Category Archives: PIAAC

Federal government quietly collapses literacy and essential skills network

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Tannis Atkinson

The following open letter is from the Board of Directors, Canadian Literacy and Learning Network [also posted at: eepurl.com/VxIXf] Without an announcement or any consultation, it appears that the federal government has decided to quietly collapse Canada’s national literacy and … Continue reading →

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PIACC is a week away: Ralf St. Clair

Posted on October 3, 2013 by sz

We are now one week away from PIAAC results coming out, and we are going to be taken by surprise once again. If the results are “up” then maybe literacy education needs fewer resources. If they are “down” what have … Continue reading →

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‘Literacy as Numbers’ in Canada: Kick-starting new discussions and networks

Posted on August 18, 2013 by sz

Two years ago this blog was formed to provide a forum for discussion among educators and researchers at the event of the Quebec Centre of Literacy Fall Institute entitled  IALS: Its Impact on Policy and Practice, held in Banff in … Continue reading →

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beyond IALS and toward PIACC by Audrey Gardner at Bow Valley College

Posted on August 18, 2013 by sz

Audrey recently commented on posts written at the event of the IALS institute in Calgary in 2011, bringing us up to date on the role of IALS discourses in her own work, as well as the significance of the PIACC … Continue reading →

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