2006
December
Friday 22 December, 2006
The National Adult Literacy Database Inc. (NALD) has an opening for a Web Applications Developer
Thursday 21 December, 2006
Coordinator, Work and Learning Knowledge Centre
Wednesday 20 December, 2006
Jan Brett’s Homepage : A Great Place for Ideas - Family Literacy Activities, Secret Santa Selections, etc.
Tuesday 19 December, 2006
Stats Canada Publication - Literacy and the official language minorities
Friday 15 December, 2006
Strategy Identifies Opportunities for Adult Learners in Nunavut
Tuesday 12 December, 2006
Award Winning Workplace Literacy Programs Improve Workplace Safety
Tuesday 12 December, 2006
First National Report on Post-Secondary Education Paints Worrisome Picture for Canada's Future
Thursday 07 December, 2006
Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) Survey on Health Literacy
Deadline : December 15, 2006
Wednesday 06 December, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of November 2006
Wednesday 06 December, 2006
The UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning launches its new logo
Monday 04 December, 2006
International Volunteer Day Celebrates 12 Million Canadian Volunteers!
Friday 01 December, 2006
Grade 6 students create original art for immunization awareness
Friday 01 December, 2006
Tom Sticht’s Conference Presentation and Comments on Canadian Literacy Situation
November
Thursday 30 November, 2006
Gift of Words(TM) Funding program, presented by Starbucks - application deadline December 15, 2006
Wednesday 29 November, 2006
Labourer-Teacher for the Summer months - Rural workplaces, predominantly farms in Ontario
Wednesday 29 November, 2006
The National Adult Literacy Database Inc. (NALD) has an opening for a Senior Researcher
Tuesday 28 November, 2006
National Institute for Literacy Resource Collections : Basic Skills, Program Planning and Workforce Competitiveness
Tuesday 28 November, 2006
Low literacy a pressing Canadian child health problem: Physicians key to change
Friday 24 November, 2006
Join Amnesty International's Global Write-a-thon
Thursday 23 November, 2006
News from Ontario - A new look for AlphaRoute, a collection of tools for literacy and on-line learning, in Ontario
Tuesday 21 November, 2006
The John Howard Society of Canada invites applications for the position of Executive Director
Monday 20 November, 2006
Let the children play: Nature’s answer to early learning: Play is essential for optimal development
Monday 20 November, 2006
Accessible News #28, Fall 2006 - Assistive Devices Industry Office
Friday 17 November, 2006
Government of Canada Announces Investments of Close to $2.5M for new Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Projects
Wednesday 15 November, 2006
The Voluntary Sector Forum is gathering information on the impact of the Federal Government spending cuts
Tuesday 14 November, 2006
Learning Disabilities Association of Canada Announces Appointment of New Executive Director
Friday 10 November, 2006
The Canadian Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA) is launching a new package that promotes the importance of early intervention
Friday 10 November, 2006
Reaction to the Federal Funding Cuts in Literacy - Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE)
Thursday 09 November, 2006
Issue of federal spending cuts raised: Min. Finley, MPs meet ABC CANADA and other literacy organizations on the Hill
Wednesday 08 November, 2006
Survey of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning : Canada’s barometer of opinions, perceptions and beliefs about lifelong learning
Wednesday 08 November, 2006
National Literacy Strategy initiative developing within the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network
Monday 06 November, 2006
We Learn, Adult Literacy/Basic Education Students "Send Us Your Writings"
January 12, 2006
Friday 03 November, 2006
Special Invitation : 5th Annual Celebration of the United Nation’s International Day of Disabled Persons
Friday 03 November, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of October 2006
Thursday 02 November, 2006
New Executive Director at FCAF
Wednesday 01 November, 2006
The Canadian Labour Congress in solidarity with the literacy community
October
Friday 27 October, 2006
Literacy Action Day - November 9, 2006 : Parliament Hill, Ottawa
Wednesday 25 October, 2006
Update on the National Response to the Federal Funding Cuts
Tuesday 24 October, 2006
ABC CANADA now accepting applications for Gift of Words(TM) presented by Starbucks
Thursday 19 October, 2006
CanWest CanSpell welcomes Canada Post to the spelling spotlight
Monday 16 October, 2006
Search to identify a New Lead for the the Work and Learning Knowledge Centre
* Deadline - October 27, 2006
Thursday 12 October, 2006
The Literacy Project - A resource for teachers, literacy organizations and anyone interested in reading and education
Wednesday 11 October, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of September 2006
