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Learning--That's Life! Conference Report and Recommendations. A National Conference on Literacy and Older Canadians (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 1990).

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One Voice, the Canadian Seniors Network, Inc., Ottawa (Ontario). – 1990

As a result of a 1989 survey finding that 64 percent of Canadians aged 55-69 experience some degree of trouble with everyday reading material, One Voice, the Canadian Seniors Network, conducted a conference that brought together seniors, researchers, literacy project leaders, education professionals, community agencies and policy makers to examine…

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developed Nations, Educational Needs, Educational Policy

Literacy and the Marketplace. Improving the Literacy of Low-Income Single Mothers. A Report on a Meeting of Practitioners, Policymakers, Researchers, and Funders (New York, New York, January 14, 1988).

Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1989

This report contains the proceedings from a conference on the problems of low literacy among single mothers. The seminar involved practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and funders. The report includes an executive summary, six papers grouped according to three topic areas, a seminar agenda, a list of participants, and a 57-item bibliography.…

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Employment Potential, Functional Literacy