Hello Ruth,

The Government of Canada has no formal policy document that I'm aware of; 
however, the provincial government in Nova Scotia has a workplace literacy 
policy-- the Workplace Education Initiative. For your information I've 
included links to the web site for the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and 
Workforce Development - http://www.nsworkplaceeducation.ca/  see Skill 
Development.  Contact information for the Skills & Learning Branch can be 
found at: 
http://www.nsworkplaceeducation.ca/skills-of-my-employees/what-is-workplace-education/contact-information.shtml

Below, I've included other web links you may find of value.


The Workplace Education Initiative, carried out by the Skills and Learning 
Branch through the Apprenticeship Training and Skill Development Division. 
This initiative works in collaboration with business and labour to establish 
customized essential skills programs, supporting the re-skilling and 
up-skilling of the current workforce, as well as the enhancement of labour 
market attachment. The anchor program is Workplace Education, which provides 
on-site programs for employed workers.

Workplace Education works on a flexible, partnership-based model which 
encourages government, business and labour to invest in education and 
training, cultivates a culture of learning within workplaces, and allows it 
to respond to the needs of small to large businesses, apprentices, displaced 
and unemployed workers, and specific industry sectors. 
http://www.cea-ace.ca/foo.cfm?subsection=lit&page=pol&subpage=lan&subsubpage=pro&topic=nov

Programs in the Workplace by Lynette Plett: Canadian Council on Social 
Development



http://www.ccsd.ca/pubs/2007/literacy/workplace_literacy_exec_sum.pdf



Government of Canada Response to "Raising Adult Literacy Skills:  The Need 
for a Pan-Canadian Response"



http://dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca/Collection/RH64-25-2003E.pdf



NALD at Work  - http://www.naldatwork.ca/  and 
http://www.nald.ca/library/research/matching/cover.htm



Other contacts:



Professor Maurice Taylor, University of Ottawa, e-mail: mtaylor at uottawa.ca 
has produced several publications related to workplace literacy, including 
the most recent work to be found at 
http://www.partnershipsinlearning.ca/Formal_informal/Formal_informal.html



Derwyn Sangster or Alex Stephens workandlearning at ccl-cca.ca --The Work and 
Learning Knowledge Centre 
http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/AboutCCL/KnowledgeCentres/WorkandLearning/







Best regards,



Margan Dawson, Executive Director
Association of Workplace Educators of Nova Scotia (AWENS)
33 Old Mill Road
Hammonds Plains, NS  B3Z 1K3
Phone:  902-835-7949
E-mail: awens at eastlink.ca
website:  www.awens.ca




----- Original Message ----- 
From: <r.stainer-smith at lancaster.ac.uk>
To: <workplace at nifl.gov>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 6:57 AM
Subject: [Workplace 1456] Canada Workplace Literacy Policy



> Hi

>

> I am an adult literacy practitioner in the UK. I am about to start some

> research on Canada's workplace literacy policy documents and compare them

> with those from over here in the UK.

>

> Can anyone amongst you recommend suitable policy docs from Canada that I

> can get started on? All comments gratefully received, thanks!

>

> Ruth Stainer-Smith

>

> MA post grad student Lancaster University.

>

>

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