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NALD's Feature of the Month: A Timeline of Literacy and Essential Skills from Essential Skills Ontario
Headline News | Posted: May 1, 2013 | 
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
“Throughout its long history, the literacy and essential skills field has continually evolved and adapted in response to the changing needs of adults. This timeline captures some of the important people, events, initiatives and other influences that have helped shape the literacy and essential skills field in Canada over the past 200 years.” -- Essential Skills Ontario
Aboriginal populations surge in Canada, StatsCan says
Headline News | Posted: May 9, 2013 |
Category: Learning
Aboriginal peoples are gaining ground in Canada's population, but they are losing their languages. And their family structure is dramatically different than other Canadian families, with less than half of children living with both their parents. The rest are in single-parent homes, living with relatives or step-parents, or in foster homes. Indeed, half the foster children in Canada under the age of 14 are aboriginal, according to the National Household Survey.
How my learning disability affected my mental health
Headline News | Posted: May 9, 2013 |
Category: Learning
Learning disabilities are commonly considered a school-based issue; but struggling in school means struggling in life. This makes learning to be confident and acquiring a healthy mental attitude a particular challenge for those with learning disabilities. With children and youth as this year's focus for Mental Health Awareness Week, I would like to call attention to the relationship between mental health issues and learning disabilities.
ESI: Essential Skills Investigation – Episode 2 [Video – 16:07] by Bear Image Productions (2007)
Library | Posted: May 9, 2013
This video is one in a series designed to promote understanding of the role Essential Skills play in learning, work, and life.
Fact Sheet: Youth Literacy Skills by Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) (2010)
Library | Posted: May 9, 2013
This assessment of the literacy skills of 15-year-old Canadians is part of the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted every three years by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
Literacy Matters - Northwest Territories Literacy Council - April 2013
Newsletters | Posted: May 8, 2013
Category: Learning
The Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning is filling a gap in the education options available in the NWT. It aims to develop critical thinkers and leaders who will contribute to a strong northern environment and economy.
The International LitCam Conference 2013, Literacy and Gender (October 07, 2013 - October 08, 2013)
Event | Posted: May 8, 2013
This year the International LitCam Conference, Literacy and Gender“ will take place on 7th and 8th of October 2013 in Frankfurt. Cooperation partners will be, amongst others, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning.
Calgary Learns : Join the Conversation (June 06, 2013)
Event | Posted: May 8, 2013
Calgary Learns invites you to Join the Conversation event on Thursday, June 6, 2013.
Good news: Canada’s high-school dropout rates are falling - Lessons in Learning – December 16, 2005 by Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) (2006)
Library | Posted: May 8, 2013
While much progress has been made across Canada in reducing the high-school dropout rate, the progress is much slower among certain groups, including Aboriginal students, those in rural areas, and young men. The authors of this article examine what is known about factors affecting high-school completion, and look at ways to encourage all students to complete high school.
Getting Started: Tools and Resources [Video – 19:08] by Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) (2011)
Library | Posted: May 8, 2013
This is the final webinar in a four-part series developed by the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) as a guide for implementing Essential Skills (ES) training programs in the workplace.
National Survey of Literacy and Essential Skills Workforce extended to May 17
Headline News | Posted: May 7, 2013 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
If you are involved in the provision of Literacy and Essential Skills programs and services, exclusively or as part of other services you deliver, to adults, as a paid teacher/instructor, skills assessor, program/curriculum developer, administrator, coordinator or manager, this survey is for you.
Saving for Independent Living: Belinda Swaby, participant of SEDI’s Independent Living Accounts program [Video - 2:44] by Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI) (2010)
Library | Posted: May 7, 2013
Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI) is a Canadian nonprofit organization, founded in 1986, that helps low-income earners gain financial independence through financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and asset building.
Top 20 PDF Downloads for April 2013
Headline News | Posted: May 7, 2013 |
Categories: Essential skills, Labour market, Learning
Each month NALD releases Library user statistics in a feature known as the Top 20 downloads/20 Plus téléchargés. The report examines the number of NALD Library documents, in both English and French, which are viewed and downloaded by visitors to the websites NALD and BDAA.
Numeracy Research: Recommendations - Numeracy concepts - Interview with Katherine Clarke-Nolan, Policy analyst, OLES [Audio – 1:42] by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) (2011)
Library | Posted: May 7, 2013
This podcast is the fifth in a series of eight prepared by the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES) in Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC). The series outlines the research on numeracy that is part of the Essential Skills Research Project, undertaken to improve the current measurement framework for those skills.
Carol Vandale stepping down as executive director of SALN - Position advertised
Headline News | Posted: May 6, 2013 |
Category: Learning
"I feel honoured and grateful to have worked with the Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network Inc. since 2005. After much consideration, the time has come for me to step down and pass on the leadership of this worthy organization. I would like to thank the many colleagues I have met over the years for your support and challenges." -- Carol Vandale, Executive Director
Families and Literacy by Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador (2012)
Library | Posted: May 6, 2013
This fact sheet focuses on the role of parents in helping children develop literacy skills.
Giving Safety Talks: A guide for the construction sector – Participant Workbook by Alberta Workforce Essential Skills Society (AWES) (2012)
Library | Posted: May 6, 2013
This document is part of a set of resources designed for staff members who deliver safety training to workers whose first language is not English. This workbook and the accompanying facilitator’s guide can be used to deliver either one or two three-hour train-the-trainer workshops.
Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador's Annual General Meeting (June 01, 2013)
Event | Posted: May 3, 2013
Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador is inviting its members to itsr Annual General Meeting, Saturday, June 1, 2013.
The Situation of Official-Language Minorities in the Labour Market by Jean-François Lepage (2012)
Library | Posted: May 3, 2013
This Statistics Canada analysis is based on information from the Labour Force Survey carried out in March 2012, which for the first time included questions designed to identify language characteristics of workers.
Yukon Literacy Coalition 2010-2011 Annual Report by Yukon Literacy Coalition (2011)
Library | Posted: May 3, 2013
This annual report offers an update on the work of the Yukon Literacy Coalition (YLC), an organization committed to supporting and encouraging literacy in all the languages of the Yukon.
National Reading Week is improving student literacy in Jamaica
Headline News | Posted: May 2, 2013 |
Category: Learning
One of the organizers of Reading Week in Jamaica, Yvette Rodney, said socioeconomic conditions are a major factor in promoting reading. "We hope to have the children more interested in reading because most, if not all of them, are from the inner city and they don't really have the books," she said. "We hope to pique their interests to get them excited about reading."
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