This fact sheet, part of a series developed by the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN), looks at the role of libraries in building a literate society.
For most children, all the skills needed for oral language are acquired naturally by the time they are five years old. The fact sheet/speech and language milestone chart offers insight into where a child should be at a particular age ranging from one to six years. It also offers activities one could use in order to encourage language acquisition and proper speech patterns.
This is the fourth edition of the Dual Digital Divide series of reports. It builds on the findings from the first three studies utilizing an integrated quantitative and qualitative approach to exploring key trends.
This report updates an analysis of the "digital divide" in Canada. The study tracks updates on general access levels and sub-groups that are least likely to be connected to the Internet; provides an overview of changes in access and digital divide levels over the past three years, and; discusses emerging social policy and governance issues relating to the Internet and the digital divide.
This study analyses the state of the "digital divide" in Canada as of the year 2000; how the divide has changed since 1997, and; why many Canadians remain unconnected to the Internet.
The Literacy is for Life Fact Sheet series is a series of two-pager highlights on literacy and related topics.
This Fact Sheet highlights Literacy and Poverty and how Canada's high rate of illiteracy/undereducation is not simply an education problem. It is a symptom of deep and widespread social inequality created, in large part, by poverty.
The Literacy is for Life Fact Sheet series is a series of two-pager highlights on literacy and related topics.
This Fact Sheet highlights Literacy and Citizenship. To participate fully in civic life, citizens must have the skills necessary to access and act upon information. Literacy is more than just a tool. It is a necessity for citizenship.
We are an Island is a collection of 41 lessons on Cape Breton Island social studies topics, including geography, history, civics and current events. Each lesson is accompanied by vocabulary exercises and comprehension questions. These activities are designed to meet outcomes specified by the Nova Scotia Adult Learning Program Levels 1 and 2.
A Profile of the Quad Counties in the Strait Region
Issues, Trends, Supports and Resources: A Profile of the Quad Counties in the Strait Region, is "Phase One of the Partners & Pathways Two Project". The research
compiled in this document will provide background information for Phase 2 -- a
