Teachers for Reading Canada is a Canadian non-profit charity with the mission to ensure that all teachers in Canada have the skills to teach reading to all children in our public schools.
Teachers for Reading Canada (TFRC) believes that providing public school teachers with the skills to teach reading to all children will address the literacy crisis in Canada. All teachers should have access to evidence & science-based training that will allow them to recognize struggling readers in the classroom and know what to do to help those students learn to read.
THE FACTS
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Approximately 15-20% of the Canadian population are dyslexic and dyslexia is the most common Learning Disability in Canadian schools.
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Canadians with a learning disability were 46% more likely to have attempted suicide.
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74% of children who enter Grade 1 who are at risk for reading failure and do not receive intervention will continue to have reading problems into adulthood.
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Close to 40% of people with learning disabilities experience anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem.
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In a study of homeless youth in Toronto, 52% had a reading disability.
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65% of people in Canadian correctional facilities have less than a Grade eight level of literacy. Additionally, offenders across Canada are three times more likely than the overall population to experience literacy challenges.