National Adult Literacy Database

OLC’s Spotlight on Learning:  Becoming Agents of Change conference was held in October 2010 in Toronto. This new website is designed not only to highlight the conference, but also to feed the momentum and energy in the field with continued learning, news updates, and stories of change that have been inspired by learning. Full of workshop videos, resources, downloads and much more, this website encourages a continuum of learning.

This is a teaching and learning package designed to help adult learners increase their literacy and essential skills in order to make easier transitions to a new workforce or adapt to changing technology on the job.

A national campaign aimed at enriching volunteer experiences for Canadians and strengthening the volunteer sector has been launched by Volunteer Canada, the voice of volunteerism in Canada, and Manulife Financial, whose signature cause is to encourage volunteerism nationwide.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced support for Pathways to Education Canada, a charitable organization dedicated to reducing poverty and its effects by increasing access to post-secondary education for disadvantaged youth.

The Northwest Territories Literacy Council has developed an interactive learning tool titled Essential Skills at Work in the North. Funded by the Government of Canada and the Northwest Territories Department of Education, Culture and Employment, the tool is designed to help northerners learn what it takes to succeed in various jobs.

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney has launched a fun and educational Facebook application that tests your knowledge of Canada’s history, values, symbols and political institutions.

The study will draw upon academic research, findings from international literacy professionalization initiatives, and interviews with literacy stakeholders to identify their particular issues, concerns, hopes and ideas relating to professionalization.

Personal financial stress sometimes spills over into poor workplace performance, or perhaps employee preoccupation with trying to find more lucrative employment.

CNIB is pleased to announce it has received a one-time grant from the federal government of just over $7 million to support the CNIB Library, Canada’s largest producer of alternative-format material.

The Toronto meeting focused on early-childhood education, Aboriginal and international education, 21st-century competencies in education, and CMEC’s data and research initiatives.

ABC Life Literacy Canada has once again launched the innovative Letters for Literacy campaign that seeks to raise $150,000 for literacy programming in Canada. The program allows companies to purchase one of the 26 letters of the alphabet, most often the one associated with their name.

NALD has issued a call for nominations for its second annual Innovative Technology Award. The award was established to bring greater visibility to an exemplary or innovative technology product, project or service that benefits the field of adult literacy and essential skills.

Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Impact Public Affairs has been selected as a Leader Award winner in the 2010 Summit Emerging Media Award competition for its contribution towards Ottawa’s Amethyst Women’s Addiction Centre website redesign.

Bell Let’s Talk Day invited Canadians to join the conversation to lift the stigma around mental illness. Led by national Bell Let’s Talk Day spokesperson Clara Hughes, they talked and texted even more than the day her fellow Olympian Sidney Crosby scored hockey Gold for Canada at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.