National Adult Literacy Database

Internationally renowned commentator on global affairs, CNN's Dr. Fareed Zakaria, who delivered the keynote address, said of the conference: "I think having a meeting like this ... to begin this process of really transforming education for the future so that it becomes something that is as innovative and as forward looking and as dynamic as so many of the other aspects of society going forward, is a tremendous advantage."

Some of the world’s most accomplished and promising minds working in diverse scientific disciplines will receive significant support from the federal government, through the Canada Research Chairs program, to pursue world-class research at post-secondary institutions across Canada.

NIACE welcomes the Community Learning Learner Survey Report recently published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), for its robust data drawn from learners themselves and as a valuable step forward in evidencing the transformational powers of community learning.

Literacy Partners of Manitoba, a growing non-profit organization, believes that literacy is a human right. The organization strives for a community where everyone has the literacy and essential skills to manage the challenges of daily life in their home, in their community and at their workplace.

The Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto (NWRCT) is hosting the Minaake Awards, Toronto's first Aboriginal Women and Youth Community Achievement Awards, on April 10, 2013. NWRCT is an award-winning charity that offers life-enhancing resources, cultural ceremonies and teachings, and skill development programs to Aboriginal women and their children.

The ESL Literacy Network invites you to participate in its upcoming online workshop series: Using the ESL Literacy Readers. This two-week online workshop is an opportunity to learn, share ideas and connect with other ESL literacy practitioners.

Help inform and shape thinking around policy, practice and research as The Centre for Literacy prepares for PIAAC. The Summer Institute will examine and compare the learning from IALS and ALL across Canada and other countries, and explore how we can make most effective use of soon-to-be released PIAAC results. We will look at the new segments – problem-solving in technology-rich environments and the reading components – and at the implications of changes in levels and cut-off.

Spring is almost here – and what better time to improve your literacy skills! ABC Life Literacy Canada suggests fun ideas to help you sharpen your literacy skills this season.

Every sector and industry has its own jarring jargon, whether it’s an academic paper with sentences so long that you can’t keep track of the idea being developed, or corporatese – words that enter the business vocabulary and are so overused, or misused, that they don’t communicate anything.

CLO will be circulating 'Literacy: Why It Matters' to all Ontario MPs and MPPs, with an accompanying letter to explain the importance of the Labour Market Agreement to literacy programming.

ABC Life Literacy Canada is delighted to announce that the 2013 Life Literacy Awards are now open for submissions to recognize outstanding achievement in adult literacy and essential skills. Areas include community literacy, workplace education, journalism and corporate excellence.

Changes to the provincial immigration program will open doors for more families and skilled workers to immigrate to Nova Scotia. The province has a comprehensive immigration strategy to help attract new skilled labour into the workforce.

Up to 125 civil servants from China will learn about Canada's political system and public policy as part of a new five-year agreement between Executive Education at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia and the Province of Guangdong.

Canada Post has honoured the efforts of 24 deserving people from across the country with the Aboriginal Education Incentive Awards. The Awards, which were launched in 2004, acknowledge the hard work and drive required to continue education following an absence from formal schooling.

The people of the Northwest Territories inhabit a region characterized by long, cold winters and a wide variety of languages and dialects. Based in Yellowknife, the Northwest Territories Literacy Council is active in promoting and supporting literacy and essential skills in the NWT's 11 official languages, which is "quite a challenge," according to its executive director and a member of NALD's Board of Directors.