Health and Literacy: Constructing Curriculum for Health-Care Providers
A Learning Institute, October 16-18, 2008, Calgary

The Centre for Literacy is a charitable non-profit research, professional development and resource centre.Through publications and action-research projects, it bridges theory and practice to improve adult literacy practice and inform policy development. It provides opportunities for practitioners, researchers and policy-makers from across Canada and abroad to meet and exchange as peers. The Centre has been a leader in health literacy since 1995. 

www.centreforliteracy.qc.ca/

Bow Valley College is a learner-centered organization that provides programs and services that are accessible, affordable and always evolving to meet the needs of adult learners and community. With the Centre for Quality Caregiving and its community-based adult literacy projects, BVC continually develops and builds upon innovative curriculum design and delivery and applied research, particularly in health and adult literacy. 

www.bowvalleycollege.ca/ 

Health and Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) serves as a national network linking expertise about the vital connections between the learning and health of Canadians. CCL is an independent, non-profit corporation that promotes and supports research to improve all aspects of learning—across the country and across all walks of life. The Health and Learning Knowledge Centre is a 17-member consortium led by the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. It has a national advisory committee with more than 30 members from Canada’s health and learning communities.

www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/AboutCCL/KnowledgeCentres/HealthandLearning/OurWork/?Language=EN