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Anderson, Robert H. and Bikson, Tora K. (1998) Focus on Generic Skills for Information Technology Literacy. Paper presented at Information Technology Literacy Workshop, Irvine, California, January 14- 15.

April, Daniel (2000) “Internet by cable”, Connectedness Series, Statistics Canada, Cat. No. 56F0004MPE, No. 2, December.

Asha, R.P. and Ramachandran, R. (2001) Emerging Statistical Concepts and Definitions in the Information Era, IAOS Satellite Meeting for Statistics for the Information Society, Tokyo, August 30-31.

Bertelsmann Foundation and AOL Time Warner Foundation (2002) 21st Century Literacy in a Convergent Media World, White paper, 21st Century Literacy Summit, Berlin, March 7-8.

Borghans, Lex and ter Weel, Bas (2004) “Are computer skills the new basic skills? The returns to computer, writing and math skills in Britain,” Labour Economics Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 85-98.

British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) (2002) The 6 ICT literacies - a draft outline for discussion, qtd. in Bradbrook, Gail and Fisher, John et al. (2004) Digital Equality: Reviewing Digital Inclusion Activity and Mapping the Way Forwards, March 2004.

Bussière, Patrick and Gluszynski, Tomasz (2004) The Impact of Computer Use on Reading Achievement of 15-year-olds. Learning Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy and Planning Branch, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, May 2004.

Commission of the European Communities (2002) Information Society Jobs - Quality for Change. Commission Staff Working Paper, Employment and Social Dimension of the Information Society (ESDIS) working group, Brussels.

Committee on Information Technology Literacy (1999) Being Fluent with Information Technology. Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.

Conference Board of Canada (2000) Employability Skills 2000+, http://www.conferenceboard.ca/education/learning-tools/employability-skills.htm

Department for Education and Skills (DfES) (2003). The Skills for Life Survey: A National Needs and Impact Survey of Literacy, Numeracy and ICT Skills, DfES research report 490, United Kingdom.

Dryburgh, Heather (2002) “Learning computer skills,” Canadian Social Trends, Cat. No. 11-008, Statistics Canada, Spring.

Fanning, James (2001) Expanding the Definition of Technological Literacy in Schools. http://www.mcrel.org/PDFConversion/Noteworthy/Learners_Learning_Schooling/jimf.asp

Felstead, Alan, Duncan, Gallie and Francis Green (2002) Work Skills in Britain 1986-2001. January.

Fuchs, Thomas and Woessmann, Ludger (2004) Computers and Student Learning: Bivariate and Multivariate Evidence on the Availability and Use of Computers at Home and at School, CESIFO Working Paper No. 1321, November. http://www.CESifo.de

Ginsburg, Lynda and Elmore, Jennifer (1998) Technology in the Workplace: Issues of Workers’ Skills. National Center on Adult Literacy Technical Report TR98-04, University of Pennsylvania.

Government of Canada (2005) Government On-Line 2005: From Vision to Reality … and Beyond. http://www.gol-ged.gc.ca/index_e.asp

Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) (2002) Knowledge Matters: Skills and Learning for Canadians.

Huyer, Sophia, Hafkin, Nancy, Ertl, Heidi and Heather Dryburgh (2005) “Women in the Information Society”, chapter 6 in Sciadas, George (ed.) From the Digital Divide to Digital Opportunities: Measuring Infostates for Development, Orbicom/ITU.

International ICT Literacy Panel (2002) Digital Transformation: A Framework for ICT literacy. Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ, May.

Irish Information Society, qtd. in Doczi, Marianne (2000) Information and Communication Technologies and Social and Economic Inclusion, Ministry of Economic Development, Information Technology Policy Group, Competition and Enterprise Branch, New Zealand.

Jones, Stan, Kirsch, Irwin, Murray, Scott and Albert Tuijnman (1995) Literacy, Economy and Society: Results of the First International Adult Literacy Survey, Statistics Canada Cat. No. 89-545-XPE, December.