Thursday 05 October, 2006
Cuts to Literacy Programs Regressive, According to Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF)
Thursday 05 October, 2006
CanWest Raise-a-Reader raises $2.24 million for literacy programs - National campaign increases donations by almost 20% over 2005
Thursday 05 October, 2006
Literacy groups demand $17M back from Ottawa
Thursday 05 October, 2006
Canadian children to benefit from over $100,000 donated to new language and literacy products
Thursday 05 October, 2006
The "Hard Data" for Increasing Investments in Adult Literacy Education: Moving From a One Life Cycle to a Multiple Life Cycles Education Policy
Wednesday 04 October, 2006
Adult Literacy a National Priority: Spending cuts marginalize adult Canadians, undermine Canadian economy say ABC CANADA and MCL
Wednesday 04 October, 2006
Litcam, Google, and UNESCO's Institute for Lifelong Learning Launch "The Literacy Project"
Wednesday 04 October, 2006
Frontier College speaks out in support of Canada's learners, volunteers and literacy practitioners
Wednesday 04 October, 2006
Literacy groups warn federal cuts will set adult learning back decades
Wednesday 04 October, 2006
Fighting Cuts to Literacy
Tuesday 03 October, 2006
Literacy funds will be found, says MacKay : Minister says not to worry about permanent loss of literacy funding
Tuesday 03 October, 2006
The NALD website has changed its look!
Monday 02 October, 2006
Literacy milestone reached today : Canadian adult learners receive $10 million, net, through PGI Golf Tournaments for Literacy - Founded by Peter Gzowski
Monday 02 October, 2006
Government of Canada Announces $1,590,000 to Fund National Adult Literacy Database Project
September
Friday 29 September, 2006
Feds cut $17.7 million from literacy yet 42% of Canadians struggle with basic reading and writing
Friday 29 September, 2006
A message from the Canadian Labour and Business Centre's Chief Executive Officer Shirley Seward
Wednesday 27 September, 2006
Federal cuts to literacy programs add to Canada's low-literacy dilemma, says ABC CANADA
Wednesday 27 September, 2006
Canadians from coast-to-coast battle illiteracy one newspaper at a time : Thousands of volunteers from the Atlantic to the Pacific to hit the streets for CanWest Raise-a-Reader
Wednesday 27 September, 2006
Ministers of Education Reaffirm Leadership Role in Pan Canadian Education Issues
Monday 25 September, 2006
White House Conference on Global Literacy Moves Toward Life Cycles Education Policy
Monday 25 September, 2006
Contests: Launch your future with reading!
Friday 22 September, 2006
Learning Resources by School Subject : Using the Statistics Canada Daily to write a newspaper style article
Wednesday 20 September, 2006
Employee training falls short in Canada: How to catch up?
Friday 15 September, 2006
National contest will see lucky Canadian family get exclusive visit from author Robert Munsch
Wednesday 13 September, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of August 2006 - Now available separately in English and French
Wednesday 13 September, 2006
Resignation from AlphaPlus Centre - Anne Parker Stepping Down
Tuesday 12 September, 2006
Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC) E-Newsletter, September 2006 : Workplace Partners Panel releases findings from its fifth Viewpoints Survey
Tuesday 12 September, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections - Now Available Separately in English and French, July 2006
Tuesday 12 September, 2006
Frontier College celebrates 107 years of volunteer literacy work : Media invited to open house; meet volunteers and learners
Monday 11 September, 2006
CanWest Raise-a-Reader 2006: If you can read this, please help someone who can't
Friday 08 September, 2006
Happy International Literacy Day - September 8th, from the Canadian Labour Congress
Friday 08 September, 2006
Celebrate International Literacy Day! Message from the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)
Friday 08 September, 2006
Literacy challenges on the rise: One million more Canadians added to pressing issue - International Literacy Day message from CUPE
Friday 08 September, 2006
Canada Needs a National Literacy Action Plan - Now! - An International Literacy Day Message from Frontier College
Thursday 07 September, 2006
Two Canadian journalists share honours of 2006 Peter Gzowski Literacy Award of Merit
Wednesday 06 September, 2006
National Institute for Literacy Launches International Perspectives on Adult Literacy Education
Wednesday 06 September, 2006
Teachers, librarians, families across Canada get ready for biggest spelling bee ever on International Literacy Day
Wednesday 06 September, 2006
Alan Wells, icon of adult basic skills education in the United Kingdom and Director of the Basic Skills Agency (BSA) since 1978, has left the BSA
Friday 01 September, 2006
We Have Our Winners! Canada Post Literacy Awards 2006
