Expand our knowledge base by consulting with people working in family literacy in other countries (e.g., Britain, Scotland, Ireland, the US) on specific topics.
That MCL develop a collaboration framework that will help all organizations work together to shape the family literacy agenda nationally and in each of the provinces and territories. The framework should include how MCL and its partners will work together to achieve a set of common goals in areas such as training, research, funding and key messages to the general public.
That over the next three years MCL works with its family literacy partners to raise awareness about family literacy within the literacy and essential skills communities, with government and the public at large.
Create an online discussion forum for invited partners/participants Work collaboratively with partners to create an action plan for family literacy
The field of family literacy will be strengthened through networking, knowledge exchange and specific awareness activities.
The provincial snapshots were developed using a variety of data collection techniques. Initially, key informants were identified by each coalition. Key informants included coalition staff, government funders and other practitioners with an expertise in family literacy.
Each key informant was interviewed by telephone using a set of interview questions. Follow-up discussions were held by telephone and email. Additional information was extracted from coalition and government websites and from published documents.
Drafts of each snapshot were sent to key informants for comment and revision.