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On 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!
How does literacy affect your life? Take our poll…
- Update your resume
- Join a professional network site, like LinkedIn
- If you’re looking for work, search sites like Workopolis or Monster for possible jobs
- Ask a colleague to teach you something new
- Teach a colleague something new
- Take a professional development course
- Read a book or do a crossword puzzle on your lunch break
- Read a professional journal or sign up for a subscription
- Learn to use a new machine or software program at work
- Write an email to a former co-worker you lost touch with
To encourage organizations and individuals around Canada to participate in this event and help spread the word about the importance of literacy and sustained literacy funding, the Ontario Literacy Coalition, ABC Life Literacy Canada, Frontier College and the Movement for Canadian Literacy have come together to form this guide. |
