Community Literacy
Community leadership is essential to improving literacy across B.C.
Boards of Education and communities work together to create and implement district literacy plans that are tailored to the unique needs of each community.
Resources
- District Literacy Plans are developed annually by school districts and community partners to support all members of the community, from early learners to adults.
- Public Library Services provides information about public libraries across the province.
- School District Directory provides a list of various contacts in each B.C. school district.
- Post Secondary Institutions provides over 1,900 programs offered at B.C.'s 25 publicly funded post-secondary institutions.
- Council of Ministers of Education (CMEC) provides leadership in education at the Pan-Canadian and international levels.
- Council of Federation Website
- Training and Teaching Resources from the 2008 CMEC Pan-Canadian Interactive Literacy Forum support efforts to raise literacy levels.
- Community Windows is a series of four videos reflecting common themes in building community literacy.
- Canwest Raise a Reader raises funds for family literacy programs and educates Canadians about literacy issues.
- Canadian Council on Learning promotes and supports evidence-based decisions about learning throughout all stages of life.
