As part of its commitment to Building Field Capacity and to building a stronger sense of pride within the literacy field, the OLC wants its publication Beyond the Book and its stories to be useful learning tools for practitioners, learners and other interested individuals.

Two versions of the publication Beyond the Book: Learning From Our History, were produced to ensure literacy’s history could be shared among all. The Literacy Student Edition is suitable for classroom use, having gone through a clear writing process. (Practitioners are to decide at which level they would introduce this text into their curriculum).

Beyond the Book: Learning From Our History contains discussion points at the end of each historical tale to encourage dialogue surrounding where literacy has come from, where it is currently and where it could go in the future. It is suitable for use as a practitioner’s guide but it contains valuable knowledge for each and every literacy stakeholder – practitioner, administrator, policy maker, funder, community partner, you.

The OLC would love to hear ideas from learners, practitioners and those in the field on how these publications and the learner’s stories could be used as a teaching tool. For more information or to send in your suggestions, email olc@on.literacy.ca.

Beyond the Book: Literacy Student Edition

The Literacy Student Edition is available for download on the OLC website.

Learner Stories:

The History of Literacy is a work in progress. We hope you read the stories of others and you are inspired to tell your own - to write your own history.

The History of Literacy is a work in progress. We hope you read the stories of others and you are inspired to tell your own - to write your own history.

Ida Hilson

Maurice Labrecque

Class Project: How Can I Learn About My Own Program?

After being asked how to research a program’s history, the OLC suggests one way to learn about our histories is through a class project. Learners, teachers/tutors/instructors, administrators, and even friends of literacy could partner to learn our history.

After being asked how to research a program’s history, the OLC suggests one way to learn about our histories is through a class project. Learners, teachers/tutors/instructors, administrators, and even friends of literacy could partner to learn our history.

Find out how to learn about your program

We are suggesting learners, teachers/tutors/instructors, administrators, and even friends of literacy could partner to learn our history.