This document profiles seven exemplary literacy programs in Manitoba, Canada: the Open Doors program in Winnipeg (a community-based program conducted in a school setting); the Brandon Friendship Centre literacy program (a community-based program conducted in a friendship center in rural Manitoba); the Flin Flon Friendship Centre literacy program (a community-based program conducted in a library in northern Manitoba); the Transcona Literacy program (a volunteer program conducted in a community centre in Winnipeg); the Pembina Valley Language Education for Adults program (a community-based program that is presented in multiple centers through the efforts of a coalition of community and government organizations formed to coordinate adult literacy education in the rural Pembina Valley area); the Communication Enhancement Program (a workplace literacy program for workers in the agriculture sector that is sponsored by the United Grain Growers and Manitoba Pool Elevators); and the workplace literacy program offered by the manufacturing company Atlas Graham. Each program profile contains some or all of the following: highlights of the program's 1994-95 project plan, background to the program, elements of good practice and unique features of the program, and a discussion of how the program's development plan reflects its philosophy. (MN)