National Adult Literacy Database

These classes focus on various financial matters, including successful money management, proactive budgeting, saving strategies, debt management, using credit wisely, how and when to plan for retirement, and ways we can teach children the value of hard-earned money.

"The financial literacy of Canadians is vital," said Chris White, Vice-President of Government Relations for IBC. "Canadian families are working harder than ever and deserve to know how to spend and invest those hard-earned dollars to secure their futures."

Deanna Allen, the executive director of Laubach Literacy New Brunswick, says the future of New Brunswick's economy depends on improved literacy. More than half of the province’s population needs to improve their reading and writing skills, she said.

The YMCA of Northeast Avalon is receiving over $384,000 from the Skills Link program to help youth overcome barriers to employment. Skills Link is part of the Government of Canada’s Youth Employment Strategy.

The aim of this survey is to gather a broad base of information about adult learners in Canada. Intended for anyone who has taken an adult learning course over the past year, the survey closes at the end of Adult Learners' Week April 6-14.

Each month NALD releases Library user statistics in a feature known as the Top 20 downloads/20 Plus téléchargés. 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.

Through a nine-month project, Literacy Link South Central talked to young single males on Ontario Works to find out about their interests and activities, especially as they relate to technology. This research informed the content of a set of four modules (with accompanying practitioner overviews that speak to the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF) and a general introduction guide).

LNS is pleased to announce the 2013 Adult Learner Recognition Awards will be presented at the NSPGI Golf Tournament on June 13. These awards are given to adult learners in Nova Scotia who have shown exceptional progress and achievement in learning and literacy.

When Julia Geist was asked to draw a picture of a computer scientist last year, the 16-year-old sketched a businessman wearing glasses and a tie. Looking around at her classmates’ drawings, she saw similar depictions of men. Now, Ms. Geist said, “I see a computer scientist could be anyone” — including herself.

In response to the recent announcement from James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, on the renewal of the Roadmap for Canada’s Official Languages 2013-2018, CEDEC is pleased to share that it will be well positioned to continue creating entrepreneurial communities and strengthening the labour force.

Working together, Ontario’s training system can achieve better employment and career advancement results for lower-skilled adults who are either on income support or are in low-wage jobs. By looking to the promising work being done in other jurisdictions, developing career ladders in Ontario could provide adults with concrete steps towards better skills and better jobs, contributing to a more productive, prosperous economy.

The Newfoundland and Labrador government is planning to privatize part of the College of the North Atlantic's curriculum. As outlined in the provincial budget, the college will lose its Adult Basic Education program. The program is currently offered at 12 campuses across the province.

The Dutch Reading & Writing Foundation (Stichting Lezen & Schrijven) is collecting information from nine different countries to compile a comparative perspective on delivery models and governmental policy in adult literacy.

Literacy and lifelong learning are important tools that give Canadians the skills necessary to understand how to read, communicate with others and engage fully and confidently in all areas of life. One of the goals of Adult Learners’ Week is to promote and facilitate easier access to these opportunities.