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Essential skills games for summer available from Centre for Skills Development & Training
Posted: July 7, 2011 | 
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Centre for Skills Development & Training, through funding from HRSDC’s Office of Literacy and Essential Skills and in partnership with the Halton Industry Education Council, has developed educational video games targeted at young adults aged 15-30 to help enhance their employability.
The federal government is launching a website it says will help Canadians identify which sectors of the economy are currently hiring and where job growth is likely to occur in future years.
Work before and after vacation can be overwhelming
Posted: July 6, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
The work week just before your vacation is likely to be tough for one reason or another. If you’ve been hunkering down in the corner plowing through reams of work diligently and quietly, suddenly you will be noticed and really put to work.
The National Strategy on Inuit Education, developed in association with the NWT’s Department of Education, Culture and Employment, includes a series of bold new recommendations to empower parents, expand early childhood programs and gather detailed research data.
Territories sign agreement to further explore university models
Posted: July 6, 2011 |
Category: Learning
The ministers responsible for education in Canada’s three territories have signed an MOU to express their mutual interests and goals in exploring approaches for university development in Canada’s North.
Yukon’s Individual Learning Centre celebrates 150 graduates
Posted: July 5, 2011 | 
Category: Essential skills
The Individual Learning Centre is continuing to offer alternative pathways to graduation for students who require enhanced flexibility to succeed in the public school system. Through the centre, work experience placements, pre-employment programs and career placement initiatives can be incorporated into the students’ education plans.
Workforce Essential Skills across Canada project: Feature of the Month
Posted: July 5, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
The WESCan (Workforce Essential Skills across Canada) project used the CAMERA System as its foundation, combined with knowledge gained through years of research and analysis on effective ways to transition low-skilled adults to work.
N.B.’s Wage Gap Action Plan: Scholarships awarded in non-traditional training programs
Posted: July 5, 2011 | 
Category: Essential skills
The scholarship is intended to encourage women and men entering their first year at community college or a private college to seek careers in trades, technology and others sectors where participation by women and men has been limited.
WESCan: Project with national scope making a difference at grassroots level
Posted: July 4, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Can workforce essential skills programming work in your community? PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs says yes and has the national research project to prove it.
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