February 2006

OUR VOICE
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OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Carynne Arnold
    (Kingston)
  • Chris Benninger
    (Chatham)
  • Joyce Bigelow
    (Sharbot Lake)
  • Linda Conley
    (Picton)
  • Heather Hufton
    (Peel)
  • Lindsay Kennedy
    (Wellington County)
  • Shelley Lawrence
    (Oshawa)
  • Sheila Marshall
    (Timmins)
  • Cheryl Reid
    (Toronto)
  • Valerie Sadler
    (Hamilton)
  • Denise Tremblay
    (Iroquois Falls)
  • Johanna White
    (Red Lake)

OUR STAFF

  • Joan Beaudry
    (Administrative Assistant)
  • Jette Cosburn
    (Co-Executive Director)
  • Joanne Kaattari
    (Co-Executive Director)
  • Vicki Trottier
    (Project Staff)

OUR CORE FUNDER

CLO gratefully acknowledges its funder: the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.


OURVOICE NEWSLETTER

OURVOICE is published two times per year by Community Literacy of Ontario.

Research, editing and desktop publishing by Joanne Kaattari.

On the Home Front… CLO News!

Our capicity:

We have been very busy lately at CLO. This is especially true given our limited staff capacity. Like the literacy agencies we serve, CLO's core operating budget has not increased over the past years. Similar to our members, this has meant reducing costs wherever we can and stretching every dollar as far as it can go. This year it has meant that all three of CLO's core staff work only part-time.

Some of CLO's current activities include:

  • We participated the MTCU's consultation on One-Stop in September 2005
  • CLO attended the keynote address by Kathleen Wynne on the Adult Education Review in September 2005
  • We launched our wonderful self-directed training website called "LITERACY BASICS" (www.nald.ca/literacybasics) in September 2005
  • CLO wrote a letter to the Honourable Claudette Bradshaw (Minister of State) in October 2006 re: CLO's input into a pan-Canadian literacy strategy
  • CLO attended the Ontario Children and Youth Summit in October 2005.
  • CLO wrote a family literacy bulletin in October 2005
  • We held our Annual General Meeting in October 2005
  • CLO attended the National Literacy Secretariat's Round Table on Literacy and the Essential Skills in October 2005
  • CLO contributed to OLC's second letter to MTCU giving input into One Stop in November 2005
  • We submitted a funding request to the Trillium Foundation called "Building Capacity and Strategic Planning" in November 2005
  • CLO attended the provincial conference of Literacy Alberta in November 2005
  • We conducted our "members survey" in December 2005 (results will appear in the next newsletter!)
  • CLO circulated its research report and kit on "Volunteers Value Added" in December 2005
  • We attended the launch of the Ontario Public Service Spirit Campaign for literacy in January 2006
  • We attended the Advisory Round Table meeting of the Ontario Literacy Coalition in January 2006
  • CLO attended the pre-budget consultation with the Ministry of Finance and prepared a written submission to the Minister in January 2006