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January 27, 2010, was Family Literacy Day

Literacy BC has moved offices

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)

Literacy & Beyond raises $33,000 for Literacy BC

Literacy BC's 2008/09 Annual Report is now online (PDF).

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

Listen to Barbara Adler's poem, "Florence"

Report: Canada's Hidden Deficit: the Social Cost of Low Literacy Skills

Visit www.youthliteracy.ca for resources to help youth overcome literacy challenges

Steve Mattice "Several years ago I had a bad accident and couldn't work my usual jobs anymore. I was nearly fifty years old, had never finished high school, and I didn't know what I was going to do. Then I heard about the Partner Assisted Learning program in Williams Lake ..."		Robin Garcia "As a mother of six children it is my family that inspired me to achieve my learning goals. I noticed that things stay the same until you make a change in your life. At first I was really scared to ask for help, but I did it ..."
Kevin Mardell "In Grade 7 I was diagnosed with autism and dyslexia. I struggled in school, but did graduate, and started a job. However I lost my job when my employer closed down. That's when I decided to attend Project Literacy Kelowna ..."		More Stories ... from the Movement for Canadian Literacy's "Book of Changes"