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NALD's Feature of the Month: A Timeline of Literacy and Essential Skills from Essential Skills Ontario
Posted: May 1, 2013 | 
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
“Throughout its long history, the literacy and essential skills field has continually evolved and adapted in response to the changing needs of adults. This timeline captures some of the important people, events, initiatives and other influences that have helped shape the literacy and essential skills field in Canada over the past 200 years.” -- Essential Skills Ontario
New HSBC Learning Activity Centre offers free, fun online learning resources for families
Posted: January 15, 2013 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
ABC Life Literacy Canada and HSBC Bank Canada are working together to help Canadian families increase their literacy skills this year. HSBC Bank Canada is the 2013 and 2014 title sponsor of the HSBC Learning Activity Centre, in support of ABC Life Literacy Canada’s Family Literacy Day January 27.
Labour relations in Canada settles into a 'new normal' - Conference Board
Posted: January 11, 2013 |
Category: Labour market
The “new normal” of collective bargaining in Canada — modest economic prospects matched by modest expectations — may provide a degree of certainty not seen in several years, The Conference Board of Canada has concluded in its Industrial Relations Outlook 2013: Embracing the “New Normal.”
Details of Canada Summer Jobs 2013 announced - creating up to 36,000 jobs for students
Posted: January 11, 2013 |
Category: Labour market
Funding will be available for not-for-profit organizations, public-sector employers and small businesses to create high-quality summer job opportunities for young people from 15 to 30 years of age who are full-time students intending to return to their studies in the next school year.
New Job Alerts system launched to help Canadians looking for work
Posted: January 8, 2013 |
Category: Labour market
The new Job Alerts will provide emails to Canadian subscribers twice a day that contain job postings from a variety of sources, including Job Bank and other recruitment systems. Job Alerts will continue to be refined and improved over time to ensure it works effectively and efficiently for users.
TD Financial Literacy Grant Fund awards over $800,000 in grants to 12 organizations
Posted: January 8, 2013 |
Category: Learning
Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI) has announced that the TD Financial Literacy Grant Fund has awarded $837,321 in grants to 12 community organizations engaged in financial literacy projects across Canada.
It's not too late to make literacy your New Year's resolution: ABC Life Literacy Canada
Posted: January 7, 2013 |
Category: Learning
The New Year is here, and with it come promises of change – eating healthier, going to the gym and getting a new job, perhaps. Improving your literacy skills can also help you make the ultimate change.
NALD starts 2013 with revised Vision, Mission and Guiding Principles
Posted: January 4, 2013 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) is beginning a new year with an updated Vision, Mission and Values/Guiding Principles. NALD staff, under the direction of CEO Bill Stirling, started the renewal process with the NALD Board of Directors, including the CEO, adding the finishing touches and formalizing the new guidelines and the NALD Value Proposition at a recent board meeting.
Increased employment in private sector bodes well for Canadian economy
Posted: January 4, 2013 |
Category: Labour market
Employment rose by 40,000 in December, the fourth increase in five months, according to a new Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada. December's increase was all in full-time work. The unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 7.1%, the lowest in four years.
Nominations sought for Prime Minister's Volunteer Awards - call for nominations open until March 1, 2013
Posted: January 2, 2013 |
Category: Learning
Canadians across the country have an opportunity to show appreciation for extraordinary volunteers in their communities. The call for nominations for the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards is open until March 1, 2013.
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