National Adult Literacy Database

These classes focus on various financial matters, including successful money management, proactive budgeting, saving strategies, debt management, using credit wisely, how and when to plan for retirement, and ways we can teach children the value of hard-earned money.

Adult Learners' Week is an opportunity for all adults to take a pause and think about their own learning. What did I learn in the past year? What am I in the middle of learning right now and what should I be thinking about learning next?

The Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) invites you to participate in its Fall Focus Workshop November 17-19, 2013, in Toronto, Ontario. Titled The Currency of Competencies – Revival, Rewards and Risks, the event will be held at One King West Hotel. The deadline for submissions is May 17, 2013.

The following article was written for Adult Learners’ Week April 6-14, 2013, to entice people to go to their public libraries to learn at any and every stage of their lives. It also shows how, with the right initiative and planning, libraries can be inclusive, engaging environments for all community groups.

LNS is pleased to announce the 2013 Adult Learner Recognition Awards will be presented at the NSPGI Golf Tournament on June 13. These awards are given to adult learners in Nova Scotia who have shown exceptional progress and achievement in learning and literacy.

To help mark Adult Learners' Week, adult learners from across PEI were invited to write inspirational messages to adults who are thinking of taking an adult literacy program.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government is planning to privatize part of the College of the North Atlantic's curriculum. As outlined in the provincial budget, the college will lose its Adult Basic Education program. The program is currently offered at 12 campuses across the province.

The Dutch Reading & Writing Foundation (Stichting Lezen & Schrijven) is collecting information from nine different countries to compile a comparative perspective on delivery models and governmental policy in adult literacy.

Literacy and lifelong learning are important tools that give Canadians the skills necessary to understand how to read, communicate with others and engage fully and confidently in all areas of life. One of the goals of Adult Learners’ Week is to promote and facilitate easier access to these opportunities.

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.

The Federal Budget provides a welcome focus on university research, education and youth innovation that will serve to enhance Canada's future prosperity, said Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy.

MediaSmarts and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation are pleased to announce that marketing and consumerism will be the focus of Canada’s eighth annual Media Literacy Week, to be held November 4-8, 2013. The official theme will encourage educators and parents to talk to children and teens about the marketing they encounter on a daily basis.

The provincial government is partnering with the Learning Disabilities Association of New Brunswick to help apprentices with learning disabilities in their training. Apprentices now have access through the association to additional assistive technology to support their learning.

"Newfoundland and Labrador is facing very real challenges related to our population and demographics in the coming years. In fact by 2020 we will need 70,000 skilled people to ensure we can take maximum advantage of the economic opportunities before us. Through our recently announced Population Growth Strategy, we will build on the work of the Office of Immigration and Multiculturalism and keep attracting new Canadians as part of our plan to address these challenges." -- Joan Shea, Minister of Advanced Education and Skills

Laubach Literacy Ontario's 2013 conference titled "Looking Ahead" is being hosted by the North Bay Literacy Council in celebration of its 35th anniversary. Location will be Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, June 21-23, 2013. The organization is looking for presenters to provide workshops on Saturday, June 22. The deadline for submissions is April 18, 2013.