MCL provides leadership, knowledge and expertise about literacy and essential skills to stakeholders across Canada.
Learners are included in all aspects of MCL’s work.
The Learners Advisory Network (LAN) gives the perspectives of learners from across Canada. LAN representatives share their experiences about literacy issues, learner involvement and literacy learning in their provinces and territories. The LAN is integral to MCL’s decision-making process at the national level. LAN representatives also share their experiences with the wider community at a local, provincial and national level.
Many literacy and non-literacy organizations contact MCL asking for a learner perspective on a wide range of current issues. The LAN is an excellent resource for professionals working in all areas of social development. It can provide feedback on projects and resources, act as a focus group or advisory committee and individual representatives can sit on committees with experts in the field.
One of MCL's roles is to inform the federal government and the general public about issues related to adult literacy. MCL represents and is inclusive of a strong and diverse literacy community across Canada. Click here to go to Literacy and the Government
MCL provides information and resources about literacy and essential skills through its staff, publications and website.
MCL partners with other national organizations on research and other projects to advance literacy and essential skills in Canada. In 2007/08 MCL focussed on three specific areas related to literacy:
Each of these projects involved conducting an environmental scan. Each scan has helped MCL to develop its next steps. Go to MCL’s Projects to find out more about our recent, current and proposed projects.
literacy.ca EXPRESSA resource for the literacy community, published three times per year
From 1998 to 2006 MCL published a series of Federal Literacy Facts. To view the archive, click here.
Movement for Canadian Literacy is now Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN). Please note changes to the website to reflect our new name among other things, will take place over the next several months.
September 8th is International Literacy Day (ILD). Take a few minutes and help us mark ILD by checking out the following polls.
November 7, 2010
The Adult Learning Network (ALN) is pleased to announce its up-coming Lifelong Learning Forum that will be held on Sunday, November 7, 2010, at the Marriott Hotel in Ottawa. You are invited to participate in plenary sessions to discuss the strategy to implement a Canadian Lifelong Learning Network. The Forum will also host workshops dedicated to the topic of the analysis of a culture of lifelong learning. The goal of the Forum is to provide a venue where Anglophone, Francophone and Aboriginal learning communities will join to share promising practices, discuss new research and be informed of the results of UNESCO’s CONFINTEA VI. The idea of an Adult Learners Charter for Canada, as well as suggestions for activities related to Adult Learner's Week 2011 will be included.
The event will precede the Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) Recognizing Learning conference held November 7-9, 2010 at the same location.
Check the Adult Learning Network (ALN) website for more information. http://www.aln-raa.ca/.
Get the latest literacy news, highlights and events from across the country!
• The National Adult Literacy Database Headline News
• The Federal Government's Essential Skills website
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