National Adult Literacy Database

High school graduation rates among First Nations students in Nova Scotia in 2009-10 were over 70 per cent, considerably higher than in other Atlantic provinces and the national average of 35 per cent for First Nation students on reserves, heard the National Panel on Elementary and Secondary Education. The panel was in Atlantic Canada seeking advice and recommendations for its blueprint for action to improve academic success for First Nations children and youth.

“It’s all about access,” says educator Dale Kirby from Memorial University of Newfoundland. “People who have jobs, children, mortgages and all those kinds of things now have an opportunity to continue their education.”

Young people are now competing with more experienced workers, and as a result, tend to seek more training, either through education or volunteering or unpaid internships.

"It is very positive to see the re-introduction of copyright legislation, as this remains a key concern for the library community," says CLA President Karen Adams. "We are happy to see that improvements introduced in the last bill have been maintained; however, modifications are required if the legislation is to ultimately succeed in its objectives, those being both balanced and technologically neutral."

Those who want to save are more apt to keep socking money away and more of it too, if they have just one goal in mind, shows work done in multiple countries by two researchers at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

NALD values feedback from the literacy and essential skills community so we are asking you to please complete a short online survey. The information you provide will be important in helping us understand more about our current users and what new services we may provide in the future. We have extended our submission deadline and would appreciate your responses by October 11, 2011, if possible. Thank you.

The Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) requires a field development officer. The deadline for applications is October 7, 2011.

Since Raise-A-Reader was launched nationally in 2002, the fundraising and awareness initiative has raised more than $17 million for literacy programs. On September 28, 27 Postmedia newspapers participated from coast-to-coast to raise money for programs in their own communities.

Teachers across Canada will join more than 30 million of their colleagues around the globe marking World Teachers' Day on October 5. The national theme for this year's celebration is "Teachers: Inspiring students, awakening potential."

On average, Canadian university graduates do well over a career, earning a hefty premium above those with only secondary education. But nearly one in five – more than any other country in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – still winds up at the low end of the income scale.

Michael Moore kept the seriousness of his reading problem hidden for years but now the Winnipeg Transit driver is getting national attention for starting a new chapter of his life. Moore is one of 14 recipients this year of the prestigious Council of the Federation Literacy Award.

Those who work physically apart from colleagues can suffer a sense of isolation, according to Pennsylvania’s Wharton University management department, where professors are studying work/life integration.

Financial Literacy Week is a national awareness and engagement campaign that seeks to increase the financial literacy and math skills of Canadians through access to tools, resources and community events.

A lack of common sense can lead to angry investors, mistreated customers and bad decisions, says Michael Feuer, co-founder and former chief executive of OfficeMax. In this article he offers five essential tips on using common sense in the workplace.

If the problem is your difficulty expressing your ideas clearly and succinctly, you need to think about the way you approach writing. The principles are the same whether you’re writing a report, a proposal, a letter or content for your company’s website: ask, think, outline, write, edit and share.