National Adult Literacy Database

This report provides a detailed account and analysis of a two-day forum entitled “In From the Margins: Promising Practices and Possibilities for Health and Learning,” held in Richmond, B.C., in March 2009.

The authors say they hope this report can be a resource for other organizations trying to address the health of marginalized adults and their families.

There is a companion piece to this document, entitled “In From the Margins: Promising Practices and Possibilities From a Working Forum for Health, Literacy and Early Childhood Professionals.” That document includes more than 30 promising practices submitted and approved by delegates who attended the two-day forum.