Description and Mandate Services provided Contact The Movement for Canadian Literacy (MCL) is a national non-profit organization representing literacy coalitions, organizations and individuals from every province and territory.
MCL’s mission is to be a national voice for literacy for every Canadian through networking, research, government liaison, learner development, communication, collaboration and helping to build capacity to support the people and organizations involved with adult literacy education.
MCL acts as an advocate for clear communication and refers interested groups to expertise and services related to readability, clear language and document design, including:
- readability assessment;
- writing/editing/document design;
- training;
- field/focus testing of materials with literacy learners.
Wendy DesBrisay
Executive Director
300-180 Metcalfe Street
Ottawa, ON K2P 1P5
Tel.: (613) 563-2464
Fax: (613) 563-2504
E-mail: mcl@literacy.ca
Internet site: www.literacy.ca
- Language of service: English
Publications - What Adult Learners Would
Like YOU To Know, a pamphlet
that includes advice for
communicators, from MCL’s
Learners Advisory Network.
(www.literacy.ca/lac/3-3/3-3.htm)