National Adult Literacy Database

Libraries, archives, museums and historical sites are in the spotlight as the Canadian Association of University Teachers launches its 'Canada's Past Matters' campaign.

In many countries that are part of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), there is a growing concern over studies suggesting that boys lag behind girls in measures of scholastic achievement.

The Centre for Excellence in Foundational Learning at Bow Valley College is looking for experienced adult education practitioners to serve on an advisory committee for an innovative adult writing assessment project titled Write Forward. Members will assist in reviews of project design and development through all stages, and assist with networking and promotion of the project across Canada.

The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick is organizing an employer information session in Fredericton on December 13, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

The authors of this study sought to understand early childhood literacy programs in Canada by identifying such programs and gathering information on their operations, content and challenges.

Over 100 eminent academics have signed a letter to Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Minister John Duncan demanding that core funding for Aboriginal organizations be restored to protect vital research projects underway. The signatories highlight that researchers partner with tribal councils, the National Aboriginal Health Organization, and other Aboriginal representative organizations to address "health, education and infrastructure issues that are preventing Canadian First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities from reaching their full potential."

In June 2009, Essential Skills Ontario, then called the Ontario Literacy Coalition, published a document entitled “Literacy in Ontario.” This document updates the 2009 publication, incorporating the most recent information available on literacy and Essential Skills programming trend data.

This resource offers a look at how employers in Manitoba are working with the provincial government to develop training programs to build the skills of their workers.

The Canadian Society for the Study of Education is the largest organization of professors, students, researchers and practitioners in education in Canada. A bilingual organization, CSSE is the major national voice for those who create educational knowledge, prepare teachers and educational leaders, and apply research in the schools, classrooms and institutions of Canada.

Out of 1,000 people surveyed for a new study from the Investor Education Fund (IEF), only 36 per cent scored a passing grade of more than 60 per cent when it came to testing their knowledge on topics such as financial fraud, RRSPs, mortgages and investing.