Our Work

Literacy Alberta is a leader in literacy and essential skills, providing tools and resources, training and professional development. Our team consists of 11 staff and many consultants.  Our organization is deeply committed to building a learning culture in Alberta, where it is a basic right to have the skills needed to fully participate in learning, life and work.

Literacy Alberta promotes the understanding that all organizations and individuals are affected by literacy – socially, economically and personally.  We know that improving literacy and essential skills in Alberta leads to a healthier, more involved and economically stable society, with a strong and growing workforce.

Key Programs and Services

• Professional Development programs - Essential Skills Training, Literacy Coordinator training, and Brown Bag sessions on topics including plain language and numeracy.
• Literacy Audit Workshops - for community agencies, health organizations and business workplaces.
• Partnership with LearningLinks -  Canada’s largest resource centre dedicated to literacy, essential and learning difficulties skills.
• The Literacy Alberta Help Line - our free, confidential information and referral service for potential learners and their families across Alberta.
• The Literacy and Learning Symposium - Alberta’s only annual conference providing professional development, and opportunities for networking and celebration for literacy and adult learning practitioners, researchers, volunteer tutors and adult learners.