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Both in its narrower sense—the reading, writing and numeracy skills needed to cope with everyday tasks—and in its broader, more nuanced sense—the multiple literacies required to thrive in a knowledge economy—literacy is interwoven through the full spectrum of CCL’s work.
CCL has recently unveiled a series of interactive maps that monitor literacy scores and levels for provinces, regions and more than 50,000 neighbourhoods across Canada.
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The Future of Literacy in Canada's Largest Cities Thanks to new, previously unreleased data, CCL is now able to provide literacy projections on an unprecedented city level. CCL’s new report, The Future of Literacy in Canada’s Largest Cities, offers adult literacy projections for Canada’s largest cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa. (September 2010)
State of Learning in Canada: A Year in Review The 2009–2010 State of Learning in Canada: A Year in Review report provides the most up-to-date information available on Canada’s learning landscape, and in the process helps contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of how Canadians are faring as lifelong learners. (March 2010)
Securing Prosperity through Canada’s Human Infrastructure: The State of Adult Learning and Workplace Training in Canada This report focuses on how adult learning —all forms of learning undertaken by adults beyond initial education and training — can help to foster a more secure future for Canadians and Canada. (September 2009)
State of Learning in Canada: Toward a Learning Future This report provides an overview of how well Canadians are equipped to meet the demands of our collective future. (July 2008)
State of Learning in Canada: No Time for Complacency This report examines Canada’s state of learning in early childhood, at school, through adulthood, in the workplace and for Aboriginal Peoples, with a special feature on literacy that touches on all these areas (Learning and Literacy: Canada’s Challenges—chapter 6). (January 2007)
Health Literacy in Canada: A Healthy Understanding This report examines the relationship between levels of health literacy and health outcomes (e.g., diabetes). It also outlines how certain characteristics, such as education and age, can affect health literacy. (February 2008)
Health Literacy in Canada: Initial Results from the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS) The results used in this report are derived from health-related literacy tasks that were included in the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (IALSS). (September 2007)
This series of interactive maps provide an in-depth look at literacy scores and levels for provinces, regions and more than 50,000 neighbourhoods across Canada. Read these tips on how to use the interactive maps.
Calculate adult literacy rates into the future using PALMM (Projections of Adult Literacy—Measuring Movement), an interactive online complement to Reading the Future: Planning to meet Canada’s future literacy needs (2008) and The Future of Literacy in Canada's Largest Cities (2010).
The Minerva Lecture Series was created to foster discussion between Canadian learning researchers and citizens from across the country. The Minerva Lecture Series is a unique opportunity to understand how research can inform and affect learning for all at different stages of life.
Success stories: Turning the page on low literacy This Reading the Future video series consists of first-person accounts of six inspirational adults who have worked to overcome low literacy.
Lessons in Learning is published to provide Canadians with independent information about 'what works' in learning. Read articles related to gender differences in reading achievement, improving literacy levels among Aboriginal Canadians, and the relationship between literacy and health.
Helping women span the distance: the Bridges program Returning to school as an adult is rarely an easy process, and is often fraught with feelings of inadequacy and anxiety. But for women living with abusive partners the experience is infinitely more complicated. That’s where the Bridges Program, an innovative adult learning program in London, Ontario, comes in.
Profiles in Learning is CCL’s ongoing series of feature articles exploring the unique lives and learning experiences of eminent Canadians.
“Though many believe Canada is well-equipped on the literacy front, the fact is that nearly half of all adults have low literacy levels meaning they are ill-prepared for the current demands of our rapidly changing world.” — Dr. Paul Cappon, CCL’s President and CEO, September 8, 2009
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