Posted: March 10, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
Specialist High Skills Majors let Ontario students focus on a career path that matches their skills and interests. Each major is a bundle of 8-10 courses in the student's selected field.
Posted: March 10, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
The highly successful Technical Vocation Initiative will be invigorated with over $6.4 million in new funding to help give students the tools and skills they need to meet the growing demand for workers who possess technical vocational skills, Premier Greg Selinger has announced.
Posted: March 10, 2011 |

Category: Learning
The Healthy Aboriginal Network is a non-profit promotion of health, literacy and wellness.
Posted: March 10, 2011 |
Category: Learning
This year, one inductee from each region in the territory and a Minister’s Choice Award will be awarded, for a total of seven inductees.
Posted: March 10, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Ontario is becoming more competitive now that more students are graduating from high school. Graduation rates have risen in each of the last six years, going from 68 per cent in 2003-04 to 81 per cent in 2009-10.
Posted: March 10, 2011 |
Category: Learning
The Department of Education has already begun work with school boards to develop the program, which will be delivered at less cost than Reading Recovery, an internationally trademarked program that carries site fees and associated training costs.
Posted: March 10, 2011 |

Category: Learning
Changes to the selection process and training of would-be teachers are to be piloted next year to ensure those entering the profession are suitable for the job and have the necessary levels of literacy and numeracy.
Posted: March 9, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
Working at home is still work. There's just not someone else telling you what to do and when to do it. The key to success is being self-motivated to haul yourself out of bed at dawn and get cracking before the baby wakes up.
Posted: March 9, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
It takes more than a computer science degree or diploma to secure that dream job in high-tech these days. Now soft skills such as personal communications and the ability to work in teams are almost as important as knowing how to write code.
Posted: March 9, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
The Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) and RBC are pleased to announce the winners of the 5th Annual Immigrant Success Awards, recognizing exemplary practice in integrating skilled immigrants in the Toronto region.
Posted: March 9, 2011 |

Category: Learning
Windsor, Ontario, may be one of the finalists in this year’s search for the world's “2011 intelligent community,” but a new study that maps basic financial literacy among Canadian adults ranks the city among its “at-risk” communities.
Posted: March 9, 2011 |

Category: Learning
Canadians are spending much more time online than people from other countries, with an increasing number of older users propelling that growth, according to a new study of Internet habits.
Posted: March 9, 2011 |
Category: Learning
The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network Inc. is seeking an Adult Literacy Coordinator for half-time permanent position. The successful applicant will be trained in and deliver the Circles of Intelligent Knowledge: An Aboriginal Adult Learner Program.
Posted: March 9, 2011 |
Category: Learning
We are seeking mature and dedicated individuals seeking challenging summer job opportunities and who possess a keen interest in international and rural development work and/or literacy and teaching…
Posted: March 9, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Nominations for the Manitoba 2011 Council of the Federation Literacy Award, recognizing outstanding achievements in adult literacy, will be accepted until May 20.
Posted: March 9, 2011 |

Category: Learning
Manitoba has increased its funding for adult literacy and adult learning centre programs by $700,000 annually, bringing total funding support to almost $20.6 million, Premier Greg Selinger announced recently.
Posted: March 9, 2011 |
Category: Learning
A location for a provincial autism centre was made official when the Province of British Columbia and the City of Vancouver announced they have secured a home for the Pacific Autism Family Centre at Sunny Hill Health Centre in Vancouver.
Posted: March 8, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
A total of $250,000 in one-time funding means that programs and research aimed at helping Aboriginal students succeed in their post-secondary studies will continue at the University of Victoria.
Posted: March 8, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
A new study suggests women who regularly deal with work calls on their personal time feel more guilt and psychological distress than men in similar situations.
Posted: March 8, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
Canadian employers project a steady hiring climate for the second quarter of 2011, according to the latest results of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
Posted: March 8, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
Quebecers of both genders are not optimistic about the economy and their retirement, but women are even less so than men, according to the 2011 Canadian Unretirement Index released by Sun Life Financial this week.
Posted: March 7, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
“Executives would be well advised to demonstrate leadership and create a positive work environment for their employees if they want their organizations to perform well."
Posted: March 7, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
One hundred years ago, only two countries allowed women to vote. Today that right is virtually universal and women have now been elected to lead governments in every continent. Women, too, hold leading positions in professions from which they were once banned.
Posted: March 7, 2011 |

Category: Learning
At a time when the world is witnessing the astonishing struggle for liberty and democracy in many areas where women are oppressed and treated like chattel, it is fitting that we recall the struggle of Americans of African ancestry to achieve their civil rights and to participate in the democratic process.
Posted: March 7, 2011 |

Category: Learning
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.
Posted: March 4, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
Staff is needed for a variety of supervisory and non-supervisory jobs for the 2011 Census. These jobs are ideal for students, recently retired persons, stay-at-home parents and those wanting to supplement their income.
Posted: March 4, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
Parts of Canada’s North experienced spectacular economic growth between 1999 and 2008. However, this growth was not evenly shared across all Northern regions, according to the latest map in The Conference Board of Canada’s Here, the North series.
Posted: March 4, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
Ganong Bros. