National Adult Literacy Database

The National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) has integrated the content of its former NALD@Work website into the main NALD site. Users now have the option of viewing all content or choosing to view only literacy information or essential skills content.

Employment was little changed for the second consecutive month in August and the unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percentage points to 7.3 per cent, according to Statistics Canada's new Labour Force Survey.

Retirement does not appeal to many baby boomers, according to career counsellor Marilyn Henigman, who is seeing plenty of citizens aged 45 to 65 on the hunt for work.

September is all about back-to-school – time to get back into routines, make lunches and go to bed early. And since there’s so much to do and children are still in summer mode, it’s hard to make sure the family is focusing on learning.

Between 1987 and 2009, the proportion of women in senior management has changed little. Men are still more than twice as likely to hold a senior executive position, according to a Conference Board report.

The survey helps illustrate where baby boomers and their gen Y offspring believe companies can do more. Nearly one in three boomers does not feel companies treat workers nearing retirement with respect. Both generations cite better management, and improved organizational structure as changes they’d like to see. However, despite their workplace concerns, 75 per cent of young people, and 82 per cent of boomers say they are satisfied with their current job.

The Workopolis website says that allowing the Canadians who spend just one day a year driving to work alone would save about $120 million in out-of-pocket expenses and eliminate more than 60 million kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions.

In 2009, The Conference Board introduced the SWP Maturity Model, a framework that shows a fairly typical evolutionary path of strategic workforce planning. The Maturity Model gives companies a yardstick for assessing their current SWP practices and knowing what the next stage of SWP maturity looks like.

Through the Ministry of Advanced Education’s Nurses Education Bursary, 109 students in nursing programs across British Columbia will receive a total of $218,000 in bursaries this summer.

Smart Sessions are participatory workshops designed to address the skills-related challenges that Canadian employers face. Each session focuses on an issue of priority to local business communities.

The federal government announces further measures to improve processes and modernize the delivery of Employment Insurance (EI) to Canadians.

The Canadian Plastics Sector Council (CPSC) announces the official launch of their Essential Skills website and assessment tool. All tools and assessments on the website are available in both French and English.

Last Friday marked the end of a pilot project in Mistawasis First Nation which introduced literacy camps to over 300 young campers. By using fun, literacy-related activities such as Balloon Relay and Mannequin Mania…

Canada's labour force is aging rapidly and by the year 2021 as many as one in four workers could be age 55 or over, according to a recent report by Statistics Canada.

Many Canadians look eagerly each summer to taking a vacation and enjoying the weather or a trip, but studies show a large portion of workers still don't take their allocated vacation time away from the office. It appears to be leading to higher stress and anxiety levels.