Literacy coalitions

This short video explains the work of Literacy Volunteers of Quebec (LVQ), a provincial umbrella group of community-based, volunteer organizations that offer free services to English-speaking adults in Quebec to help them improve their reading, writing and numeracy skills.

The narrator explains that LVQ doesn’t directly offer literacy tutoring. Instead, it supports the organizations that do provide such services.

This annual report offers an update on the work of the Yukon Literacy Coalition (YLC), an organization committed to supporting and encouraging literacy in all the languages of the Yukon.

The document includes reports from the president of the coalition’s board, its executive director, and the director of its family literacy centre.

The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick (LCNB) developed this revised strategic plan following its 2009 annual meeting. The authors note that the plan reflects a clearly defined relationship with the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES), Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, as well as the expectations contained in the funding agreement with the Government of Canada.

Presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick (LCNB) in September 2010, this report summarizes the organization’s activities in the preceding year.

This report, presented at the annual meeting of the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick (LCNB) in September 2011, includes a summary of activities for 2010-2011; a report from the organization’s president; a financial statement; and a message from the coalition’s honorary patron, writer Sheree Fitch.

This paper was written in May 2005 for the Ontario Literacy Coalition's Workplace/Workforce Symposium, which brought together delegates representing business, labour, literacy organizations, adult learners, adult education and training organizations, and government.

In February 2007, members of NALD were invited by the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology to participate in the ongoing national discussion on literacy and its impact on education and employment skills in Canada.

This document is part of the Community Capacity Building Toolkit developed by the Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick.

Recruitment and retention of volunteers and learners are important elements for success in any literacy organization. This document deals with a number of the key factors that should be considered in developing and maintaining a strong community-based organizational strategy.