National Adult Literacy Database

National Foster Family Week, October 17 to 23, 2010, celebrates moms and dads who open their hearts and homes to children in need.

Literacy Alberta is a provincial coalition and a nonprofit organization that works toward increasing the literacy levels in the province.

OTTAWA, Sept. 29 /CNW/ - The Belinda Stronach Foundation today announced it will distribute up to 5,000 laptops to children aged six to twelve in Aboriginal communities across Canada. With support from Vale, BMO Financial Group and the Government of Ontario, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Canada program leverages leading-edge technology combined with culturally relevant programming to deliver a unique platform of learning tools to Aboriginal children.

Edmonton... Strengthening innovation and educational bonds is the goal, as Doug Horner, Deputy Premier and Minister of Advanced Education and Technology, travels to China, Hong Kong and Singapore October 9 to 20.

In celebration of Family Literacy Day (January 27, 2011), ABC Life Literacy Canada is pleased to once again present The Munsch at Home Contest!

Homework shouldn't be about rote learning. The best kind deepens student understanding and builds essential skills.

Seven communities participated in the International Literacy Day Reading Results for Alberta: Henday Association - County of Red Deer, Vermillion, Slave Lake, Parkland Literacy Project, Brooks, Pincher Creek, and Taber.

The Financial Literacy courses are for any adults 18 or over who would like to improve their basic math and money management skills.

Portfolio development that incorporates the 9 Essential Skills has become a major resource throughout Manitoba for Aboriginal communities with a vision of education, training and employment.

WINNIPEG, September 24, 2010 — Ministers of education concluded the 98th meeting of their long-standing intergovernmental body, the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), recently in Winnipeg.

TORONTO – September 28, 2010 – ABC Life Literacy Canada, in partnership with Grass Roots Press, and with support from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, today launched the first six (of 12) titles in the innovative Good Reads series for adult literacy learners. “Being able to connect adult learners to bestselling Canadian authors is an incredibly powerful experience for all involved,” said Margaret Eaton, President of ABC Life Literacy Canada.

Quietly over the last decade, phones that make text messaging easy have changed life profoundly for millions of deaf people. Gone are the days of a deaf person driving to someone’s house just to see if they are home.

Frontier College welcomes donations of books and other reading materials to the Frontier College Free Books Program.

OTTAWA, Sept. 20 /CNW Telbec/ - Several First Nations of Quebec under the leadership of their Chiefs are taking part in the National Week of Action on Education to denounce the shocking attitude of the federal government regarding the education of First Nations.

Are you comfortable using a computer? Do you enjoy working with seniors? KALS requires an instructor to work one-on-one with seniors learning to use a computer.