Learner Resources
Digital and Media Literacy
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Northstar Digital Literacy Project
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Learners can assess their digital literacy and learn basic computer skills for free.
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An online hub for digital literacy support and training. It includes a collection of self-directed tutorials for learners to increase their digital literacy skills.
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A free online educational website focusing on technology, job training, reading, and math skills.
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Canadian non-profit organization that focuses on media literacy programs. They offer a collection of resources to help learners build critical thinking skills to engage with media.
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A free online platform that offers an extensive keyboarding curriculum and interactive lessons for digital literacy. Includes typing games, tests, and achievement to motivate learners.
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Family Literacy
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A great resource to have a better understanding of Family Literacy.
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Family Literacy Week by Decoda
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Decoda provides resources of activity sheets and fact sheets to help families and communities celebrate Family Literacy Week.
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They also hold an annual Family Literacy Week photo contest open to all BC residents for a chance to win prizes.
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Family Literacy First by ABC Life Literacy Canada
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A program created to bring parents and children together to practice family literacy.
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They offer free online resources in different languages.
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An educational company that offers many fun games and activities children can interact with to shape their literacy early.
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A blog to help parents teach their children early literacy with educational activities. They have fun crafts and books for free!
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Canadian Children's Literacy Foundation
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A national charity dedicated to children's early literacy. They provide information, training, and other resources to make it easy to help families.
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Financial Literacy
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Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
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An independent agency of the Government of Canada dedicated to helping Canadians with their financial education and awareness of their rights and responsibilities.
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Money Matters by ABC Life Literacy Canada
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A free financial literacy program for adult learners, newcomers to Canada, Indigenous Peoples, and people with diverse abilities.
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Provides unbiased and independent financial tools to help people make better financial decisions.
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Includes information about Basic Investing, future management of finances, and a collection of calculators with many different functions.
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A digital magazine and financial media website. They provide relevant and up-to-date information to help people with their finances.
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Pigly offers a rich collection of helpful utilities to help people figure out their finances, manage their budget, and plan for retirement.
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They have over 100 calculators that you can use to figure out loan payments, estimate investment returns, or just about any other important financial decision!
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Indigenous Learning
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History of Indigenous People in Canada by Decoda
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A resource page collected by Decoda to help people learn more about the important history of Aboriginal People
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A great website with a wide collection of studies and information about Aboriginal topics.
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A site meant to support people who are asking questions and looking to learn more in ways that are respectful of, and useful to Indigenous People
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A national Indigenous charitable organization with the mandate to educate and create awareness and understanding about the Residential School System.
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