Canadian Council on Learning | Conseil Canadien sur l'Apprentissage

Learning Link: Sept. 9, 2009

Online prose literacy map

In recognition of International Literacy Day, CCL has created an interactive map that allows Canadians to explore low prose literacy rates in more than 52,200 neighbourhoods across the country.

More on the prose literacy map  » 

CCL Recommends

Understanding health literacy

The ability to make well-informed decisions about your health is the chief element of what has come to be known as “health literacy.” CCL's February 2008 report, Health Literacy in Canada: A Healthy Understanding, examines the link between health literacy and health—and features an interactive online map.

More on the report » 

Other CCL news

• Evaluation of Early Years Literacy Instructional Program
  
• Comfort, Play & Teach: A Positive Approach to Parenting; CCL's Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre and Invest in Kids present three short brochures that help parents better understand—and deal with—aggressive behaviours in pre-school children.
  
• Annual Report 2008–2009
  
• Watch Dr. Paul Cappon, CCL’s President and CEO, deliver the keynote address at CCL's Adult Learning Knowledge Centre's Annual Symposium held in Montreal, in June 2009.    

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