Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador

Partnerships

The Opportunities Program of Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador enables us to partner with local community groups, supporting projects that address community priorities in adult and family learning. Through this project we work to achieve one or more of the following:

  • Gain public support and awareness for literacy and learning
  • Increase communication and networking among individuals and organizations
  • Commit to excellence, innovation, capacity building and/or research
  • Collaborate with groups who have no established history of collaboration

Our first Call to Partner was issued on August of 2008. An internal evaluation in the fall of 2009 identified that the Opportunities Program was successful in attracting partners from all regions of the province. Participants in these projects built new skills in computer literacy, life skills, continuous learning, reading, writing, numeracy, critical thinking, oral communication.

Furthermore, the projects modeled effective and innovative actions to address the learning needs of a wide cross section of our population: women, families, immigrants, learning disabled, developmentally delayed adults, new parents, and adults interested in upgrading their skills.

The following program descriptions offer a brief overview of each approved project for the first call, along with the project outcomes:

Developed and hosted by NALD in collaboration with Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador.

This project is funded by the Government of Canada’s Office of Literacy and Essential Skills.