ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Many thanks are offered to all who participated in the Literacy Project. The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies gratefully acknowledges the funding provided by the Secretary of State literacy Secretariat to conduct this project.

The researcher would like to thank the Executive Directors of the Elizabeth Fry Societies across the country for the unfailing generosity and assistance they provided during this study. A heartfelt thank-you is extended to the women in the prisons and halfway houses who agreed to speak with me. It is my hope that their voices will be echoed in this report.

Barbara MacDonald,
Researcher