Episode 81: ABC Life Literacy Canada with Alison Howard
Your Canadian Retirement Specialist · Regan Schiller, Alison Howard
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Show Notes
In this episode, I have a conversation with Alison Howard, executive director of ABC Life Literacy Canada.
ABC Life Literacy Canada is a national charitable organization that champions literacy by empowering adult learners, raising awareness, and supporting the adult learning sector.
They develop and support the use of foundational learning materials and help to build the capacity of the sector by convening and connecting the adult literacy community, and advocating for skills programming.
They envision a Canada where everyone has the skills and opportunities to fully participate in learning, life, and work.
ABC Life Literacy Canada:
- Develops, publishes, and distributes foundational learning materials.
- Supports access to those materials by providing them at no cost to educators and learners.
- Builds awareness of the importance of helping adult learners and families improve their literacy skills.
- Advocates for literacy skills programming and for the adult foundational learning sector.
- Builds the capacity of the sector by convening and connecting the adult literacy community.
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