National Adult Literacy Database

Are you an executive director/CEO, HR manager or the primary staff responsible for skills development/training for employees in your organization? The HR Council is currently seeking participants who would be willing to take part in a brief online survey planned to be fielded in April.

At a meeting with national Aboriginal leaders and Canada’s provincial and territorial ministers of education (CMEC), Métis National Council Minister of Education Robert Doucette called for Métis-specific solutions to educational challenges.

Premier Jean Charest has signalled a populist shift back to more traditional values in Quebec’s education system. The biggest education-related change will focus on improving francophone Quebecers’ use of a second language.

To celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2011, The Round Table on Technology, in partnership with Peel District School Board and the CIO Association of Canada, will host a free, live Internet webcast called Women in Technology Careers.

Statistics Canada is reporting that employment in our country rebounded more quickly from the recent economic downturn than it did in the recessions of the early 1980s and early 1990s.

Deadline to apply: March 10, 2011 - We are currently seeking a Director of Communications to raise Frontier College’s profile and brand awareness through enhanced storytelling and engagement. The Director of Communications engages with all aspects of the College’s work to discover, shape and leverage compelling stories that express the organization’s unique characteristics and history in support of the strategic goals and for the benefit of all members.

The Toronto meeting focused on early-childhood education, Aboriginal and international education, 21st-century competencies in education, and CMEC’s data and research initiatives.

The new Financial Literacy Fund aligns with the priorities of ALL Aboard, Manitoba’s poverty reduction and social inclusion strategy. It also complements the recommendations made recently by Canada’s Task Force on Financial Literacy for “urgent action” to strengthen Canadians’ financial literacy.

The Frye Festival, Atlantic Canada’s largest literary event, unveiled its spectacular line-up for the 2011 edition, which will be held from April 25 to May 1 in Moncton, N.B. Among the headliners are Margaret Atwood, Charles Foran, Susan Juby, Kenneth Oppel, Shandi Mitchell, Karen Connelly, Jean-Christophe Rufin and Gilles Leroy.

ABC Life Literacy Canada has once again launched the innovative Letters for Literacy campaign that seeks to raise $150,000 for literacy programming in Canada. The program allows companies to purchase one of the 26 letters of the alphabet, most often the one associated with their name.

According to a national survey by BMO Financial Group, respondents said they were more comfortable talking about politics and religion than money. And only four in 10 would tell their family members and friends how much debt they have or how much they earn.

NALD has issued a call for nominations for its second annual Innovative Technology Award. The award was established to bring greater visibility to an exemplary or innovative technology product, project or service that benefits the field of adult literacy and essential skills.

Adult literacy education serves the general purpose of improving the entire network of minds in the society in which we live and helps to maintain our very survival as a society of human beings in contemporary times.

Ontario schools now ask students to participate in interviews to review their accomplishments and identify areas for improvement. Parents and educators can help children who are experiencing difficulties by raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of vision problems, both by asking children specific questions about vision and by observing their visual behaviours at school and at home.

Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.