RESOURCES

In this section you will find selected resources that support the worker-centred union approach to literacy as outlined in this guide.

Background Resources

• Arnold, Rick, Bev Burke, Carl James, D'Arcy Martin, Barb Thomas. Educating for a Change. Doris Marshall Institute for Education and Action, Toronto: Between the Lines. 1991.
• Canadian Labour Congress: Learning for Our Lives: A Union Guide to Worker-Centred Literacy. Canadian Labour Congress, Ottawa. 2000.
  
  Bargaining Basic Skills: What Unions Should Know About Negotiating Worker-Centred Literacy programs. Canadian Labour Congress. 2000.
• Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. Seabury Press, New York.1975.
• Gowen, Sheryl Greenwood. The Politics of Workplace Literacy. Teachers College Press, Columbia University, New York.1992.
• Haney, Ann and Howell. The Integrated Learning Program: a curriculum sample. UNITE Local 459.
• MacLean, C., Wedel, R. and Acosta, J. Workplace Curriculum for Healthcare. Capilano College, British Columbia Ministry of Education, Skills and Training. 1997.
• Making Connections: Literacy and EAL Curriculum from a Feminist Perspective. The Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities For Women, Toronto. 1996.
• Judith Marshall. Training for Empowerment: A Kit of Materials for Popular Literacy Workers Based on an Exchange Among Educators from Mozambique, Nicaragua and Brazil. International Council for Adult Education, Toronto.
• Sarmiento, A.R. and Kay, A. Worker-Centered Learning: A Union Guide to Basic Skills, AFL-CIO Working for America Institute, 1999.
• Training for Transformation. Mambo Press, Gweru, Zimbabwe. 1991.