National Adult Literacy Database

Use the Working in Canada Web tool to learn about job opportunities, wages, skills requirements, and more. It’s a handy tool for both job searchers and employers alike.

The Conference Board of Canada is conducting a study to determine what underlying challenges businesses face in recruiting and retaining Métis, Inuit and First Nations workers. The research findings will help Aboriginal communities, businesses, educators and other stakeholders better understand the challenges and how to overcome them.

Literacy Nova Scotia invites adult learners to celebrate the power of adult learning by putting your words to paper or recording your story on video. Tell them about your new skills and new confidence. Tell them about your learning journey.

Fewer Maritimers have been enrolling in the region’s universities in recent years, largely the result of flattening demand after the peak in 2004, reveals a report released by the Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission.

According to the results of Randstad's latest Global Workmonitor, surveying employees in 29 countries around the world, over half of Canadian employees expect to keep working beyond their official retirement age. Interestingly enough, nearly half of the respondents say they're happy about it.

Young people are still having a tough time finding work -- and if anything, their situation has worsened. At the same time, women aged 55 and over continue to land jobs. This group has seen the biggest percentage gains in job growth of any demographic group over the past year.

The National Film Board has debuted Paula Kaston’s documentary “Literacy and Life” in Toronto. The profiled adults have overcome many challenges on their journey including assimilating into a new country in Canada, overcoming stigmas from past educational experiences and embracing new learning styles despite perceived learning disabilities.

An AlphaPlus research paper titled "What is in a technology competency" details the development work undertaken to define a digital technology competency as an aid to stakeholders in adult literacy education and employment education. In reviewing how tasks apply to the digital technology competency, researchers discovered that many technology tasks had connections to other competencies.

Summer Institute 2012 will consolidate the learning from the last three years, examine several models of WLES that have been effective in specific contexts and ask how and why they worked, and why so few transfer well in other settings. Early registration is recommended.

Ramona Jennex, chair of CMEC and Nova Scotia’s minister of education, says learning opportunities don’t begin and end with the formal school day. "Parents and caregivers are ‘teachers of the world’ for children and serve as guides on the learning journey, whether the trip is to the neighbourhood park, the city next door, or a country halfway around the world.”

"We are committed to increasing the participation of women in science, engineering, trades and technology. To accomplish this, we have to work in partnership with industry, educational institutions, community organizations and unions to provide opportunities for women in non-traditional careers. This is yet another example of jobsHere, our plan to create good jobs and grow the economy, in action." - Marilyn More, Nova Scotia Minister of Labour and Advanced Education

Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Board of Directors and staff of the HR Council for the Nonprofit Sector (HR Council) met recently to continue their discussions concerning the future of the organization in the wake of the federal government’s announcement that the Sector Council Program will no longer be in place after March 2013.

Among the 10 largest industrial sectors, educational services had the highest ratio of unemployment to vacancies in September, with 10.0 unemployed people per job vacancy. Construction was next, with a ratio of 5.1.

Nova Scotians can expect electronic tablets and e-books to play a bigger role in the classroom.