Friday 01 September, 2006
Literacy Sustains Development : International Literacy Day, 8 September 2006 - UNESCO
August
Thursday 31 August, 2006
New Literacy Partnership Aims to Nourish Minds and Bodies
Thursday 31 August, 2006
Getting ready for school begins at home - The Learning Partnership offers some tips to ease the transition
Wednesday 30 August, 2006
New Series of Books Published by Grass Roots Press
Wednesday 30 August, 2006
What UNESCO is doing for Literacy - Literacy learning: A global issue
Monday 28 August, 2006
Waiting for the Watermelons: Remembering 9/11
Friday 25 August, 2006
Post-secondary education and training consultation - Human Resources and Social Development Canada
(deadline: Sept. 8/06)
Thursday 24 August, 2006
Lessons in Learning: Never too old to learn - Seniors and learning in Canada
Thursday 24 August, 2006
CCL Posts State-of-the-field Reviews - Simulation in Education and E-Learning
Thursday 24 August, 2006
ABC CANADA, corporate partners, launch largest national spelling bee project for International Literacy Day, September 8
Wednesday 16 August, 2006
Submission to Blue Ribbon Panel on Accountability
Tuesday 15 August, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of July 2006
Friday 11 August, 2006
Adult Literacy Education for Sustainable Development:: A Message from Tom Sticht for International Literacy Day
Friday 11 August, 2006
The Adult Learning, Literacy and Essential Skills Program announces the launch of its call for proposals for national projects.
Thursday 10 August, 2006
Sample Lesson Plans and Tasks : Canadian Language Benchmarks and Essential Skills in the Workplace
Thursday 10 August, 2006
Information regarding Essential Skills from the Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks
Wednesday 09 August, 2006
B.C. Literacy Champion Celebrated for Life's Work
Tuesday 08 August, 2006
Amnesty International - Write for Rights: Write-a-thon Materials to help you with your letter-writing efforts
Tuesday 08 August, 2006
Posting Events for International Literacy Day, September 8, 2006
Friday 04 August, 2006
Tom Sticht, International Consultant in Adult Education: Update on Speaking Tour for 2006/07
Tuesday 01 August, 2006
Lessons in Learning : Apprenticeship Training in Canada
July
Monday 31 July, 2006
Council of the Federation Announces Literacy Award Winners for 2006
Friday 28 July, 2006
Youth-Ability in Skilled Trades Survey - Issues that affect employment of people with disabilities in skilled-trades
Thursday 27 July, 2006
Canada Post Literacy Award Finalists 2006 Now Available
Tuesday 25 July, 2006
Resource Kit on Language and Literacy to be launched in 2007
Monday 24 July, 2006
Call for Aboriginal Writers - Love, Laughter & Learning Anthology: Deadline August 31, 2006
Friday 21 July, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of June 2006
Wednesday 19 July, 2006
Applications of Working and Learning National Project (AWAL) - Developing relevant classroom activities in a workplace environment
Wednesday 19 July, 2006
Canadian Council on Learning Applauds Agreement on First Nations' Education in British Columbia
Wednesday 19 July, 2006
Accessible News #27 - Spring 2006, Assistive Devices Industry Office
Friday 14 July, 2006
LangCanada.ca - A Portal for ESL and FSL Learners and Teachers
Wednesday 12 July, 2006
NALD receives an award from CASP Adult Literacy Network
Wednesday 12 July, 2006
NALD offers new virtual home to ABC CANADA
Wednesday 12 July, 2006
The Emergence of Adult Literacy Education as a Professional Field of Practice
Tuesday 11 July, 2006
Montana's Cookhouse encourages Canada's youth to take the challenge... the Montana's Summer Reading Challenge
Friday 07 July, 2006
NALD Launches New Website!
Wednesday 05 July, 2006
Poor literacy skills hinder too many
Tuesday 04 July, 2006
Quest for Heroes - TD Summer Reading Club, designed to motivate children to read for pleasure
Tuesday 04 July, 2006
State of Literacy - Notice of Inquiry : Future of National Literacy Secretariat
Tuesday 04 July, 2006
New Survey for Parent Educators
June
Monday 26 June, 2006
The UNESCO Institute for Education to become the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning
Monday 26 June, 2006
2006 UNESCO Literacy Prize winners announced
Monday 26 June, 2006
Announcing a new website on Learning and Violence
Wednesday 21 June, 2006
Summary report of the SHARE Essential Skills Knowledge Forum with Dr. Robin Millar
Monday 19 June, 2006
BEE part of a movement! Participate in the My Bee In A B-o-x™ Project to create the largest simultaneous spelling bee in Canada
Monday 19 June, 2006
Adult Learning in Canada - First National Symposium, June 21-23 in Fredericton
Monday 19 June, 2006
National Conference on Children's Language and Literacy Development Reaches into the Local Community
Friday 16 June, 2006
Nova Scotian adult students and programs are “doing us proud”!
