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Paul Lordon, Chair Michèle Juteau  \nOdette Laverdière Heather MacFadgen  \nHeather MacNaughton John D. O’Leary Robert Owen George Pheasey  \nTerry Sargeant Yvon Tarte Arthur B. Trudeau  \nKevin Whitaker  \nResearch  \nRichard M. Nolan Diane Drinkwater Wood Anida Chiodo  \nJeanne Kelly-Guillen  \nArbitrator and Former Chairperson, Canada Industrial Relations Board  \nCommissaire, Commission des lésions professionnelles, Québec  \nVice-présidente, Tribunal administratif du Québec  \nDirector of Human Rights, Yukon Human Rights Commission  \nChair, BC Human Rights Tribunal  \nPresident, Frontier College, Toronto  \nVice-Chair, Ontario Municipal Board  \nChief Appeals Commissioner, Appeal Commission for Alberta’s Workers’Compensation  \nChair, Manitoba Clean Environment Commission  \nChairperson, Public Service Staff Relations Board  \nExecutive Director, Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals  \nChair, Ontario Labour Relations Board  \nClarke and Nolan, Ottawa Drinkwater Consultants, Ottawa Legal researcher  \nLegal researcher  \nEditing, translation and publishing  \nPat Buchanan Buchanan Indexing & Editing, Ottawa  \nEddy Cavé Traductions Multilingues Eurêka, Inc. , Ottawa  \nEmmanuel Didier Traductions Multilingues Eurêka, Inc. , Ottawa  \nThe Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals gratefully acknowledges the financial support of Human Resources Development Canada, National Literacy Secretariat, for this project.  \nCopies of Literacy and Access to Administrative Justice in Canada, which includes a CD-ROM, may be obtained by contacting  \nThe Executive Director  \nCouncil of Canadian Administrative Tribunals Faculty of Law (Common Law) University of Ottawa  \nOttawa, Canada K1N 6N5  \n[E-mail: ExecutiveDirector@ccat-ctac.org](E-mail: ExecutiveDirector@ccat-ctac.org)  \n[Web site: www.ccat-ctac.org](Web site: www.ccat-ctac.org)  \nCost: $25 plus GST; $10 shipping and handling  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \nThis manual on a literacy program for administrative tribunals builds on the good work of numerous organizations in this area. These groups include the Canadian Judicial Council, the Canadian Bar Association, the National Judicial Institute, the John Howard Society of Canada, Correctional Services Canada, the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, and the British Columbia Securities Commission. Their work has helped us create a guide specifically for administrative tribunals.  \nWe thank the National Literacy Secretariat of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada for its support of this project. We also owe thanks to John O’Leary, President of Frontier College, an organization that has long promoted literacy; the Learning Disabled Association of Canada; and Graham Stewart, Executive Director of the John Howard Society of Canada.  \nWithin our own organization, the members of the Committee—Administrative Tribunals, Literacy and Access to Justice in Canada—have contributed generously of their time and knowledge to further this work.  \nThanks are due to Richard Nolan of Clarke and Nolan Consultants and Diane Drinkwater Wood of Drinkwater Consultants who provided the research for this manual.  \nThis list would not be complete without acknowledging those who pushed hard to bring literacy to our attention—within their families; in their communities; and with local, regional, and national organizations. Thank you for highlighting this real and pressing problem.  \nArthur B. Trudeau  \nExecutive Director  \nCouncil of Canadian Administrative Tribunals  \nFOREWORD  \nIt is a fact that today thousands of people in our country cannot afford a lawyer and must rely on their own skills and resources to access the justice system, be it through the courts or one of the many administrative tribunals. Those who represent themselves often do not understand the legal system, the role of court","cbCaijyNDPwLKjNF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijyNDPwLKjNF","pdf",431801,100,"English","# Introduction\n## Purpose and background\n## Low literacy and access to justice","[{\"question\":\"Why does low literacy make access to administrative justice harder?\",\"answer\":\"Self-represented litigants may not understand legal systems, tribunal processes, or decisions. 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