National Adult Literacy Database

The goal of Growing Innovation is to boost student engagement and improve achievement for rural learners. Districts selected to be part of this pilot will bring their innovative ideas to life so they can be used as case studies to share among other school districts in B.C.

In celebration of International Adult Learners’ Week happening across Canada April 2-9, ABC Life Literacy Canada will travel to Edmonton March 30-April 1 as part of a media and PR Tour.

Literacy BC is looking for consultants who will develop and pilot a series of professional development workshops for Community Adult Literacy Program providers.

With March being Fraud Prevention Month in Canada, it’s a good time to go over some of the precautions we should take when posting personal information online, even when it’s not financial data.

The National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) supports the activities of its partners by promoting national and provincial/territorial events in the fields of adult literacy and education, family literacy, workplace learning and essential skills. One of these key occasions is International Adult Learners’ Week (IALW) being observed this year from April 2 to 9.

Frontier College wants to know:  How does learning inspire you to participate in your community?

Prospective immigrants needed to support B.C.'s future economic growth now have better access to the information they need with the launch of five new foreign-language micro-sites through WelcomeBC.ca, the one-stop source for people considering moving to B.C. and for those who have recently arrived.

OLC’s Spotlight on Learning:  Becoming Agents of Change conference was held in October 2010 in Toronto. This new website is designed not only to highlight the conference, but also to feed the momentum and energy in the field with continued learning, news updates, and stories of change that have been inspired by learning. Full of workshop videos, resources, downloads and much more, this website encourages a continuum of learning.

This is a teaching and learning package designed to help adult learners increase their literacy and essential skills in order to make easier transitions to a new workforce or adapt to changing technology on the job.

The Healthy Aboriginal Network is a non-profit promotion of health, literacy and wellness.

A total of $250,000 in one-time funding means that programs and research aimed at helping Aboriginal students succeed in their post-secondary studies will continue at the University of Victoria.

The Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) has launched a new online tool that allows users to measure the state of two crucial components of financial literacy – numeracy and document literacy – in more than 52,000 neighbourhoods and communities across the country.

The National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) has extended the nomination phase for its second annual Innovation Technology Award. Submissions will now be accepted until April 15, 2011.

Early Childhood Care and Education New Brunswick and the Canadian Child Care Federation are pleased to host the national child care conference Valuing Children: A Canadian Conversation, May 26 - 28, 2011, in Saint John, New Brunswick.

A program that takes a unique approach to learning disabilities by challenging students to retrain their brains is under review by the Toronto Catholic District School Board.