National Adult Literacy Database

Chief financial officers who put most of their energy into number crunching are missing tremendous opportunities to contribute leadership and vision to their companies, according to a new study of Canadian CFOs.

Why isn't knowledge transfer happening more often in companies spending money on it? Maybe it's because their staff don't always want to share.

Students are diving deeper into creative problem-solving by focusing on project-based learning, says PEI Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Doug Currie.

Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan will get the skills they need to find and keep jobs through an innovative project supported by the Government of Canada.

Frontier College is getting ready for a busy summer of helping children in Aboriginal communities across Canada improve their reading skills. Staff in over 60 camps will work to keep youngsters motivated and improve their literacy skills by preventing reading loss that often occurs over the summer months.

Two days of presentations and debate ran the gamut from the significance of lifelong learning for sustainability in view of climate changes, to the relationship between the right to learn and the right to decent work.

Despite the importance of landing a dream job, only 42 per cent of immigrants indicated they sought out information about career options in Canada before deciding to move.

Ontario is investing more than $2.2 million over three years in the Life After High School program. This includes paying for participants' university or college application fee.

Classes for summer learning opportunities on Prince Edward Island begin July 4 and continue for six weeks. Each credit consists of 110 hours of instructional time. Cooperative education courses may be completed in fewer than six weeks depending on arrangements for work placements.

Alberta’s new Serving Communities Internship Program will award post-secondary students a $1,000 bursary for completing an internship with one of the province’s non-profit/voluntary organizations.

The governments of Canada and Manitoba are investing $732,400 towards a new facility to train Aboriginal workers for skilled jobs in Manitoba's manufacturing and transportation industries.

Megan Wisser changed her career path and enrolled as a steamfitter/pipefitter, an occupation that few women traditionally take on. "There are not many females in the trades - a few," she says.

A very high percentage of adults with literacy difficulties may simply have a problem with their eyesight, a four-year study carried out across Scotland has found.

Learn@Work Week is an annual celebration of learning in the workplace. Hosted by the Canadian Society for Training and Development (CSTD), the week is an opportunity for businesses, governments and not-for-profit organizations to share their learning initiatives with their employees and the public.

As the struggle for employers to attract workers with the right skills grows, employees are feeling the pressure mount when it comes to their skills requirements and work responsibilities.