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The Centre for Literacy is a centre of expertise that supports best practices and informed policy development in literacy and essential skills by creating bridges between research, policy and practice. We do this through learning events (including institutes and workshops), action research projects and publications, and also through our library services and website.
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New Research Scan Online

Last updated: January 27, 2012

Our January 2012 research scan is now online. Find out about recent research on the topics of workplace and essential skills programs, health literacy, and family literacy,   among other things

Registration now open for Summer Institute 2012: Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills – Shaping a New Learning Culture

Last updated: January 27, 2012

You can now register for Summer Institute 2012: Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills – Shaping a New Learning Culture, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Webinaire sur l’Enquête PIAAC: jeudi le 16 février 2012 à 11h30 HNE

Last updated: January 24, 2012

Une présentation sur le Programme pour l’évaluation internationale des compétences des adultes (PIAAC) et sur l’utilité des résultats du PIAAC pour les organismes qui œuvrent dans le domaine de l’alphabétisation et des compétences essentielles.

Pour vous inscrire, veuillez contacter Paul Beaulieu au Centre d’alphabétisation : paul.beaulieu (@) centreforliteracy.qc.ca

Quebec Anglo LES Needs Report Published

Last updated: January 20, 2012

The Literacy and Essential Skills Needs of Quebec’s Anglophone Adults includes a literature review and input from key informants to create a portrait of the LES needs of, and services for, Quebec’s minority-language community.

Read summaries of some of the research sources cited in the report

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Family Literacy Day at the Montreal Children's Hospital: January 25, 2012

Last updated: January 25, 2012

The Centre collaborated with the Lire/Imagine/Read program at the Montreal Children’s Hospital on an annual event marking  Family Literacy Day. A Grand Rounds lecture to health professionals by Dr. Alyson Shaw ["Read, speak, sing: Promoting literacy in the physician’s office"] kicked off the day.

Participation, proficiency and practice: What the research says [Webinar: Wednesday, February 8, 2012, 13:30 – 15:00 EST]

Last updated: January 17, 2012

Professor Steve Reder, Portland State University, will present findings from his decade-long Longitudinal Study of Adult Learning (LSAL) on the impacts of programs on their lives and the implications for LES policy and practice.

 

Webinar on the PIAAC Survey: February 15, 2012, 11:30 AM EST (en français le 16 février)

Last updated: January 17, 2012

Patrick Bussière, Director, Learning Policy Research Division, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, will present an outline of the Programme of International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) survey and what LES programs can learn from the findings and the Canadian demographic information. In English on February 15, en français le 16 février, 11h30-13h00 EST.

Health Literacy in Diabetes Practice video conference session available online

Last updated: December 12, 2011

The Health Literacy in Diabetes Practice video conference session facilitated on December 1, 2011, by Dr. Linda Shohet is now up on the Ontario Tele-health Network (OTN) media site.

IALS Fall Institute October 2011 in Banff, AB

Last updated: January 19, 2012

Think Papers, Country Stories, Presentations, Photos, Questions and Answers for the Institute, which explored the story of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) and its successors in Canada and other countries.

 

Expanding the WIC Program

Last updated: November 10, 2011

The Quebec Writers Federation and The Centre for Literacy have developed an evaluation protocol for the Writers in the Community (WIC) project.

The four zines produced during the spring WIC workshops are now available online.