• Pat Williams – Chung, Toronto District School Board - Overland Learning Centre
• Michael Witt, McLeod Adult Learning Centre (Winnipeg)
• Betty Wong, Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers

The CCLB greatly appreciates the work of the HRSDC National Advisory Committee, who spent hours reviewing the document and providing valuable input and suggestions to the research team and to the CCLB on the project. The committee represents a wealth of experience in both the ESL and Essential Skills fields, and includes the two project partners, SkillPlan and the Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council for the two Essential Skills projects at the CCLB.

• Shelley Bates, Red River College (Manitoba) Program Officer, Language Training Centre (CLB Expert)
• Judith Bond, Workplace Training & Services Inc., Director (CLB and Workplace Training Expert)
• Silvia Dancose, CCLB/ NCLC Project Manager (FSL expert)
• Carolyn Dieleman, Alberta Human Resources and Employment, Manager, Language Training (CCLB Board Member)
• Lynda Fownes, SkillPlan (BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council), Executive Director (Essential Skills Expert and Project partner)
• Marianne Kayed, CCLB Project Manager, Essential Skills Projects
• Annette Huton, Human Resources & Skills Development Canada, Analyst, Essential Skills & Workplace Literacy Initiative
• Carol MacLeod, Carol MacLeod & Associates, President (Essential Skills expert)
• Pauline McNaughton, CCLB, Executive Director
• Philip Mondor, Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council, Vice-President and Director of Development (Project Partner)
• Dr. Philip Nagy, Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning, OISE/University of Toronto Professor Emeritus, Measurement and Evaluation (Psychometrician)
• Gail Stewart, Assessment Consulting Services, Applied Linguist, CLB Expert,
• Margaret Pidlaski, Immigration and Multiculturalism, Manitoba Labour & Immigration, Director, Adult Language Training Branch (CCLB Board member)

Finally, we would like to thank the following individuals who have helped guide this publication from start to finish:

• Rebecca Gowan, the original Project Manager, who set up the original workplans and coordinated the efforts of a team located in various regions of Canada,
• Christine Dalton and Philip Mondor, (Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council)
• Mary Waddington (Vancouver Community College) who supported our activities on this sister project
• Pauline McNaughton, the Executive Director, who had the vision and belief to initiate the project and the proposal
• Louise Matte, the original NCLC Project Manager, who provided invaluable advice and support on use of the French benchmarks.
• Melanie Boucher and Mark Collings who helped with arranging translations and production
• Margaret Pidlaski, CCLB Board member for Manitoba and committee chair
• Carolyn Dieleman, CCLB Board member for Alberta
• Giovanna Pirro, CCLB Board member for Saskatchewan
• Lynda Fownes and her staff at SkillPlan
• The CCLB Board, whose support and belief in the potential of this venture have never faltered.
• Harrison Baker and his documentation team at Ottawa Freelance for their help with graphics, layout and production of this document.
• Richard Isaac, Alain Lamoureux and the group at RealDecoy who developed the online database version of this document.
• Annette Huton (HRSDC), for her advice and support.
• The CCLB staff for their advice, support and help promoting this project and keeping us on course administratively.

Marianne Kayed,
Project Manager
Ottawa, August 2005