National Adult Literacy Database

Recipients of the Council of the Federation Literacy Award and the Ministerial Literacy Awards, including a Youth Learner Literacy Award, were honoured during an Adult Learners’ Luncheon in Yellowknife.

The report examines the number of NALD Library documents, in both English and French, which are viewed and downloaded by visitors to the websites NALD and BDAA.

"It is very positive to see the re-introduction of copyright legislation, as this remains a key concern for the library community," says CLA President Karen Adams. "We are happy to see that improvements introduced in the last bill have been maintained; however, modifications are required if the legislation is to ultimately succeed in its objectives, those being both balanced and technologically neutral."

This year’s report specifically highlights cloud computing, mobile technologies, game-based learning, open access content, learning analytics, and personal learning environments as critical technologies of the future.

These new interactive learning tools will be a welcome resource for practitioners and program administrators who are often faced with the task of determining how to remove barriers that impede successful learning outcomes. The tools are a project of George Brown College's School of Work and College Preparation, Centre for Preparatory and Liberal Studies, in partnership with Spiral Community Resource Group.

NALD values feedback from the literacy and essential skills community so we are asking you to please complete a short online survey. The information you provide will be important in helping us understand more about our current users and what new services we may provide in the future. We have extended our submission deadline and would appreciate your responses by October 11, 2011, if possible. Thank you.

The unveiling of a new award promoting literacy innovation was among the highlights of Life Literacy Night, ABC Life Literacy Canada’s annual awards ceremony, held at Toronto’s Gardiner Museum recently.

Organizers say the event, which will also draw decision-makers from other areas like health care, community organizations and the private sector, will be a chance to share best practices and look at promising actions.

“We really want to see technology like this being used to improve teaching and learning,” said Karen Keiller, director of Information Services and Systems at UNB Saint John. “Mobile learning is just starting, and I think we’ll be seeing a lot more students using technology this year.”

Young brains soak up the information around them like tiny, too-cute sponges. That's the reason, put simply, why it is important to get children interested in reading in the early years of life.

The guide, which will be used in high-school entrepreneurship classes, is based on the Ontario senior business studies curriculum. But from the images of smiling young Aboriginal faces on the cover, to the case studies, to the easy-to-carry-long-distances soft cover, every aspect of the book was approached with one aim in mind: to show native students that business is a subject that applies to them.

During Literacy Action Week each November, Literacy Nova Scotia and individuals and organizations with an interest in supporting adult literacy concentrate on ways to inform governments and the public about literacy and essential skills in their community. Meetings with government officials, information sessions and other activities are held throughout the province.

Michael Moore kept the seriousness of his reading problem hidden for years but now the Winnipeg Transit driver is getting national attention for starting a new chapter of his life. Moore is one of 14 recipients this year of the prestigious Council of the Federation Literacy Award.

“The partnerships, community liaison, social inclusion, and success stories that have grown as a result of Advanced Education’s commitment to the Bridges program is remarkable,” Rick Goodfellow, executive director of Challenge Community Vocational Alternatives, said. “We’re very happy with the results of this program.”

Young poets from Fall River and Truro, Nova Scotia, are winners of the Creative Writing Contest for Youth held in celebration of the International Year for People of African Descent.