National Adult Literacy Database

There are plenty of occasions in the workplace that may leave you walking on eggshells. To help you navigate those sticky situations, Vicky Oliver, author of 301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions, looks at various scenarios.

The College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading has developed an interactive essential skills website that helps existing and soon-to-be apprentices succeed at their training. Colleges, employers and other training providers can set up individual classroom cohorts where instructors manage how the tool is used by their learners. Workers and learners can self-register and use the website too.

Canada’s theme for IEW 2011 underscores the value Canadians place on connecting with the world through studying abroad, internationalized curricula and international service. It also focuses on opening the world to Canada by welcoming international elementary, secondary and post-secondary students, promoting international exchanges, and encouraging qualified foreign students to make Canada their new home.

The Canadian Journal of Career Development is a partnership project between CERIC and Memorial University of Newfoundland with the support of The Counselling Foundation of Canada.

While many workers feel pressured to soldier on with their jobs when they're sick, there’s a growing consensus that ill employees could be doing more harm than good by reporting for duty.

Use Facebook to find out about the latest job opportunities first. Workopolis has created a new way for you to add opportunities to your social networks, the My Workopolis Job Feed application for Facebook.

Highway 1 has been named "Saskatchewan's Highway of Heroes" as a permanent tribute to Canadian Forces personnel from Saskatchewan who have lost their lives in service to our country.

Who do team captains pick for their sides, both then and now? - They pick people they know. - They pick people who have won before. - They pick people they want to be friends with. - They pick team players.

With assistance from the federal Skills Link program, the Boys and Girls Club of East Scarborough will help 48 youth develop the skills and experience needed to find a job or the confidence to return to school.

OCCL is looking for feedback on their website. They invite you to fill out the survey appropriate for you. They appreciate your feedback. The results will help them determine their audience and how to improve the website for you.

All Canadians are invited to take a learning journey with ABC Life Literacy Canada for Family Literacy Day® 2012. Learning happens everywhere, and it's easy to make learning part of your daily life.

Literacy Action Week is held the first full week of November each year. It is the time when Literacy Nova Scotia and individuals and organizations who have an interest in supporting adult literacy share information with governments and the public about literacy and essential skills in their community. Meetings with government officials at all levels, information sessions and other activities are held throughout the province. LNS publishes a LAW Toolkit each year.

The MB Check-Up shows that between 2005 and 2010, Manitoba had the highest percentage of youth who did not graduate from high school compared to the other western provinces, Ontario, and Canada. In 2010, this percentage rose by 0.9 percentage points to 11.6 per cent.

Researchers at the Rotman School of Management (University of Toronto) have concluded that if interviewers adhere to a set of questions based on the knowledge, skills and abilities required for the job – as opposed to engaging in a more casual, “get-to-know-you” session – it will reduce the biases that could slip through the hiring process.

“(Ireland) is an area that has an English-speaking, high-skilled workforce. There are large numbers of unemployed, highly skilled workers leaving Ireland, and historically, they look internationally to countries like Canada, Australia and the U.S.”