National Adult Literacy Database

In a survey last year, nearly one-third of 300 Canadian senior managers said their biggest pet peeves about meetings were events that started late and ran long. Among other pet peeves were unnecessary meetings and attendees looking at their mobile devices.

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 Canadian Paraplegic Association of Prince Edward Island is working in partnership with the PEI Council of People with Disabilities on the Discovering the Power in Me program. The program is receiving close to $120,000 from the governments of Canada and P.E.I. to help participants enhance their resumé and cover letter writing, improve time and stress management, develop self-assessment skills, as well as help them find and get jobs.

The Aboriginal Teacher Education Award is in addition to the $10-million endowment fund established in 2007, as part of the British Columbia's strategy to improve access to post-secondary education for Aboriginal students.

Almost half of employed Canadians work from home at least occasionally but their home offices may be impeding their productivity. New research from Ipsos Reid and Brother Canada reveals that one quarter of employed Canadians work from home at least once a week, with another quarter doing so on occasion.

The dinners are designed to introduce young women in high school to female mentors who work in skilled trades and technologies. They were introduced to help female students explore all of their options before making career decisions.

Last month, 14,717 job vacancies were posted to SaskJobs.ca, an increase of 44 per cent over January 2011 and an increase of 24 per cent over the month previous (December 2011).

“Apprenticeships and occupational certifications have moved to the forefront of the economy in the Northwest Territories,” said Employment Minister Jackson Lafferty. “The 2012 theme Get With Apprenticeships is especially appropriate this year as the government works with industry and educational institutions to ensure the territory develops a work force ready to take advantage of job opportunities that result from emerging industries.”

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.

"Mental health does not carry the stigma that it once did, but our research shows that that there is definite evidence of stigma in the workplace," says Paula Allen, VP Health Solutions & Practice Leader, Consulting, Morneau Shepell. "There are several important drivers for organizations to address this issue strategically, and with practical and meaningful steps. We are urging employers to get involved in the discussion regarding how."

The report examines the number of NALD Library documents, in both English and French, which are viewed and downloaded by visitors to the websites NALD and BDAA.

The first major fund-raising campaign by Canada's leading communications foundation has surpassed its goal. The Communications + Public Relations Foundation will use proceeds to conduct original research to establish the profile of today's public relations practitioners and determine the skills and aptitude that Canadian employers will be expecting from public relations professionals in the future.

Statistics Canada will use 2011 census results to shine a spotlight on gradual but profound shifts in this aging country – one where the elderly will soon outweigh children as a share of the population and there will be difficulty finding sufficient younger workers to replace those ready to retire.

With an unemployment rate in northern B.C. sitting at 11.5 per cent and layoffs looming at northern colleges, the B.C. government's vaunted BC Jobs Plan is failing northern communities, unions representing post-secondary workers say.

Not all francophone minority communities carry the same weight or have the same institutional support. “On the Acadian peninsula of New Brunswick and in certain regions of Ontario, people can easily obtain services in French. They have institutional support whereas in British Columbia it takes people a long time to obtain services in French. It is important to make that distinction,” says Yvon Laberge, a member of the NALD Board of Directors.