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NWT Literacy Council Research

Family Literacy
Early Childhood and Poverty: Summary of Research (June 2012) ( - 596.48 KB )
On the Right Track: Building Community Capacity for Family Literacy. Evaluation of Family Literacy Programming in the NWT. (2004) ( - 1.14 MB )
Still on Track: Building Community Capacity for Family Literacy. Summary of Evaluation Report (2009) ( - 920.89 KB )
Youth and Adult Literacy
Best Practices in Action: Tools for Community-Based Adult Literacy and Basic Education Programs (2004) ( - 7.36 MB )
Factors that Facilitate Adult Learner Success in the NWT (2012) ( - 1.64 MB )
Made in the North: Policy and Practices Exchange on Skills Development - Evaluation Report (2013) ( - 1.42 MB )
Non-Academic Outcomes, Research among Adult Literacy Learners - Powerpoint Presentation (2010) ( - 1.16 MB )
NWT Workforce/Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills Review (2013) ( - 1.09 MB )
Reframing Training and Support through Technology (2009) ( - 1.28 MB )
Seniors’ Literacy in the NWT (2004) ( - 711.5 KB )
Storying Progress: Documenting Non-academic Outcomes among Aboriginal Adult Learners in the NWT (2010) ( - 2.1 MB )
What About the Men? Northern Men’s Research Project Final Report (2015) ( - 6.66 MB )
Making a Case for Literacy: The State of Adult Literacy and Adult Basic Education in the NWT (2000)
Making a Case for Literacy – Chapters 1-3 ( - 2.47 MB )
Making a Case for Literacy – Chapters 4-6 and Appendice ( - 2.08 MB )
Youth Literacy Project (2015)
Skill Builders for Young Parents Program (2013-2015). Final Evaluation Report ( - 1.81 MB )
“Reconnect” Re-engaging Disengaged Northern Youth in Learning. Final Evaluation Report ( - 2.71 MB )
“Reconnect”: Re-engaging Disengaged Northern Youth in Learning. Annotations for the Literature Review ( - 333.46 KB )
Indigenous Literacy
Languages of the Land: A Resource Manual for Aboriginal Language Activists (1999) ( - 688.23 KB )
Multiple Literacies: Improving our Support for Aboriginal Literacy in the NWT (2002) ( - 155.11 KB )
The Ulukhaktok Literacies Research Project (Phase 1) (2004-2008)
Do My Literacies Count as Literacy? - Journal Article ( - 463.4 KB )
I Was Grown up Before I Was Born: Wisdom in Kangiryarmuit Life Stories (Journal Article) ( - 587.15 KB )

Pihuaqtiuyugut: We are the long distance walkers. (Museum Exhibit)

Living Literacies - Slide Presentation ( - 2.99 MB )
This is the Way We Were Told - Conference Paper ( - 350.3 KB )
The Ulukhaktok Literacies Research Project (Phase 2) (2008-2012)

This phase of the research project is a visual repatriation project that includes the community of Ulukhaktok, the NWT Literacy Council and the University of Lethbridge, the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, the Kitikmeot Heritage Centre and the British Museum. For information contact Helen Balanoff at the NWT Literacy Council at helen@nwtliteracy.ca.

Sleeping Words with Helen Kitekudlak - Video on YouTube

Pihuaqtiuyugut: We are the Long Distance Walkers ( - 4.29 MB )

The story of the Kangiryuarmiut traditional travels and the Ulukhaktok Literacy Research Project. This book is available from the NWT Literacy Council ($20) or from the Yellowknife BookCellar.

Pitquhiraluavut (Our Ways): Our Story and How It Is Told - Conference slide presentation ( - 4.6 MB )
English as a Second Language
Newcomers’ Initiative Final Report (2010) ( - 374.03 KB )