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Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada
Posted: April 30, 2010 | 
The April 2010 issue of Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada contains two articles.
Dress loudly for benefit of hearing impaired children on Friday, May 7
Posted: April 29, 2010 |
What is it? An awareness and fundraising day for schools and businesses. Participants donate a toonie and wear their loudest, wildest, wackiest shirts, ties, or other clothing.
Educational Census kits for 2011 available online
Posted: April 28, 2010 |
The Statistics Canada 2011 Census Teacher's Kit is provided free of charge, for use in elementary, intermediate and secondary schools, as well as for adult education classes across the country. Students play important roles as future respondents to the census and translators to parents whose language skills are not strong in either of Canada's official languages.
University of Ottawa to host BDC’s 10th E-Spirit National Gathering
Posted: April 27, 2010 |
OTTAWA, April 27 /CNW Telbec/ - More than 190 enterprising Aboriginal youths from across Canada will visit the University of Ottawa next month to attend the tenth edition of the E-Spirit National Aboriginal Youth Business Plan Competition gathering. The E-Spirit competition is organized by the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC).
Canadians need much better financial education: task force
Posted: April 22, 2010 |
Canadians of all ages are faced with big decisions about how to spend and save their money and it is up to all of us to learn as much about it as we can, says the head of a task force holding public hearings across the country on financial literacy.
Keynote speakers for national family literacy conference announced
Posted: April 22, 2010 |
Thomas King and Tomson Highway, acclaimed Canadian Aboriginal authors, will address the Cultivating Connections National Family Literacy Conference being presented by the Centre for Family Literacy in Edmonton, Alberta, July 15-17, 2010.
Thomas King’s topic is “Stories Do Create a World” and Tomson Highway will speak on “How Literacy Can Make for a Healthy, Functional Family.”
Register for banquet tickets to hear Thomas King or for the full conference.
ABC Life Literacy Canada takes to the airwaves in June with audio podcast series
Posted: April 21, 2010 |
ABC Life Literacy Canada is pleased to announce the launch of Life Literacy Radio this June. This new audio podcast series will feature news items and stories of literacy and life-long learning with a variety of interesting and entertaining guests.
Task force on financial literacy holding public consultations across Canada
Posted: April 20, 2010 |
The Task Force on Financial Literacy begins its cross-Canada public consultations today in Vancouver, British Columbia and simultaneously in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The sessions will feature presentations by groups and individuals representing a cross section of Canadian society, including the private, public and voluntary sectors.
Frontier College celebrates National Volunteer Week April 18-24
Posted: April 19, 2010 |
For 111 years, Frontier College has relied on the power of volunteers to deliver its literacy programs across Canada. As Canada's original literacy organization, Frontier College has been recruiting volunteers to work with Canadian children, youth and adults from coast to coast since 1899.
New website improves services for N.L. students with special needs
Posted: April 16, 2010 |
The availability of new on-line alternate format materials will greatly assist students with special needs and offer them access to the same resources as their peers. The Honourable Darin King, Minister of Education, provided details on the new addition to the department’s website today.
N.L. premier wants nominations for Council of the Federation Literacy Award
Posted: April 16, 2010 |
Since 2005, the Honourable Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, has annually recognized achievements in literacy through the Council of the Federation (COF) Literacy Award. The Premier is now calling on those in the literacy community to nominate a literacy leader for the 2010 award.
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