Literacy Strategy

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) has developed the Literacy Strategy (2024-2028), which acknowledges every student’s right to literacy proficiency and commits to realizing its Vision of the literate learner. Through this Literacy Strategy, the TDSB aims to cultivate and inspire curious and innovative learners and citizens who use their critical thinking skills as readers, writers and communicators. This allows learners to engage critically in the world around them and thrive in this evolving, diverse and complex global context. 

This Literacy Strategy is designed to support all students, regardless of their identity, in creating, communicating, reading, writing and thinking critically with confidence, fluency, and enjoyment, regardless of the language of instruction. These literacy skills allow learners to contribute to positive social change, social justice, technological and economic growth. Literate learners will develop the skills to engage in learning that is transferable across various disciplines from the early years to secondary school and beyond. These literacy skills will allow students to pursue educational and vocational opportunities that are meaningful to them. Multiliterate learners will be able to actively participate as responsible citizens who uphold human rights and who can explore and engage with the world around them.