Today is International Plain Language Day. People are encouraged to ‘show and tell’ their clear communication successes.
One of our successes is our northern cookbook, Great Food for Northern Cooks, full of clear and easy recipes. Every cooking program in the Northwest Territories uses this book. We’re very proud of it.
We had great partners working on this project, including Yellowknife Health and Social Services and the NWT/Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program. The NWT Department of Health and Social Services gave us some of the money needed to produce it.
There are lots of illustrations in the cookbook. The book is written and laid out to be easy to use for everyone, no matter what their literacy level or how busy they are.
The good news is we’re planning a second cookbook. Send us your favourite recipes that you think we might want to use.
And, share your own plain language successes!
-- Katie Johnson
