Resources

 Skill Builders for Youth: Embedding Literacy and Essential Skills

The project aims to improve youth literacy and essential skills (LES) by increasing community capacity to re-engage disengaged northern youth in learning. 

It includess teaching and learning resources to support youth LES programs. (facilitator manual, short modules for learners, etc.) 

 Marketing to Youth, Engaging Youth and Maintaining Youth

 Youth and Literacy Partnership Models

This research report contains information about connecting to youth through:

• Formal partnerships
• Informal partnerships
• Connecting through a third party
• Linking through literacy services planning
• Connecting through training boards

 Targeted Literacy Programming and Outreach for Young Single Males on Ontario Works

Through a nine-month project, Literacy Link South Central talked to young single males on OW to find out about their interests and activities, especially as they relate to technology. This informed the content of a set of 4 modules (with accompanying practitioner overviews that speak to the OALCF and a general introduction guide). The goal is to engage this youth population with instructional resources specifically desiged for them.

 Fact Sheets - Supporting Under-Represented Groups: Success, Challenges, Strategies

Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO) has created three new fact sheets outlining success, challenges, and strategies for providing enhanced support for under-represented groups in the labor force.

 Bridging the Gap between London’s Immigrants and Local LBS Programs

Literacy Link South Central’s “Bridging the Gap” report outlines the results of LLSC’s Multicultural Outreach Project. 

This project had the goal of developing better linkages and understanding between LBS agencies and immigrant communities.

Topics covered in this report include:

• Project objectives and deliverables
• Lessons learned
• Trends and issues
• Marketing strategies
• Labour market trends
• Needs
• Helpful programming
• Recommendations

 The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion Website

The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) is a not-for-profit organization that promotes diversity, inclusion, and equity in Canadian workplaces.

The Centre offers diversity, inclusion, and employment equity toolkits. Some of these toolkits are intended for businesses, and others offer ready-to-run workshops originally developed for high school students but are appropriate for a much broader audience.

The Centre’s website contains valuable information on diversity and inclusion issues including toolkits, resources, webinars, success stories, campaigns, newsletters, and more.

Topics include:

• Making the Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• Unconscious Bias

• Exploring My Power and Privilege

• Prejudice, Bias, And Discrimination

• Honouring Black History

• Navigating Race in Canadian Workplaces

• Developing a Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

• Navigating the Conflict Zone and Becoming an Ally

 Inclusion Learning Centre

The Royal Bank of Canada’s Inclusion Learning Centre offers a series of tip sheets, discussion guides, diversity and inclusion videos, self-assessments, podcasts, and research papers to help develop a deeper understanding of the role of equity and inclusion.

 The Evolution of Cultural Literacy

Decoda Literacy’s blog post on the evolution of cultural literacy overviews the importance of cultural literacy and supporting cultural context in education.

This blog post shares:

• Definitions of cultural literacy

• The benefits of cultural literacy

• Links to helpful resources on supporting cultural literacy

 Critical Media Project

The Critical Media Project (CMP) is a free media literacy web resource and is an excellent learning and teaching resource. The CMP has been designed to enhance critical thinking, awareness, and empathy.

The project also provides tools to decode media representations of:

• Race

• Ethnicity

• Gender

• Sexuality

• Socio-economic class

• Religion

• Age

• Disability