Prince Edward Island headlines
Canada Post names finalists for community literacy awards
Posted: July 29, 2011 | 
Category: Learning
Canada Post has announced the finalists for its 2011 Community Literacy Awards. In two categories, Individual Achievement and Educator, finalists were chosen by a committee of judges from Canada Post from entries submitted from across the country. Literacy advocates from organizations across Canada will determine the ultimate winners.
This feature article by Astrid Van Den Broek is posted on NALD with acknowledgement that it was first published in the Canadian Library Association publication 'Feliciter,' Vol. 57, No. 2, and is used with permission of the Canadian Library Association.
Building essential skills on family vacations: Tips from PEI Literacy Alliance
Posted: July 22, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Staff members at the PEI Literacy Alliance say essential skills are the basic skills needed to learn all other skills. They have compiled an essential skills tip sheet for family vacations.
Council of the Federation announces literacy award winners for 2011
Posted: July 19, 2011 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Canada’s premiers have announced the recipients of the seventh annual Council of the Federation Literacy Award. Presented in each province and territory, the award celebrates outstanding achievement, innovative practice and excellence in literacy. The winners are...
Microsoft Live@edu provides the flexibility of Office Web Apps that include web-optimized versions of Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint. UNB students will now be able to access these essential tools anywhere, anytime, on their PCs or mobile devices.
NALD dedicates this report to all Canadians who embrace the significant role that technology plays
in learning, communication, collaboration and professional development within the field of literacy and
essential skills.
Call for nominations: Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards program
Posted: July 13, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Canadians across the country have a new opportunity to recognize the exceptional contributions volunteers make in their communities. Nominations for the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards will be accepted until September 9, 2011.
Centre launches report on work-related informal learning
Posted: July 12, 2011 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
This resource provides employers, trainers and educators, labour unions and other professional groups concerned with workplace skills development a starting point to actively incorporate informal learning into the learning toolbox of the Canadian workplace.
Volunteers in the John Howard Society’s literacy program provide one-on-one tutoring to inmates at the Winnipeg Remand Centre. The program aims not only to improve inmates’ reading, writing and grammar skills but also to help educate them on topics of interest including parenting, victim awareness and substance use.
In an effort to better serve its clients and stakeholders across the broad spectrum of literacy and essential skills, the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) is pleased to inform you about several enhancements.
Essential skills games for summer available from Centre for Skills Development & Training
Posted: July 7, 2011 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Centre for Skills Development & Training, through funding from HRSDC’s Office of Literacy and Essential Skills and in partnership with the Halton Industry Education Council, has developed educational video games targeted at young adults aged 15-30 to help enhance their employability.
WESCan: Project with national scope making a difference at grassroots level
Posted: July 4, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Can workforce essential skills programming work in your community? PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs says yes and has the national research project to prove it.
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