North Bay Literacy Council

The Arnie Stewart Individual Achievement Award is presented by Laubach Literacy Ontario at its annual conference.

The 2011 winner was not able to attend the conference, so he videotaped his acceptance speech, which was shared at the conference. In it, he thanks those who have helped him, including all his tutors, the people who nominated him for the award, and the North Bay Literacy Council.

In this brief video, an official of the North Bay Literacy Council in Ontario discusses health literacy, explaining that it is the ability to understand health information. She describes it as having two sides: health-care professionals must communicate clearly, while health-care consumers need to learn relevant words and terms.