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NALD's Feature of the Month: A Timeline of Literacy and Essential Skills from Essential Skills Ontario
Posted: May 1, 2013 | 
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
“Throughout its long history, the literacy and essential skills field has continually evolved and adapted in response to the changing needs of adults. This timeline captures some of the important people, events, initiatives and other influences that have helped shape the literacy and essential skills field in Canada over the past 200 years.” -- Essential Skills Ontario
Top 20 PDF Downloads for December 2012
Posted: January 3, 2013 |
Categories: Essential skills, Labour market, Learning
Each month NALD releases Library user statistics in a feature known as the Top 20 downloads. The report examines the number of NALD Library documents which are viewed and downloaded by visitors to the NALD website.
It is not uncommon for personal finance experts to say one requires 60% to 70% of his or her annual pre-retirement income in order to retire comfortably, but a new book suggests that’s an unnecessarily high goal.
Don’t you just love the start of a new year? It’s like a get-out-of-jail-free card that lets us put all the things we didn’t like about the previous 365 days behind us and push the reset button for the next 12 months.
Nominations sought for Prime Minister's Volunteer Awards - call for nominations open until March 1, 2013
Posted: January 2, 2013 |
Category: Learning
Canadians across the country have an opportunity to show appreciation for extraordinary volunteers in their communities. The call for nominations for the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards is open until March 1, 2013.
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