Some departments involved at that time continue to be involved today- such as Revenue Canada and some central agencies such as Treasury Board.

In 1991, we published "Plain Language-Clear and Simple"/Pour un Style Clair et Simple" guides. Later these were published in Braille and audio format. They are sold through Canada Communications group- over 30,000 in English and 12,000 in French have been sold to date without promotion. NLS has also distributed thousands free to our partners.
I brought a limited number of copies for participants.

I have also provided a 2 pager that lists the contact information for all the materials I will refer to in my presentation as well as key websites and links.

In terms of awareness and promotion, we've also supported numerous plain language awareness and promotion projects undertaken by folks in the literacy community.

LEARNING MATERIALS:
NLS has supported the development of numerous learning materials at low literacy levels. Eg. Canadian Red Cross- First Aid Manual, Consumers' Association of Canada-Consumer Magazine &Shop Smart & Food Tips Other examples would include- PL guide to welfare rights, tenants rights and responsibilities, career planning, job prep materials, health and safety information, WHIMS etc.
NLS DOES NOT fund organizations to redo all their materials in PL.

RESOURCE MATERIALS AND TOOLS:
Plain Language Trainer's guide (E & F) which NLS has made available to partners which enables people to deliver workshops on the use of Plain Language.

Literacy Audit Kit, developed by AAAL is a tool that enables an organization to assess their accessibility to low literacy clients. It looks at the organizations' communication- forms, pamphlets, signage, and verbal communication and identifies problems and solution to improve accessibility.