Friday 16 June, 2006
Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message
Tuesday 13 June, 2006
New study links lack of summer reading and learning loss - Experts offer tips to engage children in fun reading-related activities over summer months
Tuesday 13 June, 2006
E-News from Canadian Labour and Business Centre : Learning community meets to discuss the use of knowledge exchange
Monday 12 June, 2006
Independent Blue Ribbon Panel to Advise on Grant and Contribution Programs
Monday 12 June, 2006
A High Return on Investment: Adult Education in Canada
Friday 09 June, 2006
ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation Board of Directors appoints Margaret Eaton as President
Thursday 08 June, 2006
Valuing Literacy: Rhetoric or Reality? Soon to be published – Book by Nayda Veeman, Angela Ward, and Keith Walker
Thursday 08 June, 2006
The Literacy List - A large collection of free Adult Basic Education and English language ELL/ESL/ESOL websites and other Internet resources
Monday 05 June, 2006
Adult Literacy Education Presentation Schedule for Fall 2006 Now Forming
Friday 02 June, 2006
The Canadian Council on Learning's new website makes navigating a breeze
Friday 02 June, 2006
NDP Gets Parliament to Study Employability for Workers
Thursday 01 June, 2006
Canadian Education Association Bulletin, May 2006: Getting it Right for Adolescent Learners” - A Resounding Success!
May
Friday 26 May, 2006
CBC's The National : Canada's Shame - Indepth Education
Wednesday 24 May, 2006
On CLEONet you can now browse for resources by over 50 languages
Wednesday 24 May, 2006
Canada has powerful new tool to measure lifelong learning
Wednesday 24 May, 2006
Shame or Sham: Conflicting Data on Adult Literacy in Canada
Friday 19 May, 2006
About Literacy and Clear Language - Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
Friday 19 May, 2006
Submit nominations for 2006 UNESCO International Literacy Prizes
Friday 19 May, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of April 2006
Friday 19 May, 2006
Canada's Shame - CBC Television Documentary on Low Literacy in Canada
Tuesday 16 May, 2006
Lessons in Learning, Canadian Council on Learning: Basic English-Language Literacy for All Students
Friday 12 May, 2006
The Canadian Association Leads National Dialogue on Adolescent Learning in the 21st Century
Friday 12 May, 2006
2006 Adult Learning Speakers Series - Synergy: Essential Skills in the Workplace, June 1, 2006
Thursday 11 May, 2006
Literacy Expert Available to Comment on Canada’s Composite Learning Index
Wednesday 10 May, 2006
Journalists' Submissions for Gzowski Award Now Being Accepted by ABC CANADA
Tuesday 09 May, 2006
New Poll Indicates Canada Meets Acceptable Goal for Adult Literacy - Tom Sticht, International Consultant in Adult Education
Monday 08 May, 2006
New Poll: Canada not Making the Grade
Wednesday 03 May, 2006
Winnipeg school wins early-bird draw in GMAC Great Canadian Writing Contest
Wednesday 03 May, 2006
The Right Skills for the Job: A new learning tool matches language skills to job requirements
Monday 01 May, 2006
Words at Large - A web portal from CBC
April
Wednesday 26 April, 2006
NALD Library: A new resource now online
Tuesday 25 April, 2006
Lessons in Learning: Can workplace learning create healthier employees?
Monday 24 April, 2006
Celebrate National Volunteer Week! April 23rd to 29th 2006
Wednesday 19 April, 2006
Civics Channel Newsletter 2006 #3 - April 11, 2006
Wednesday 19 April, 2006
Adult Learning in Canada: What…? So what…? Now what…?
Tuesday 18 April, 2006
Celebrating Education for All Week April 24-30, 2006
Thursday 13 April, 2006
The Great "Skills" Versus "Knowledge" Debate and Adult Literacy Education
Wednesday 12 April, 2006
Knowledge Exchange Action Projects – Canadian Council on Learning, March 2006
Tuesday 11 April, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of March, 2006
Monday 10 April, 2006
Document Conversion Lab – National Adult Literacy Database (NALD)
Friday 07 April, 2006
Nominations for the 2006 Canada Post Literacy Awards are now being accepted
Wednesday 05 April, 2006
Update on Tom Sticht’s 2006 Presentations
Tuesday 04 April, 2006
May 16, 2006 is Census Day!
