National Adult Literacy Database

Whether at work, in your community or with your family at home, mark IALW 2011 (April 2-9) in your calendar and participate. Spreading the word about the importance of lifelong learning contributes to more opportunities for all.

The 2011 Census Adult Education Kit provides an excellent introduction to the census. It explains what a census is, how the 2011 Census will work, and why the census is important. Adult students will learn how their personal information is protected, and how to seek help if they have difficulty answering the questions.

International Adult Learners’ Week (IALW), an initiative that celebrates adult learners and the joy of lifelong learning, will be observed in Canada from April 2 to 9, 2011.

The Salvation Army in Regina, along with Carmichael Outreach and the Regina and District Food Bank are set to deliver a new program that connects people searching for jobs with opportunities in their area.

In addition to lessons on firing a gun and searching for improvised explosive devices, Canadian soldiers will also be teaching Afghan forces to read, write and perform basic medicine when the country’s new training mission begins later this year.

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 Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed March as Supported Employment Month. The month will be marked by a series of events across the province supported by the Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres (SARC).

The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network Inc. is seeking an Adult Literacy Coordinator for half-time permanent position. The successful applicant will be trained in and deliver the Circles of Intelligent Knowledge: An Aboriginal Adult Learner Program.

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.

Literacy is about "cultivating the fundamental need in most boys to be the hero of their own story, and showing them how they can experience it through the power of the written word."

At a meeting with national Aboriginal leaders and Canada’s provincial and territorial ministers of education (CMEC), Métis National Council Minister of Education Robert Doucette called for Métis-specific solutions to educational challenges.