Browse by subject "Plain/Clear Communication"
91. Knowing Your Welfare Rights & Responsibilities in Manitoba (2001)
Plain Language Advocacy Guide, A
Authors: Janet Smith
Collection: Learning Materials
This Guide attempts to answer some of the most frequently-asked questions about welfare, and gives readers helpful hints on how to deal with the welfare system. The Guide also lists organizations and resources that can address other questions and concerns you may have about the welfare system.
Author Janet Smith explains: “Literacy students and instructors have been saying for years that the welfare system is confusing. Most recipients don't fully understand their welfare rights and responsibilities. Instructors find the policies equally confusing. We felt it was time to interpret EIA legislation and policies, making this information accessible to the average reader.” The guide is written in plain, easy-to-read language, at an approximate grade 5/6 level. It is aimed primarily at welfare recipients, but can also be used as a teaching and advocacy tool for those who support people on welfare: literacy instructors, case workers, community organizations, advocates and others.
Added: 2001-09-01
92. A Language So Dear... (1996)
Series: Wayfaring Journeys in Language, Learning and Culture
Authors: Jeanette Winsor
Collection: Learning Materials
A Language So Dear... by Jeanette Winsor is a story in the book Wayfering Journeys in Language, Learning and Culture, it is a collection of writings by ABE instructors and students in Newfoundland brought together for a "language awareness project", designed to explore attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge about language and the teaching of language.
Even in the book's earliest stages, the concept of wayfaring, travelling close to the ground, was prominent as a metaphor for the literacy we need inside classrooms, and inside ourselves.
This is also a useful contribution to the literature of practitioner research and inquiry.
Added: 2004-06-07
93. The Lepers of New Brunswick (1985)
Series: Miramichi Literacy Writers
Authors: Merle Milson, Lynn Johnston, 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: 2009-05-01
94. Listen to Learn Youth Literacy Project - Phase II: Cochrane (2001)
Series: Youth Literacy Project
Authors: Kimberly Fournier
Collection: Research Materials
This is a brief survey done in 2001 extracts demographic data sets regarding literacy rates, attitudes and situational factors amongst youth learners in Cochrane, Ontario by the Listen to Learn Youth Literacy Project. The survey examines a small number of youths ranging from 15-23 from varying backgrounds. This report also gives the reader an idea of why these particular youths are in the Listen to Learn Youth Literacy project as well as anecdotal data and responses.
Added: 2009-08-26
95. Literacy and Access to Administrative Justice in Canada (2005)
A Guide for the Promotion of Plain Language
Authors: Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals
Collection: Research Materials
This document looks at low literacy and the administrative justice system, making recommendations for the use of plain language when working with clients with marginal literacy skills who are faced with an unfamiliar environment, unknown administrative processes, and difficult legal language when dealing with legal processes.
"The courts have stated it plainly: if individuals do not understand the legal process in which they are involved, then justice has been denied."
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Added: 2007-03-16
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96. Literacy and Health in Canada: What We Have Learned and What Can Help in the Future? (Clear Language Edition) (2004)
A Research Report
Authors: Elsie Petch, Irving Rootman, Barbara Ronson
Collection: Research Materials
Health and Literacy are linked. We have learned that people with reading problems have more health problems. We need to learn how to make it easier for people who don't read well to be healthy.
This research report was done for an international conference. The conference was about how to improve the health of people who are most at risk for health problems. The people who planned the conference wanted to know about health and literacy research in Canada.
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Added: 2005-04-14
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97. Literacy and Policing in Canada: Target Crime with Literacy [Video – 5:43] (2009)
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Authors: Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
Collection: Learning Materials
This video focuses on an initiative of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), aimed at making police aware of how low literacy may affect the people they deal with.
The video features a number of people involved in the project, including police officers, corrections officials, specialists in clear communication, and literacy workers. They explain that low literacy can interfere with access to justice for complainants, witnesses and suspects, all of whom may have trouble understanding the complex material they are faced with.
CACP has produced fact sheets, a resource manual and a workshop curriculum for the project.
Added: 2011-06-28
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98. The Literacy NL Guide to Provincial Elections 2011 (2011)
Authors: Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador
Collection: Learning Materials
This brief guide was prepared by Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador in preparation for the provincial election there, scheduled for October 11, 2011.
The document includes information about voting eligibility; how the voters’ list is maintained; advance polls and special ballots; and how to mark the ballot. The authors also discuss why it is important to vote and include contact information for Elections Newfoundland and Labrador.
While this document was prepared specifically for the 2011 provincial election, much of the information it contains is general enough to be helpful to anyone who wants to learn more about the electoral process.
Added: 2011-10-07
99. Literacy: Focused on the Workplace (2000)
Vignettes and Learning Activities focusing on the Literacy - Workplace Link
Authors: Agassiz Headways - Central Manitoba Literacy Association
Collection: Learning Materials
This document includes two adult learner stories regarding their family background, their memories of school and learning, and some of their work experiences.
There are also learning activities such as a vocabulary matching game, learning about past tense, a comparison game, and a question & answer section regarding either or both stories.
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Added: 2006-08-10
100. Louise Manny (1985)
Series: Miramichi Literacy Writers
Authors: Donna Harriman, 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: 2009-05-08
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