Kirsch, Irwin and Lennon, Marilou (2005) “The ICT literacy framework”, in Murray, T. Scott, Clermont, Yvan and Marilyn Binkley (eds.) Measuring Adult Literacy and Life Skills: New Frameworks for Assessment, Statistics Canada, Cat. No. 89-552-MIE, No. 13, Ottawa.

Leu Jr., Donald J. (2000) Literacy and Technology: Deictic Consequences for Literacy Education in an Information Age. Syracuse University.

Marshall, Katherine (2001) “Working with computers,” Perspectives on Labour and Income, Cat. No. 75- 001-XIE, Statistics Canada, May.

Massé, Philippe, Roy, Richard and Yves Gingras (1998) The Changing Skill Structure of Employment in Canada, Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy, Human Resources Development Canada, November.

McAuley, Julie and Lowe, Graham (1999) International Life Skills Survey Computer Literacy Assessment Framework, Draft document, October 26.

Meyer, A. and Rose, D.H. (2000) Learning to Read in the Computer Age. qtd at North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/content/cntareas/reading/ li3lk51.htm

OECD and Statistics Canada (2000) Literacy in the Information Age: Final report of the International Adult Literacy Survey, Paris.

OECD (2001a) “Competencies for the knowledge economy”, Education Policy Analysis, Paris.

OECD (2001b) Understanding the Digital Divide, Paris.

OECD (2002) ICT Skills and Employment, STI Working Paper, Paris, July 17.

OECD (2004) “ICT skills and employment,” Information Technology Outlook 2004, Working Party on the Information Economy, Paris, April 1-2.

Sciadas, George (2002) “Unveiling the digital divide”, Connectedness Series, No. 7, Statistics Canada, Cat. No. 56F0004MIE.

Sciadas, George (ed.) (2003) “Monitoring the Digital Divide…and Beyond”, National Research Council of Canada, Orbicom. http://www.orbicom.uqam.ca

Statistics Canada (2003) Canada’s Journey to an Information Society, Cat. No. 56-508-XIE, December. /bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=56-508-X&lang=eng

Statistics Canada (2004a) “Household Internet Use Survey”, The Daily, July 8. /daily-quotidien/040708/dq040708a-eng.htm

Statistics Canada (2004b) “E-Commerce: Household shopping on the Internet”, The Daily, Sept. 23. /daily-quotidien/040923/dq040923a-eng.htm

Statistics Canada (2005) “Electronic commerce and technology”, The Daily, April 20. /daily-quotidien/050420/dq050420b-eng.htm

Statistics Canada and Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2005) Building on Our Competencies: Canadian Results of the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, Cat. No. 89-617- XIE.

Statistics Canada and OECD (2005) Learning a Living: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, Cat. No. 89-603-XWE, Ottawa and Paris. /bsolc/olc-cel/olc-cel?catno=89-603-XWE&lang=eng

Stewart, James (2000) The Digital Divide in the UK: A Review of Quantitative Indicators and Public Policies. Research Centre for Social Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

U.S. Department of Commerce (1995) “Falling through the Net: A Survey of the ‘Have-Nots’ in Urban and Rural America”, July.

U.S. Department of Commerce (1998) “Falling through the Net II: New Data on the Digital Divide”, July.

U.S. Department of Commerce (1999) Falling through the Net III: Defining the Digital Divide”, July.

U.S. Department of Commerce (2000) “Falling through the Net IV: Toward Digital Inclusion”, October.

U.S. Department of Commerce (2002) “A Nation Online: How Americans Are Expanding Their Use of the Internet”, February.

U.S. Department of Commerce (2004) “A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age”, September.

Veenhof, Ben, Neogi, Prabir and van Tol, Bryan (2003) “High-speed on the information highway: Broadband in Canada”, Connectedness Series, Statistics Canada, Cat. No. 56F0004MIE, No. 10.

Veenhof, Ben, Clermont, Yvan and Sciadas, George (2005) “Skills and information and communications technologies”, Chapter 8 in Statistics Canada and OECD, Learning a Living: First Results of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey, Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 89-603-XIWE, Ottawa and Paris.