Displaced Workers Project: Case Studies
The Displaced Workers Project: Case Studies is a report written by nine BC literacy outreach coordinators. They tell the stories of how workers, their families and entire communities in BC …
Enhancing Displaced Workers’ Literacy and Essential Skills: Annual Report: Synthesis and Next Steps
This report provides a synthesis of the research conducted in the first year of the project (April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020), with a focus on identifying promising practices …
Enhancing Displaced Workers’ Literacy and Essential Skills: Interview and Focus Group Report
This report provides an overview of the findings from interviews with ten B.C. Outreach Team Leaders and focus groups with key stakeholders in their communities. This report also includes an …
Strengthening Rural Canada: Why Place Matters in Rural Communities
This report by Leona Gadsby and Ron Samson documents phase two of a research project about developing literacy and essential skills (LES) as part of the solution to supporting growth …
Strengthening Rural Canada: Fewer and Older: Population and Demographic Challenges Across Canada
Strengthening Rural Canada was a pan-Canadian initiative examining how demographic changes have impacted rural and urban areas in four Canadian provinces, namely, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and Saskatchewan. …
A British Columbia Workforce Literacy and Essential Skills Plan
The British Columbia Workforce Literacy and Essential Skills Plan is designed to provide future generations of adult learners with literacy and essential skills to thrive in the workforce. It outlines …