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15 Minutes of Family Fun – Storytelling

This colourful family literacy information sheet describes 5 quick, easy to do family story activities. It also outlines how these activities benefit children. This information is also available in a …

Embedding Literacy & Essential Skills in the Workplace: Final Research Report

This is the research report from the Embedding Literacy and Essential Skills in the Workplace research project conducted from October 2009 to December 2012. The project investigated strategies for developing …

Embedding Literacy & Essential Skills: Lessons from our research

A discussion of the Embedding Literacy and Essential Skills project, which investigated strategies for the development of sustainable, practical workplace literacy programs that could be incorporated into a work environment. …

Working with Volunteers: 25 ideas for good practice

Working with Volunteers: 25 Ideas for Good Practice aims to provide a quick reference for things to know in order to make working with volunteers a positive experience for both your organization and the volunteer. It is written with the needs of literacy organizations and programs in British Columbia and their volunteers in mind.

Community Literacy Planning Guide: Working Together for Literacy

This guidebook explores how the community literacy plan, a reporting requirement for ongoing literacy funding, can be completed. But more importantly, this guide provides task groups and literacy outreach coordinators …

What is Learning Like for ME?: a Community Approach to Learning Disabilities

This resource contains information about a workshop on learning disabilities in adults for service providers in Haida Gwaii. A subsequently developed tool kit for practitioners covers different learning styles and …

Waking Up to the Possibilities: Angela’s Story

A digital story about horses, music, school and dyslexia and how they fit together. The story of Angela, a songwriter, and some of her experiences with dyslexia. Created to raise …

Time for a Change: Learning Disabilities or Abilities?

This guide was written to help literacy tutors and their adult students understand the often hidden impacts of learning disabilities or unmet learning needs. The first section provides information and …

Snakes and Ladders for Learning: Learning Disabilities Edition

This game fosters an awareness of the impact of learning disabilities. It is designed for literacy practitioners, tutors and instructors. Complete instructions on how to set up and play the …

Self-advocacy for People with Learning Disabilities: A Guide for Adult Literacy Educators

This resource for adult literacy practitioners provides an introduction to self-advocacy. It includes a collection of tools and worksheets to help adults with learning disabilities identify and develop their unique …