Guide to Community-Based Adult ESL & Literacy in British Columbia (PDF)

New TD Bank Report: Helping Newcomers Unlock Their Potential (PDF)

Listen to Barbara Adler's poem, "Florence"

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Literacy BC Research and Publications

Here, you can access many of the resulting publications, or read about some of our research projects and partnerships. Contact our Resource Centre to learn more or to borrow publications.

We also publish training and orientation resources, newletters and an Annual Report. In addition, Literacy BC has a number of videos on the importance of literacy, which may be viewed here.

Dr. Jenny Horsman
Dr. Jenny Horsman has created a series of six information sheets for teachers about violence and learning. Dr. Horsman is an educator and researcher based in Toronto, whose work focuses on the impact of violence on learning.

 
Literacy BC Spring  2010 E-Bulletin
Read our latest e-Bulletin - all the literacy news from around BC (PDF). The Spring 2010 edition includes Steve Mattice: Learning in Awesome, Literacy BC Group Benefits for Members, and much more.

Sign up for the e-Bulletin here or find all of our previous e-Bulletins here.

 

Learning Together: A Guide to Community-Based Adult ESL & Literacy in BC
A guide to community-based adult ESL and literacy in British Columbia (PDF).

 
Learning Without Borders
Navigate the complexities of community-based adult literacy in BC. We survey its history, explain some of the challenges, and introduce the perspective of adult learners. Includes summary of research reports that are valuable for a full understanding of adult literacy today (PDF).

 

Helping Communities Bloom
Your accessible guide to what family literacy is all about, and how to get a program going. Includes the BC Statements of Standards and Best Practices in Family Literacy (PDF).

 
Its Own Reward
Your indispensable guide to community-based adult literacy volunteer tutor programs. Written by Judy Brooks (PDF).
Now I Get It!
Report on the National Youth Literacy Demonstration Project, by Literacy BC in partnership with Surrey School District. The report discusses comprehensive approach to building literacy skills and the behaviors required to succeed in school and in life (PDF).

 
Focused on Practice
This national study was designed to learn about people's experiences of and interest in research in practice in adult literacy so that a framework to support practitioner research could be created (PDF).
From the Ground Up
A three-year research-in-practice project to produce a system of outcome-oriented evaluation of community adult literacy programs that is useful to practitioners and learners as well as funders and policy-makers, flexible enough to accommodate the diversity among literacy programs, and rigorous in its approach to outcomes assessment (PDF).

 
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A grass roots network of individuals and organizations committed to research in practice in adult literacy in BC. We support research-related professional development among BC practitioners, promote research in practice, and create opportunities for practitioners to participate.

The Big Picture Up Close
Outcomes of a province-wide consultation on literacy and learning in BC (2002) (PDF).
  A Quick Guide to the Community Literacy Benchmarks

It guided me back to learning: A Longitudinal Study of Calls to the Literacy BC Helpline

Patterns of participation in Canadian Literacy and Upgrading Program (co-authored with ABC Canada)

What makes an effective instructor?

Literacy and technology (PDF)

 

Literacy BC Annual Report 2008/09
Read Literacy BC's 2008/09 Annual Report (PDF). Click here to see previous years' reports.
 
Fall ELMO News
ELMO News is a quarterly that presents interviews with literacy practitioners, and reviews of useful literacy resources. View past issues here.