| British Columbia Securities Commission |
The British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has published the BCSC Plain Language Style Guide, which offers many examples of clear writing in general and is a good reference for simplifying legal documents.You can also read their news release Breathing New Life into Plain Language.
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| Canadian Bankers Association |
Canadian Bankers Association is committed to improving the readability of mortgage documents.The association has developed plain language mortgage documents.
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| Canadian Bar Association |
The Canadian Bar Association is essentially the ally and advocate of all members of the legal profession. Several provincial branches of the association have formed working groups on plain language.
The Lawyers for Literacy Project is an initiative of the B.C. Branch of the Canadian Bar Association. It helps lawyers improve their client communications, particularly when their client’s literacy skills are not adequate to deal with written material.The Lawyers for Literacy Project helps lawyers to make some simple changes in their practice procedures to better meet the needs of clients with limited literacy skills.
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| Canadian Labour Congress |
The Canadian Labour Congress’ (CLC) desk mat Making It Clear: A Clear Language and Design Screen is a quick tool published by the CLC’s Workplace Literacy Project. It is useful for checking whether one is writing clearly. An accompanying guide called Making it Clear: Clear Language for Union Communications is a handy binder full of suggestions, examples and instructions on how to write in plain language.
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| Centre d’expertise des grands organismes |
The Centre d’expertise des grands organismes has created the exchange network on simplifying written communication.The purpose of this network is to share and pool the expertise of organizations on simplifying written communication for the benefit of ministries and agencies of the Government of Quebec.
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