International Adult Literacy Survery and its Implications


The IALS survey: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/lld/nls/Surveys/indexsurv.shtml

National Literacy Secretariat. Budget 1997. Implications for Literacy in Canada. NLS. 1997

Calamai, Peter. Literacy Matters. Saturday Night. (supplement) September 1999

Stats Canada. IALS. A New Brunswick Snapshot. Stats Can Catalogue #89-565-XPB 1998

New Brunswick Coalition for Literacy. A 2003 Election Strategy Developed for Literacy Programs. NBCL. Fredericton, NB 2003

Literacy and Poverty


Lee, Kevin. Urban Poverty in Canada. A Statistical Profile. Canadian Council on Social Development. 2000

Melanson, Rosella. Poverty of Will and Poverty of Children. Telegraph Journal. Nov. 2000

National Anti-Poverty Organization. Literacy & Poverty. A View from the Inside. NPAO. Ottawa. 1992

Urban Core Support Network Together, Changing Policy from Outside In. Report of the New Brunswick Conference on Poverty and Policy. Rothesay, N.B. 2003

Literacy & Health


Brown, Cheryl and Wendell Dryden. Literacy as a Barrier to Health and Health as a Barrier to Literacy. Literacies. #4 Fall 2004.

Nuttal Nason, Pamela and Pamela Ainsley Whitty. Language, Literacy and Healthy Development. Health Canada National Health Project. Published by the University of New Brunswick. 2004

Public Health Agency of Canada. What Determines Health? Retrieved Jan. 15/05 from http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/determinants/determinants.html#education

Perrin, Burt. How Does Literacy Affect the Health of Canadians? A Profile Paper. Health Canada. 1998

Picard, Andre. Canada's illiteracy rate is enough to make you sick. Globe & Mail. Sept. 16/04 pg A19. 2004