Browse by keyword "Community literacy"
11. Building Strong and Effective Community Partnerships, a Manual for Literacy Workers (1996)
Authors: Sharon Skage
Collection: Learning Materials
The objective with this manual has been, first of all, to establish a context for community partnerships, in order to provide an understanding of the benefits, issues, and challenges which are attached to forming partnerships. The second half contains practical, useful information on building community partnerships from the ground up.
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Added: 1996-01-01
12. Carnegie Literacy Needs Assessment (1998)
Authors: Sarah Evans
Collection: Research Materials
This is a report on research conducted by the Carnegie Community Centre, which is a busy, active place that acts as the "Living Room" of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The author conducted a needs assessment to document some of the ways in which literacy learning is already taking place at Carnegie, as well as some of the un-met needs for literacy learning. The result of this research was to provide a snapshot look at literacy at Carnegie and some recommendations for change. The main question asked of participants in the study was: "In what ways is "literacy" part of the daily activity at Carnegie, and what could be done to support staff, patrons, and volunteers with literacy-related activities?"
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Added: 1998-06-30
13. A Clear View of Safety at Loewen Windows (2010)
Series: Good Practices in Action – Conference Board of Canada Case studies
Authors: Alison Campbell
Collection: Research Materials
Loewen Windows, based in the Manitoba town of Steinbach, employs almost 1,700 people and is one of Canada’s largest producers of wooden windows and doors.
In 2001, the company developed a strategic growth plan and, in keeping with this plan, broadened its commitment to develop the skills of its workforce and those of the local community. The company’s Foundation Skills Program was designed to promote opportunities for workers to upgrade their English as a Second Language (ESL) skills and to improve their literacy skills.
After the successful implementation of the Foundation Skills Program, the company added a General Education Development (GED) component for workers interested in pursuing higher education.
In this document, the author looks at the objectives, impacts and benefits of the program and discusses how it can serve as a model for other companies.
For more information on The Conference Board of Canada, please follow this link: http://www.conferenceboard.ca.
Added: 2010-08-03
14. Community Service Providers as Literacy Facilitators: a Pilot Project (1998)
Authors: Ruth Hayden
Collection: Research Materials
This article describes a pilot project conducted with 20 community service providers that included health, social, and other professional workers from an inner-city area in one of Canada's capital cities. The goals of the project were (a) to explore a range of community service providers' perspectives on literacy; (b) to determine if six hours of training in family literacy development strategies modified community service providers' understanding of literacy acquisition; and (c) to examine how community service providers, as a result of the training, incorporated literacy events for the families they serve in their professional practice.
Added: 1998-01-01
15. Community Writing: Connecting Literacy and the Literary (2000)
Series: Community Writing and the Arts
Authors: Centre for Literacy of Quebec
Collection: Learning Materials
When the Centre for Literacy and Blue Metropolis (a local literary festival in Montreal) teamed up in 1999, 'Grassroots: Writing in the Community' was born. The stories and poems read that day are shared in these pages, along with background on the groups.
Added: 2000-01-01
16. Community-Based Literacy in an Urban Setting (2001)
Authors: Toronto Curriculum Working Group, Literacy Link South Central, Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy
Collection: Learning Materials
This early submission to the Ontario Ministry of Education was prepared by the Curriculum Working Group of the Metropolitan Toronto Movement for Literacy. It makes the case for community-based basic literacy programming.
Added: 2001-08-01
17. Creating a Rural Literacy Centre (2001)
A Handbook for Practitioners
Authors: Sandra Craswell
Collection: Learning Materials
This document shows that setting up a learning centre is not always easy, but that the final results are well worth the effort.
This handbook displays the progress of Words Work Centre's within a 3-year framework from 1998 to 2001. Results of this research lead to developing a rural literacy centre, and creating this handbook to document the project's process and findings. All rural areas are different - for example, Words Work Centre serves an area of about 60 square miles and a population of about 10,000 - but as identified through discussions with other rural coordinators, most rural literacy program issues are similar.
The first chapter entitled "The Vision", outlines the ideas behind planning a rural literacy centre. Chapter two, "Opening Doors", indicates the processes and documents necessary before opening the doors to a centre. In chapter three, "Operations", the day-to-day operations of a centre are outlined. Chapter four, entitled, "Sustaining a Centre", discusses the reality of keeping a centre open. For more information contact : Vesna Kavaz, Literacy Coordinator, Words Work Literacy Society, 4705 - 49 Ave., Athabasca AB T9S 1B7, Tel. (780) 675-5650, Email : Vesna_Kavaz@aaal.ab.ca WWW : http://www.nald.ca/wordwork.htm (02.01.25)
Added: 2002-12-30
18. Dream Soup and Life Stew (2006)
A collection of learning materials for women on the street
Authors: Lucy Alderson, Diana Twiss
Collection: Learning Materials
"Dream Soup and Life Stew" is a literacy resource book created by women involved with the WISH Learning Centre for street women. In this book, the authors share some of the hands-on literacy materials that emerged when they developed a literacy project at a drop-in centre for female sex-trade workers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
This book would be particularly useful to street workers or anyone involved in a community organization but new to literacy programs. Literacy or ABE instructors who want to reach further into the community with their programming would also find the material in this book helpful.
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Added: 2007-09-20
19. The Economic Value of Volunteers in Community Literacy Agencies in Ontario (1998)
Collection: Research Materials
Community Literacy of Ontario has just released the findings of this project. Research was conducted through surveys and focus groups with volunteers in Anglophone community literacy agencies in Ontario.
Research highlights include:
Nearly 10,000 volunteers are involved in Anglophone community literacy agencies throughout Ontario. The Ontario training system gains nearly $9 million worth of work annually from literacy volunteers. Three quarters of literacy volunteers regularly incur out-of-pocket expenses. On average, literacy volunteers who have regular expenses spend $390.40 annually.
The annual estimated value of out-of-pocket expenditures in Anglophone community literacy agencies in Ontario is $2.2 million dollars. On average, volunteers have committed over three and a half years to literacy.
77% of literacy volunteers indicated they were acquiring skills which applied to other parts of their lives.
89% said that learning new skills was "very important" or "somewhat important". However, only 68% had acquired new skills during the course of volunteering with literacy agencies.
60% indicated that they would not give more time even if they received some compensation for their efforts.
75% noted they were "very satisfied" with their experience as volunteers.
A further 24% were somewhat satisfied.
28% of literacy volunteers felt that volunteers do not get recognition they deserve.
The single most important value of volunteering expressed was to help others help themselves. CLO wants to thank the literacy volunteers and literacy coordinators who assisted with the surveys and focus groups for this project.
Added: 2000-09-15
20. Family and Community Literacy in the Community Academic Service Program (CASP) (1999)
Authors: Heather J. Richmond
Collection: Research Materials
This study examines the nature and effectiveness of a community-based literacy program in a Canadian province, specifically the Community Academic Services Program (CASP) of New Brunswick. It will look at this rurally-located literacy program and at the experiences of the learners and facilitators within the program.
Added: 1999-01-01
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