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English as a Second Language Week being celebrated across Ontario November 4-10
Posted: October 30, 2012 | 
Category: Learning
For new Canadians, it has never been more important than today to learn English as a Second Language (ESL). To honour learners and educators alike, a week-long celebration -- ESL Week -- is taking place across Ontario from November 4-10, 2012.
New research shows kids want to talk more about money management
Posted: October 29, 2012 |
Category: Learning
On the eve of Financial Literacy Month, a new opinion research survey found that only one-third of Canadian youth, ages 10 to 17-years, say that their parents regularly talk with them about money and finances.
The doors are open to free online math tutoring for Ontario students
Posted: October 29, 2012 | 
Category: Learning
Homework Help has re-opened its digital doors for the school year to support Ontario math students in grades 7 to 10. Online math resources available on the site also include videos, online tutorials, and digital lockers to help students overcome math challenges.
CNIB honours Donna Christensen for advancing library services for Canadians who are blind or partially sighted
Posted: October 26, 2012 |
Category: Learning
Since 2007, Donna has worked for the Didsbury Municipal Library where she began to oversee the CNIB Library Partner Program - a service that offers public libraries access to the CNIB Library's entire collection for their patrons with print disabilities.
New interactive textbooks premiere at Ontario Learning Technologies Conference
Posted: October 26, 2012 |
Category: Learning
Pearson Canada is helping students power up to learn with new iBooks textbooks. Three of Pearson's bestselling textbooks, re-imagined for the iPad and brought to life with engaging video, audio, assessment, interactive images and 3D animations, are now available in Canada.
Young Nova Scotians learning how to manage relationships, conflict
Posted: October 25, 2012 |
Category: Learning
Young people across Nova Scotia are learning new ways to manage relationships and conflict by being encouraged to think about how they, and their actions, affect others.
New Alberta Education Act will set course for 21st century learning
Posted: October 25, 2012 |
Category: Learning
“The Education Act is actually the first legislation in Canada to formally recognize the role of parents as a child's first and most important teacher,” said Alberta Education Minister Jeff Johnson. “As a parent, that is something I am very proud of.”
Young readers recorded the highest total of books read since 1997 and the second-highest total in the history of the summer reading club run by the New Brunswick Public Library Service. In addition, the program enrolled the highest number of readers in eight years.
New video celebrates Chilliwack, B.C.’s Read While You Wait (Ladybug Book Bin) Program
Posted: October 24, 2012 |
Category: Learning
The Chilliwack Learning Community Society is celebrating its Read While You Wait (Ladybug Book Bin) program with a new two-minute promotional video that describes how this early family literacy outreach program works.
Confederation Centre Public Library doing its part to attract teenagers
Posted: October 24, 2012 |
Category: Learning
The Confederation Centre Public Library's new Teen Space is a promising new feature that should benefit PEI young people and promote an interest in reading.
Forum explores ‘Made in the North’ Adult Literacy and Skills Development (PDF)
Posted: October 23, 2012 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Some 160 educators, policy-makers, literacy experts, elders, businesspeople and other northerners have come together for a unique pan-territorial forum to explore effective northern approaches to adult literacy and skills development. The conference Made in the North: Adult Literacy and Skills Development takes place in Yellowknife October 23-25.
Rose Hip Press has family literacy activity calendar for 2013 (PDF)
Posted: October 23, 2012 |
Category: Learning
The Activity Calendar for Canadian Families 2013 includes more than 30 learning activities for parents to do with children up to five years of age. The content supports early language development, early numeracy, pre-reading and pre-writing skills. Adult ESL and adult literacy learners would also be able to use the calendar to improve their language skills.
Is it time for Canada to have national strategy for post-secondary education students?
Posted: October 22, 2012 |
Category: Learning
A best-of-both-worlds education program – theory-based, hands-on, job-friendly – "might happen more often if Canada had a national strategy for post-secondary education, one that clarifies what the country expects from the institutions creating its next generation of leaders and skilled workers, and defines how Canadians will know when they’re getting it right."
NIACE and Age UK conference studies need to support older people on path to learning
Posted: October 19, 2012 |
Category: Learning
Despite evidence that learning can have a positive impact on everyone's lives, it is a concern to NIACE that many older people are missing out on the benefits of learning. The latest figures from NIACE's 2012 Adult Participation in Learning Survey show that only 16 per cent of those aged 65-74 and seven per cent of those aged 75+ regard themselves as learners.
Forest of Reading, Golden Oak award programs celebrate adult literacy (PDF)
Posted: October 19, 2012 |
Category: Learning
The Golden Oak program makes it possible for adult learners to build necessary skills, and also creates an environment where new readers of any age can discover the pleasure of reading a good book. The mandate of the Forest of Reading program has always been to foster a lifelong love of reading, and of course it’s never too late to begin.