Tuesday 04 April, 2006
Catalogue of Child Literacy Reviews
Monday 03 April, 2006
Accessibility Standards at NALD
March
Thursday 30 March, 2006
TESL Canada - Looking for an Executive Director
Deadline: September 1, 2005
Thursday 30 March, 2006
Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Education is pleased to announce a new on-line Master of Education (M.Ed.) program in Imaginative Education
Thursday 30 March, 2006
Call for Speakers - Adult Learning Knowledge Centre, Canadian Council on Learning
Monday 27 March, 2006
Accessible News #26, Winter 2006 - Assistive Devices Industry Office
Friday 24 March, 2006
Statistics Canada study: Adult education and its impact on earnings
Wednesday 22 March, 2006
Ministers of Education Follow Up on National Postsecondary Education and Skills Development Summit
Tuesday 14 March, 2006
Search is on for young talent in the national GMAC Great Canadian Writing Contest
Tuesday 14 March, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of February, 2006
Tuesday 14 March, 2006
Understanding the need for targetted workplace learning strategies - Lessons in Learning, Canadian Council on Learning
Friday 10 March, 2006
Canadian Language Benchmarks' Essential Skills Website: Understand language requirements for particular jobs
Tuesday 07 March, 2006
Call for Speakers - Adult Learning Knowledge Centre, Canadian Council on Learning
February
Tuesday 28 February, 2006
Literacy Groups and the 2006 Census
Monday 27 February, 2006
11th Annual 'Joycee' Award : CBC-Radio Canada honoured with national literacy award
Monday 27 February, 2006
ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation seeking new President
Monday 27 February, 2006
Freedom to Read Week, February 26 – March 4, 2006
Wednesday 22 February, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Year of 2005
Monday 20 February, 2006
Call for Projects - Adult Learning Knowledge Centre, Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)
Monday 20 February, 2006
B.C. Literary Magazine seeks donation recipients
Monday 20 February, 2006
A 10-year, Results-Based National Literacy Action Plan 2006 – 2016
Monday 13 February, 2006
Conference Board outlines 12 success factors for workplace literacy programs
Friday 10 February, 2006
Celebrating Black History Month - February 2006: Three Black Ladies of Adult Literacy Education in the Struggle for Social Justice in the United States
Thursday 09 February, 2006
Labourer-Teacher Program, Frontier College - Job Posting 2006
Thursday 09 February, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of January, 2006
Wednesday 08 February, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of December, 2005
Wednesday 08 February, 2006
Can Massive Injections of Adult Literacy Education Improve Children's Reading Skills?
Wednesday 08 February, 2006
Lessons in Learning, Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) – How Parents Foster Early Literacy
Monday 06 February, 2006
Workplace Literacy and Essential Skills Information and Resources
January
Monday 30 January, 2006
QualiFLY : European Project on Family Literacy
Monday 30 January, 2006
Here is the Simple English Wikipedia, where pages are less complicated, and people can read them in school, use them for computer work and other
Wednesday 25 January, 2006
Children should enjoy reading, not see it as work, says literacy official
Friday 20 January, 2006
Robert Munsch celebrates ABC CANADA Family Literacy Day with online live chat with Canadian children, January 27
Thursday 19 January, 2006
Political Leaders’ Responses to Movement for Canadian Literacy’s Election Questionnaire
Wednesday 18 January, 2006
Toward Life Cycles Education Policy: Parenting Should Precede Preschool
Friday 13 January, 2006
Top Twenty Downloads in pdf Format of Resources from the NALD Collections for the Month of November, 2005
Wednesday 11 January, 2006
Lee Family of Calgary wins visit from Robert Munsch in national contest for Family Literacy Day™
Thursday 05 January, 2006
Case Studies: Building Essential Skills in the Workplace
Thursday 05 January, 2006
Family Literacy Day - Suggestions of Activities for Families
Thursday 05 January, 2006
Adult literacy scheme branded failure
Thursday 05 January, 2006
New issue of the ESPORT newsletter
Thursday 05 January, 2006
Functional Context Education (FCE) Resources and Presentations in 2006 by Tom Sticht, International Consultant in Adult Education
