National Adult Literacy Database

The latest official research data put the illiteracy rate in Mozambique at 43.9 per cent. But this figure is an average and hides great differences between the country’s various provinces, between men and women, and between the cities and the countryside.

Over the past few years Canadian Literacy and Learning Network (CLLN) has undergone a number of changes. One of the most recent changes has been the transition from a representational board to a skills-based board. CLLN is currently seeking applicants for one of 10 board positions.

Canada Post is offering a new service to keep the greeting card tradition alive but in a modern way. The Picture Postage™ application, already popular with Canadians looking to create their own stamps and postcards, now allows users to create and send personalized greeting cards to loved ones or customers through the Canada Post mobile app or website.

"Whether Canadians with sight loss need information about education, interview techniques, or workplace accommodation, access to employment resources for people who are blind or partially sighted will ensure meaningful employment in a wide range of fields for years to come," says Penny Hartin, Chief Executive Officer of the World Blind Union.

BC Ideas is an online competition for over $270,000 in funding to encourage social innovation in British Columbia. Decoda Literacy Solutions is providing $20,000 in funding ($5,000 each to four entries) through BC Ideas to innovative ideas that use literacy as a strategy to address challenges in B.C. communities.

Toronto Public Library has announced its sixth annual First & Best Booklist, the highly anticipated selection of the year's best in Canadian books for children from birth to age five that are fun to read and help build early literacy skills.

TD Bank says investing in early education programs will help Canada address the major economic threats it is facing over the coming decades, including poverty, critical skills shortages and yawning productivity gaps that hold our economy back.

The Saskatchewan Literacy Network has prepared this report to provide the context for literacy and essential skills activities in the province and to gain a more strategic understanding of existing and emerging skill shortages and their impact on literacy and essential skills.

CSTD programming focuses primarily on those areas that are specific to training and development. While general management and leadership topics are always included in their programs, priority is given to the five core competency areas for the profession.

I DO BUSINESS. National Summit & Trade Show (Success for Aboriginal Entrepreneurs) will bring together business and literacy to support current and emerging Aboriginal entrepreneurs from coast to coast to coast in Canada. Planned for March 4-6, 2013, in Toronto, this event brings to the forefront the importance of connecting economic development and adult literacy to support Aboriginal business development.

The Centre for Excellence in Foundational Learning at Bow Valley College is looking for experienced adult education practitioners to serve on an advisory committee for an innovative adult writing assessment project titled Write Forward. Members will assist in reviews of project design and development through all stages, and assist with networking and promotion of the project across Canada.

Over 100 eminent academics have signed a letter to Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Minister John Duncan demanding that core funding for Aboriginal organizations be restored to protect vital research projects underway. The signatories highlight that researchers partner with tribal councils, the National Aboriginal Health Organization, and other Aboriginal representative organizations to address "health, education and infrastructure issues that are preventing Canadian First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities from reaching their full potential."

“Margaret cultivated and maintained strategic partnerships and kept literacy front and centre. She has been an influential advocate and has shown great passion for the literacy cause,” said Jim Warrington, Vice-Chair of the ABC Board, and Executive Director of the National Advertising Benevolent Society (NABS).

Previous studies hinted at the connection between continued exposure to light and depression in animals, but Samer Hattar, a biology professor at Johns Hopkins University, and his team also found that the bright lights contributed to poorer learning as well.

National Bank has announced that its financial literacy website reached the one million hits mark in November, Financial Literacy Month. For two years, this information site has been helping its readers make enlightened decisions that will contribute to their financial health.