The OLC Board of Directors speaks for the moral ownership of the organization under the Carver model. The board, as a collective, is responsible for the results of the organization.
The OLC Staff, led by Executive Director, Lesley Brown, are responsible for all OLC operations.
All of our staff and board, supported by our members, work toward one common goal: Making adult learning opportunities possible by inspiring ideas and informing action.
OLC Advisory Committees
The OLC relies on the participation and expert input of advisory committees to make its work a success. As a result, the OLC has advisory committees to support the planning and implementation of its initiatives. Advisory Committee participants are selected based on the OLC.
The OLC relies on the participation and expert input of advisory committees to make its work a success. As a result, the OLC has advisory committees to support the planning and implementation of its initiatives. Advisory Committee participants are selected based on the OLC.
For information on how to join an OLC working group or advisory committee, please contact olc@on.literacy.ca.
Current advisory committees include:
Provincial Advisory Committee on Workplace and Workforce Literacy
Learners and the OLC
Including the perspectives and participation of literacy learners and individuals with literacy challenges is one of the OLC's top priorities. We believe that people with literacy challenges have a lot to contribute, and we make sure that there are many ways that they can take part.
Including the perspectives and participation of literacy learners and individuals with literacy challenges is one of the OLC's top priorities. We believe that people with literacy challenges have a lot to contribute, and we make sure that there are many ways that they can take part.
Literacy learners play an important role in the OLC by participating on project planning and advisory committees and on the OLC Board of Directors. Literacy learners help the OLC to develop programs and materials that are respectful of people who have literacy challenges, and that reflect their needs and priorities.
On behalf of literacy learners, all OLC programs have the overall goal of finding ways to improve the level of literacy in Ontario and to advocate for literacy.
The OLC encourages literacy learners to play an active role in the OLC in the following ways:
