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Projection: 15 million adults with low literacy skills by 2031
A groundbreaking CCL report disproves the common assumption that Canada’s adult literacy rates will improve over time.
Currently, 48%—almost half—of all adults have low literacy skills. That proportion is expected to remain virtually unchanged over the next two decades. Due to population growth, Canada will see a 25% increase by 2031 in the number of adults with low literacy skills, to a total of more than 15 million.
Reading the Future: Planning to meet Canada’s future literacy needs is a report and reference tool for policy-makers and adult educators working to improve adult literacy. It furthers our understanding of adults with low levels of literacy, categorizing them into groups and presenting a comprehensive overview of their similarities and differences. It then identifies effective approaches to improving the literacy skills of each of these groups.
To complement the report, CCL has produced first-person "success stories"—video profiles of adults who have improved their literacy skills.
CCL also introduces PALMM (Projections of Adult Literacy—Measuring Movement), an online tool that allows visitors to calculate adult literacy rates through 2031 based on variables such as location, immigrant status, age and education level. More on the report »
Lessons in Learning: Summer Learning Loss
The long summer vacation creates a gap in the learning cycle during which many students forget some of what they learned during the school year. What can be done to counteract the effects of summer learning loss? Go to article »
Profiles in Learning: Joé Juneau
As any hockey fan will tell you, the most exciting part of any game usually happens in the third period. The same can be said for the life of former professional hockey player Joé Juneau. After a 12-year NHL career and a high-profile post-hockey job as an engineer, Juneau surprised everyone with an unorthodox life change—moving his young family 1,500 miles north to set up an innovative and ambitious hockey program for Inuit kids in Nunavik. Read profile »
Board News
CCL is pleased to welcome a new member to its Board of Directors, Brian Heidecker, Chair, Board of Governors, University of Alberta. In other board news, on May 26, Aldéa Landry was awarded an honorary doctorate by Mount Allison University and Larry Booi has been selected to receive the Alberta Teachers' Association's Honorary Membership for 2008, the highest honour presented to those who have made a significant contribution to the practice of teaching and public education in Alberta. Consult list of CCL board members »
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