Life Literacy signals the importance of lifelong and life-wide literacy and learning. It’s the skills you need to live your life and the new skills you need to acquire throughout your life.
To be literate means that you have the skills to understand what you read, communicate with others and engage fully and confidently in life’s activities and opportunities – at work, at home and in the community.
Family literacy programs focus on parents as the means to improve the reading and writing skills of all family members. There are many ways to strengthen your family’s literacy skills - all it takes is practicing for 15 minutes every day.
Workplace education helps provide a foundation for lifelong learning as people and businesses grow together. Find out how you can get your workplace education program started.
Financial literacy is an essential skill that needs ongoing attention - today's labour markets dictate that individuals have a high level of financial literacy. If left unchecked, the low numeracy skills in Canada could affect Canada’s ability to compete in the global economy.
