In our view, it's important that all of the learning settings be used to acquire basic literacy skills. That includes making sure that not only the classroom is involved, but also the workplace, the community, and the family. We have to be looking at all of the learning settings.
At present we are supporting many community-based organizations to assist them in providing literacy to people who are in need, and we are also supporting the workplace. Some examples here include provision of awards to encourage employers to become more involved in workplace literacy, supporting consortia across Canada in different regions to draw the partners together to consider how to promote workplace literacy, and supporting assessment methodologies so that employees in the workplace will have the opportunity to better understand their literacy levels.