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Learning has a ripple effect throughout life, influencing each of us and our communities: NALD on Adult Learners' Week
Posted: March 28, 2013 | 
| Adult Learners' Week in Canada
| Adult Learners' Week in CanadaCategories: Essential skills, Learning
Continuous learning has a ripple effect, not only for learners but for teachers and the communities in which they reside. Each year at this time, the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) joins literacy and essential skills organizations from across Canada to celebrate Adult Learners’ Week.
Canada gets top marks for education but needs to connect post-secondary system and workforce
Posted: March 27, 2013 |
Category: Labour market
Canada's system of education and skills remains one of the best in the world, but it needs to do much better at matching what Canadians learn to evolving labour market needs. Canada ranks second only to Finland among 16 developed countries in The Conference Board of Canada's Education and Skills report card.
NALD Innovative Technology Award: Deadline for nominations extended to April 15, 2013
Posted: March 27, 2013 |
Category: Learning
The National Adult Literacy Database has extended the nomination process for its fourth annual Innovation Technology Award. Submissions will now be accepted until April 15, 2013.
NALD’s fourth annual Innovative Technology Award up for grabs -- Past winners revisited
Posted: March 19, 2013 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
If you're aware of an exemplary or innovative technology product, project or service that benefits the field of adult literacy and essential skills in Canada, the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) would like to hear about it.
CLLN launches online survey of Literacy and Essential Skills (LES) workforce
Posted: March 15, 2013 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The survey provides LES workers with a unique opportunity to speak about their own experience and reality as a member of that workforce. It is part of a larger study that will allow CLLN to provide a picture of the demographics of Literacy and Essential Skills practitioners as well as what kinds of work they do, where they do it and how they do it.
Ottawa supports employment opportunities for people with disabilities
Posted: March 12, 2013 |
Category: Learning
Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, Q.C., Associate Minister of National Defence and Member of Parliament for Delta-Richmond East, attended the first annual Abilities in Mind (AIM) conference. The event brings together employers, service providers and individuals with disabilities to promote understanding and exchange best practices.
Young people with disabilities learned about employment opportunities and connecting with employers at the Strategies to Employment Forum held in Kelowna, BC. On behalf of Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, Ron Cannan, Member of Parliament for Kelowna-Lake Country, recognized the work of the National Educational Association of Disabled Students, host of the event.
February employment numbers better than expected: Statistics Canada Labour Force Survey
Posted: March 8, 2013 |
Category: Labour market
Employment rose by 51,000 in February, following a slight decline the previous month. This increase was spread between full- and part-time work. The unemployment rate remained at 7.0% as more people participated in the labour force.
Canada must streamline education to turn degrees into jobs: columnist
Posted: March 5, 2013 |
Category: Essential skills
Look at any community college application list, and more often than not, you’ll find a sizable contingent of university graduates. The thought that a university degree is the ticket to instant career success is creating a backlash in Canada.
The Council of the Federation Literacy Award covers the entire spectrum of the field, including family, Aboriginal, health, workplace and community literacy and will be given to recognize the excellence of educators, volunteers, learners, and community organizations (including non-governmental organizations) and businesses in each province and territory. Nominations for 2013 must be postmarked by June 14.
Up to 125 civil servants from China will learn about Canada's political system and public policy as part of a new five-year agreement between Executive Education at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and the Province of Guangdong.
B.C. taking steps to strengthen quality of post-secondary education
Posted: March 5, 2013 |
Category: Learning
The Ministry of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology is inviting all British Columbians to participate in government decision-making as it moves to implement enhancements to quality assurance across the post-secondary education sector.
Canada Post salutes latest winners of Aboriginal Education Incentive Awards
Posted: March 1, 2013 |
Category: Learning
Canada Post has honoured the efforts of 24 deserving people from across the country with the Aboriginal Education Incentive Awards. The Awards, which were launched in 2004, acknowledge the hard work and drive required to continue education following an absence from formal schooling.
A new approach to learning, a major shift in thinking – about essential skills – NALD's Feature of the Month
Posted: March 1, 2013 |
Category: Essential skills
Pat Salt, a learning support strategist based in Calgary, has a new approach to learning that constitutes a major shift in thinking when it comes to essential skills. She presented her views at Made in the North, a unique pan-territorial forum for exploring effective approaches to adult literacy and skills development.
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