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Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1994 • vol.11 no.1

Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)

Authors: Dorothy Mackeracher

Collection: Research Materials

In this article, the author describes the Community Academic Services Program (CASP), a community-based literacy program in New Brunswick. Also discussed in the article is the author's view on the positive and negative aspects of the program.

The article is presented in English with a summary in French.

Added: 2004-02-12

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Series: Miramichi Literacy Writers

Authors: Jay Doucet, Miramichi Literacy Writers

Collection: Learning Materials

This booklet was written in clear language and is suitable for adult new readers. It is part of a series of 24 booklets by Miramichi Literacy Writers. Some of the other titles include:

Ferry Boats of Days Gone By
The Irish of the Miramichi
Native Peoples of the Miramichi
Old Lumber Camps on the Miramichi
The Dungarvon Whooper

Added: 2009-05-13

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Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy

Authors: Sheri Mankal

Collection: Learning Materials

This website review from CONNECT features funbrain.com. This site contains information for kids, parents and teachers along with many online games and quizzes.

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• OLES

Added: 2003-07-31

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Series: Healthy Life Series

Authors: Dr. Gilles Pinette, Christopher McGruer

Collection: Learning Materials

This guide was designed to help students get the most out of their reading of the fictional tale about a 17-year-old boy who, after the suicide of a friend, contemplates taking his own life. Traditional teachings help him work through his pain and become stronger.

The guide includes questions designed to check the student’s comprehension of the story and a section to help the student assess his writing skills. Other activities encourage readers to reflect on how the story relates to their own lives.

For more information on these resources, or to download publications, please click here: http://firstnationliteracy.com/download/.

Added: 2010-09-14

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• Choosing Life: Bobby's Story - Teacher's Guide

Series: Healthy Life Series

Authors: Christopher McGruer

Collection: Learning Materials

This teacher’s guide accompanies a fictional story about a 17-year-old boy who, after the suicide of a friend, contemplates taking his own life. Traditional teachings help him work through his pain and become stronger.

The guide includes questions and answers to lead discussion of the text. There are also suggestions for group activities, including making posters, preparing a journal and writing a song.

The author has also included advice on preparing for the story’s potential emotional impact and information about a number of suicide prevention resources available through the Internet.

For more information on these resources, or to download publications, please click here: http://firstnationliteracy.com/download/.

Added: 2010-09-14

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• Choosing Life: Bobby's Story - Student Activities

Part 1: Developing a Strategy for Clear Language in Municipal Communications

Series: The Clarity Kit

Authors: Ruth Baldwin, Sally McBeth

Collection: Learning Materials

"Developing a Strategy for Clear Language in Municipal Communications" is the first part of the three-part "Clarity Kit," which was created to assist municipal workplaces to improve communication in the workplace by encouraging the use of clear language. The tools in this kit are designed to be used co-operatively by both management and union advocates and have been modeled on the process used to set up joint labour/ management workplace literacy programs in many Canadian municipalities. In this first part of the kit, the authors outline the steps to developing a workplace clear language initiative, discuss how to promote the initiative and get people's support, and introduce the clarity audit.

The Clarity Kit was developed jointly by the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), with support from the Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program, Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC).

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• Clair et simple! Communiquer plus efficacement dans le secteur municipal

Part 2: Promoting Clear Communications in Your Municipality

Series: The Clarity Kit

Authors: Ruth Baldwin, Sally McBeth

Collection: Learning Materials

"Promoting Clear Communications in Your Municipality" is the second part of the three-part "Clarity Kit," which was developed to assist municipal workplaces to improve communication in the workplace by encouraging the use of clear language. In this part, the authors explain what is meant by "clear language," why it is of growing importance for the municipal workplace, and the problems caused by unclear language in the workplace. They also answer questions about the clear language approach and provide case studies, before and after examples, tips for clear writing and additional sources of information about clear language.

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Added: 2007-09-24

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Part 3: Analyzing Municipal Communications: the Clarity Audit™

Series: The Clarity Kit

Authors: Ruth Baldwin, Sally McBeth

Collection: Learning Materials

"The Clarity Audit" is the third part of the three-part "Clarity Kit," which was developed to assist municipal workplaces to improve their communication by encouraging the use of clear language. A clarity audit is a tool for gathering information about how an organization communicates, from the perspective of both management and unionized employees. It gives everyone a chance to comment on the clarity and quality of the communications they encounter in the municipal workplace. Analyzing the results helps the organization plan how to move forward with a clear language initiative.

This document contains the following sections:
- Seven important reasons to do a clarity audit
- How to carry out a clarity audit
- Analyzing your information
- Supports for moving forward
- The clarity audit tool: find out how your organization communicates

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Added: 2007-09-24

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• Clair et simple! Communiquer plus efficacement dans le secteur municipal

Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy

Authors: Diane McCargar

Collection: Learning Materials

This lesson plan from CONNECT teaches spelling,and capitalization while learners practise entering information in a spreadsheet or table.

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• OLES

Added: 2003-07-20

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Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy

Authors: Diane McCargar

Collection: Learning Materials

This Technical Tips article from CONNECT provides information about how to clean a computer mouse.

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• OLES

Added: 2003-07-25

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