Take the International Literacy Day Challenge

August 9, 2010 — ontarioliteracycoalition

September 8 is International Literacy Day! Started by UNESCO in 1966, the day highlights the importance of literacy to individuals, communities and societies. Every year on International Literacy Day, celebrations take place around the world to support literacy and adult learning.

This September 8, take the International Literacy Day Challenge! This year’s challenge focuses on the workplace. Try out some of these activities to celebrate International Literacy Day – and continue to practice literacy every day!

  1. Update your resume
  2. Join a professional network site, like LinkedIN
  3. If you’re looking for work, search sites like Workpolois or Monster for possible jobs
  4. Ask a colleague to teach you something new
  5. Teach a colleague something new
  6. Take a professional development course
  7. Read a book or do a crossword puzzle on your lunch break
  8. Read a professional journal or sign up for a subscription
  9. Learn to use a machine or software program at work
  10. Write an email to a former co-worker you’ve lost touch with
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OLC Welcomes Stewart Kallio!

July 20, 2010 — ontarioliteracycoalition

To continue OLC’s series on introducing its staff members and their roles and responsibilities, OLC would like to again welcome a new member of its team: Stewart Kallio.

Stewart is OLC’s Learning Advisor based in Thunder Bay. Stewart’s job involves working at workplace pilot sites in the region to identify workplace skill gaps and needs, implement essential skills programming, evaluate programming effectiveness, and document the overall results.

Stewart has more than 20 years of experience at three Ontario colleges (Cambrian, Niagara, Confederation) including leadership/management experience in access, preparatory, transfer, postsecondary and staff development programming and in building partnerships and establishing dialogue with secondary, postsecondary, Aboriginal, Ministry and community-based organizations.

Stewart consulted on two College Sector Committee projects that identified how academic upgrading improves college participation and retention rates, particularly youth, Aboriginals, second generation learners, social assistance recipients and on-line learners unable to make the successful transitions to postsecondary, pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs.

Stewart is an artist, teacher and life-long learner.

To contact Stewart or any other member of the OLC team, please visit the contact us page on our website.

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Quotes to Make You Think

June 3, 2010 — ontarioliteracycoalition

Each Thursday on OLC’s Twitter and Facebook accounts, we post our “Thought4Thursday” – usually a quotation regarding literacy and learning. Its proved quite popular: Quotes are elegant, witty, intelligent and articulate ways of making us think. They’re also easy to share!

For those who are not following us on Social Media, here’s a few we’ve used:

“Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.” – Og Mandino

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.” ~Alvin Toffler

“Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life”. ~Henry L. Doherty

Do you have any quotations related to literacy or learning you’d like to share? Write it in the comment section below!

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