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Resources and Links

Find broad-scope literacy and numeracy links below to flesh out your stories. If you can’t find what you are looking for, there are more links related to each specific program area on our master Resources and Links pages where you can sort through our entire collection. If you are still stuck or don’t have time to wade through it all, our executive director Claire Rettie may be able to help.

Useful literacy and numeracy websites

• ABC Canada – a private-sector site raising awareness about and championing adult literacy
• Canadian Council on Learning – an independent, non-profit corporation that promotes and supports research to improve all aspects of learning
• Canwest Raise a Reader – national fundraising initiative of the CanWest Global Foundation for family literacy programs
• Literacy BC’s literacy facts page – useful facts about literacy from a provincial literacy organization that promotes and supports literacy and learning in British Columbia
• Movement for Canadian Literacy – a national coalition advancing literacy and essential skills across Canada.
• National Adult Literacy Data Base – Canada’s national literacy and essential skills network
• Office of Literacy and Essential Skills – works to promote literacy as an essential component of a learning society and to make Canada's social, economic and political life more accessible to people with weak literacy skills