National Adult Literacy Database

ABC Life Literacy Canada is pleased to announce that nominations for the 2012 Peter Gzowski Life Literacy Fellowship are now being accepted online. The fellowship is open to accredited media and freelance journalists working and residing in Canada, along with current journalism students attending an accredited post-secondary institution in Canada.

There's no question that some job-search approaches are more productive than others. Richard Bolles devotes several pages of his book What Colour Is Your Parachute? to exploring the most and least effective angles.

Yukon Education Minister Scott Kent and Skills Canada-Yukon President Julien Plourde offer their congratulations to Stephanie Churchill on her election as official WorldSkills delegate for Canada. WorldSkills is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote excellence in skilled trades and technologies, share best practices and promote public policy to support advancement of trades and technology.

Agencies will be required to keep full records of their recruiting activities and register their agents with the Government of Alberta. These changes will assist in the investigation and prosecution of companies that exploit vulnerable workers.

Compared to 12 months earlier, employment in Canada was up by 121,000 (+0.7%), with the bulk of the increase occurring in the first half of the period, according to the new Labour Force Survey results from Statistics Canada.

Distance education allows students to learn at their own speed, at a time and place that is convenient to them. This distance learning program was launched in Little Burgundy three years ago by Desta, a non-profit organization that helps marginalized young adults primarily from Montreal’s black community.

“Change is everywhere in today’s workplace,” says Bill Stirling, CEO of the National Adult Literacy Database. “New technologies, global competitors, new markets and changing standards or certifications mean that workers today are constantly dealing with change. They have to be continuous learners and problem solvers.”

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 funding from the Department of Labour and Advanced Education will help provide trade and industry-specific training for about 400 people and lead to employment for about 200 Mi'kmaq in seven First Nations communities.

Lori MacMullin, president of the Centre for Distance Education (CD-ED), an accredited national online distance learning college with headquarters in Nova Scotia, says "Electronic Health Information Systems are where the world is heading, and there's a real need in Canada for professionals in this area."

Global competition, increasing technology and the reality of the new demographics mean it can't be business as usual in the workplace. Bill's presentation looks at change in the workplace, and the implications for skills development and workplace learning.

Students at Eastern Shore District High School in Nova Scotia will now have more learning opportunities through skilled trades education to help prepare them for good jobs. Eastern Shore MLA Sid Prest, on behalf of Education Minister Ramona Jennex, has officially opened the school's skilled trades centre as part of the Kids and Learning First education plan.

This national award, which made its debut in 2010, recognizes an individual for his/her outstanding achievement towards increasing workplace literacy and essential skills in the community.