Laubach Literacy of Canada
119 Ross Avenue Suite 201
Ottawa, ON K1Y0N6
Phone: (613) 759-4949
Fax: (613) 759-4948
Web: http://www.laubach.ca

History

Laubach Literacy of Canada and the New Readers Bookstore are the Canadian face of an international movement started by literacy pioneer Frank C. Laubach.

As an American living in the Phillipines, Laubach developed a method of teaching adults to read and write in their own language. Since the 1930s, the Laubach Way to Reading (LWR) has used the slogan “Each One Teach One” because our way of teaching literacy skills is direct and personal.

Laubach's volunteer tutors are matched one-on-one with students.

• Canada's first Laubach tutor training workshop was held in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia in 1970. Laubach was incorporated as a national, charitable organization in 1981.
• Laubach's national office is located in Ottawa. Our Board of Directors includes Member Representatives from all provinces with incorporated Laubach organizations. A National Student Representative also sits on the Laubach Board.
• The New Readers Bookstore, based in Saint John, New Brunswick, is a division of Laubach. It offers mail order publications of interest to literacy practitioners and adult students.

Recent statistics show that there are 5,500 trained tutors, 4,500 students and 133 Laubach literacy councils in Canada. Laubach Literacy of Canada has had longstanding ties to ProLiteracy Worldwide (formerly Laubach Literacy International).