LBS-SFS-CoP - Underrepresented Groups

Year 2: April 2023-March 2024

Service Delivery Agencies are participating in pilots with underrepresented groups.

Underrepresented Groups initiative will expand and enhance the delivery of LBS training to underrepresented groups through service delivery pilots to serve new learners in partnership with organizations that provide other services to groups of people that are underrepresented in the local labour market.

Provincial Support Organizations are developing, piloting, and evaluating underrepresented groups curriculum resources that align with the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF) and include the new Skills for Success (SFS) to support LBS service delivery. The expected outcome is new underrepresented group resources are created to meet the needs of underrepresented group learners and other underrepresented group stakeholders.

Click here to see what was developed in 2023-2024. Scroll down to find the Underrepresented Groups section.

Regional Networks are enhancing local planning and coordination to support service delivery pilots focused on underrepresented groups. The expected outcome is under-represented groups in the local labour market are identified and local organizations that provide services to these groups engage in the development of workplace literacy pilots.

Year 1: November 2022-March 2023

Provincial Support Organizations are developing, piloting, and evaluating underrepresented groups curriculum resources that align with the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF) and include the new Skills for Success (SFS) to support LBS service delivery. The expected outcome is new underrepresented group resources are created to meet the needs of underrepresented group learners and other underrepresented group stakeholders.

Click here to see was developed in 2022-2023. Please note that resources are still being adding so not all links work yet.

Regional Networks are enhancing local planning and coordination to support service delivery pilots focused on underrepresented groups. The expected outcome is under-represented groups in the local labour market are identified and local organizations that provide services to these groups engage in the development of workplace literacy pilots.

* An under-represented group is a subset in a population that holds a smaller percentage within a specific subgroup than the subset holds in the general population. In the subgroup of individuals who participate in the labour market, examples of under-represented groups include women, Indigenous persons, visible minorities, immigrants, persons with disabilities, racialized groups and youth. The list of under-represented groups can vary based on the local labour market or within a specific sector.

(Source: Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) Program Regional Network Literacy Service Plan for 2023-2024 template - page 6)