Ontario Literacy Coalition

Advocacy and Public Awareness

PRESS RELEASES:

• Federal Press Release - October 4, 2006
• Provincial Press Release - October 4, 2006
• Q&A developed by ABC CANADA

Petition Against Federal Literacy Cuts - by Mario Silva, Davenport MP

The OLC responds to the Pathway to Prosperity consultation held by Ontario's Community Colleges. ( View in PDF - 133k )
For more information on the consultation, visit www.pathwaytoprosperity.ca.

The OLC Makes Family Literacy Day Materials Available.

The OLC celebrates Adult Learners Week September 8 - 14, 2005.

The OLC responds to release of new Canadian literacy study - the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, May 2005.

Letter to the Editor

OLC Social Marketing Campaigns

Take a Step
Click here for information about the OLC's 2005 social marketing campaign called Take a Step.

What did you learn today? ...Literacy touches everything!
Click here to read about the OLC's first large-scale provincial literacy awareness campaign from 2001 and 2003.

Media Corner

Adult Education Spotty at Best, Toronto Star

The Toronto Star prints OLC article in its opinion section

Literacy gives adults words to live on, by Joe Fiorito, Toronto Star

Letter to the Editor, Toronto Star

See below for experiences engaging the media for literacy, and media coverage of of the OLC and its members.

Media & Public Engagement — December 2004 issue of Literacy on the Move

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