Ontario Literacy Coalition's Weblog

I am very pleased to join the OLC as a Project Coordinator, to assist in the growing portfolio of initiatives designed to increase literacy in Ontario.  I will be helping plan and manage the OLC’s diverse research, resource and development initiatives.  Our primary focus is to provide effective and timely support in the development and implementation of projects that will support people with literacy challenges and deliverers of literacy programs, decision-makers and the general public.  This will include coordinating the portfolio, providing administrative support,  answering queries and requests for information, stakeholder relations, budget tracking, and other tasks that will facilitate literacy efforts in the province.

Previous to working at the Ontario Literacy Coalition, I worked in private sector at The Globe and Mail Online and Northwater Capital Management, in government, and most recently in social services including CUSO-VSO, UNICEF, and St. Stephen’s Community House.  My fifteen years of project management experience will help OLC to remain organized and effective as our project portfolio and clientele grow.  Personally, I look forward to serving people like my parents who were unable to advance at the workplace and in society due to limited literacy.

Since joining OLC and entering the literacy field in May 2007, it has been a tremendous privilege to work and support a cause as fundamentally important as literacy and lifelong learning.

It has been a luxury to work with the phenomenal OLC team. And it has been my extreme pleasure to get to know the many wonderful and dedicated literacy professionals in the province of Ontario and across Canada.

As Manager of Communications and Marketing, I manage a vibrant team, whose mantra is internal continuous learning. Our team reaches out to the literacy field as well as a multitude of community stakeholders, and brings to life an online literacy community through social media.

I think we are raising the profile of literacy and essential skills in this province. I hope you agree.

The Communications and Marketing department is a fast-paced, responsive, thought-provoking and information-sharing team connecting with the field through digital communications, responding to membership queries, developing sponsorship strategies, managing events, answering media inquiries and thinking strategically about OLC and the literacy field in Ontario – and beyond.

Do you know someone with whom we should connect? How can we help you promote your program, organization or event? How can we spread the word about OLC and the great things being done in the literacy and essential skills field?

We are always looking for feedback so Facebook us, send us a Tweet, comment right here on the blog or drop us a line at olc@on.literacy.ca.

The best thing about working at OLC, and in literacy, is that these people practice what they preach. Not only does this field promote lifelong learning, it practices it as well.

Committed to the Ontario Literacy Coalition’s mission, I have been working as the Administrative Coordinator for over 14 years. I provide general administrative support related to various initiatives and projects undertaken by the OLC and the Executive Director.

Additionally, I am the organizer and contact for varied internal and external meetings (eg. board, committees). I assist the ED with communiqués to the Board of Directos in regards to the OLC AGM and other governance items. I manage all aspects of OLC publications including processing orders, ensure compliance with the OLC copyright policy and respond to requests for permission to reprint. I have been involved in the development and implementation of policies, processes and procedures related to office management.

I brought to the OLC experience gained at the number of insurance companies, access data services and press publishing company.