Literacy: Once upon a time, parents taught their children to read
Posted: October 19, 2012 |
Category: Learning
The biggest hurdle to establishing a culture of reading in South Africa is neither access nor infrastructure. What seems to be the main challenge is disrupting the self-perpetuating culture of not reading by pressing for new habits, even before children get to school.
Government of Canada launches first mobile linguistic application
Posted: October 19, 2012 |
Category: Learning
The launch of ourlanguages.gc.ca on the go! coincides with the third anniversary of the Language Portal of Canada, the website that showcases Canadian expertise in the area of language.
Good Reads: Project is helping to turn learners into readers
Posted: October 18, 2012 |
Category: Learning
“The Good Reads project is helping to ensure that all adults, regardless of their literacy skills, have an opportunity to access literature by well-known Canadian authors,” said Dr. Pat Campbell, president of Good Reads publisher Grass Roots Press. “Good Reads books provide a bridge to other worlds and allow all adults to read for pleasure."
ABC Life Literacy Canada has some 'spooky ways to learn while having fun'
Posted: October 18, 2012 |
Category: Learning
Halloween isn’t just about dressing up and trick-or-treating. ABC Life Literacy Canada offers 10 tips, tricks and treats for the whole family to enjoy this Halloween – all in the name of learning.
Teleforum series presents Literacy and Essential Skills Guide for Service Providers in the Homelessness Sector - October 25
Posted: October 17, 2012 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Homelessness Partnering Secretariat and the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills have worked together to develop a guide which highlights easy-to-use literacy and essential skills tools available through HRSDC. Learn about the new guide during a teleforum on October 25 beginning at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time.
Ontario preparing for first financial literacy youth summit
Posted: October 17, 2012 |
Category: Learning
On Thursday, Nov. 1, the Investor Education Fund (IEF), a leading Canadian authority on financial literacy education and research, will stage Ontario's first Financial Literacy Youth Summit, designed to be a crash course for high school students about the importance of managing their money.
Government of B.C. supports new learning program for those with developmental disabilities
Posted: October 16, 2012 |
Category: Learning
B.C. Social Development Minister Moira Stilwell visited the Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship recently to announce $20,000 for an innovative program that helps individuals with developmental disabilities - and their families - build a life plan and set the stage for a meaningful and inclusive adult life.
B.C. to lead Canada in offering students free, open textbooks
Posted: October 16, 2012 |
Category: Learning
British Columbia is set to become the first province in Canada to offer students free online, open textbooks for the 40 most popular post-secondary courses.
Bow Valley College beats fall term enrolment record in 2012
Posted: October 16, 2012 |
Category: Learning
Just months away from the opening of its new South Campus, Bow Valley College celebrated another milestone by smashing its fall term enrolment record, welcoming over 5,633 new and returning learners, the largest fall term in the college’s history.
Study probes use of information and communication technologies in higher education
Posted: October 16, 2012 |
Category: Learning
In all, nearly 18,000 people gave their opinions on learning methods, technology and teaching practices. The viewpoints expressed by the respondents provided insight into why and under what conditions ICT use can be considered a success or failure in higher education in Quebec.
Nominations open for Lois Hole Memorial Literacy Awards
Posted: October 15, 2012 |
Category: Learning
The Lois Hole Memorial Awards honour individuals, organizations or businesses that have demonstrated a commitment to literacy in Alberta. Nominations will be accepted by the Centre for Family Literacy until November 9, 2012.
"ADHD is a complex neurobiological disorder that remains highly misunderstood," said Heidi Bernhardt, national director of CADDAC. "By sharing up-to-date medical information and real-life stories, CADDAC and its partners are sending a unified message to help educate and better understand ADHD and what it is like to live with the disorder."
Libraries play a significant role in the knowledge economy and community development, especially in the current information age, when education and lifelong learning require quality information resources and services available to every citizen. The theme chosen for this year's Saskatchewan Library Week is Celebrating Our Past, Imagining Our Future.
High-level experts on literacy recommend addressing literacy challenge in Europe with lifelong learning approach
Posted: October 15, 2012 |
Category: Learning
A new report proposes a co-operative approach to address literacy as a societal problem rather than as an individual problem. Recommended actions show a clear lifelong learning perspective, as a panel of experts covers literacy issues for all ages: young children, primary school age children, adolescents and adults.
McKesson Foundation launches 2013 Canadian Regional Grants Program
Posted: October 15, 2012 |
Category: Learning
The McKesson Foundation has announced the launch of its 2013 Regional Grants Program, a Canada-wide campaign that each year provides financial assistance to non-profit organizations whose mission is to assist children and youth in the areas of health, education and poverty.
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