The Center for Literacy

Literature Citations Timeline

Provincial and Territorial Documents

On this page, you will find important citations from the literature on accountability and adult literacy from the provinces and territories. Each of the highlighted titles below is linked to the actual online document. For documents pertaining to accountaility and adult literacy from the federal level and from the academic literature please follow the links below.

2006 - 2008

2004 - 2005

2000 - 2003

Prior to 2000

2008

• British Columbia
  British Columbia, Office of the Auditor General. (2008). Literacy: Creating conditions for reading and writing success.
• British Columbia
  British Columbia, Office of the Auditor General. (2008). Strengthening accountability in British Columbia: Trends and opportunities in performance reporting.

2007

• British Columbia
  British Columbia, Ministry of Advanced Education. (2007). Adult opportunities action plan.
• Manitoba
  Manitoba. The Adult Literacy Act (S.M. 2007, c. 9).
• Nova Scotia
  Nova Scotia School for Adult Learning. (2007). Adult Learning Program (ALP), 2007-2008: Program guide for the Nova Scotia High School Graduation Diploma for adults.

2006

• Alberta
  Alberta, Advanced Education. (2006). A Learning Alberta: Final Report of the Steering Committee.
• Alberta
  Alberta Advanced Education, Foundational Learning and Diversity Sub-Committee. (2006). Report to the A Learning Alberta Steering Committee.
• Nunavut
  Nunavut, Department of Education. (2006). Nunavut adult learning strategy.
• Saskatchewan
  Saskatchewan, Department of Advanced Education and Employment (2006). The circle of learning: Saskatchewan adult literacy benchmarks levels 1 and 2.

2005

• British Columbia
  Research in Practice for Adult Literacy and Literacy-BC. (2005)., From the ground up: A research-in-practice approach to outcome-oriented program evaluation.
• Ontario
  Ontario, Ministry of Education. (2005). Ontario learns: Strengthening our adult education system.

2003

• Manitoba
  Manitoba. (2003). The Adult Learning Centres Act (C.C.S.M. c. A5).

2002

• New Brunswick
  New Brunswick, Department of Education. (2002). Lifelong learning: Quality adult learning opportunities: Policy statement on adult and lifelong learning.
• Québec
  Québec, Ministère de l’Éducation. (2002). Action plan for adult education and continuing education and training.
• Québec
  Québec, Ministère de l’Éducation. (2002). Government policy on adult education and continuing education and training.

2001

• Northwest Territories
  Northwest Territories. (2001). Towards literacy: A strategy framework, 2001-2005.
• Yukon
  Yukon, Department of Education. (2001). Yukon literacy strategy, 2001.

2000

• Newfoundland and Labrador
  Newfoundland and Labrador, Department of Education. (2000). Words to live by: A strategic literacy plan for Newfoundland and Labrador, 2000.
• Ontario
  Ontario, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, Literacy and Basic Skills Section. (2000). Literacy and Basic Skills Program guidelines (rev.). (online version inaccessible).

1996

• Prince Edward Island
  Prince Edward Island, Office of Higher Education, Training and Adult Learning. (1996). Tough challenges, great rewards: A strategy for adult literacy/education in Prince Edward Island.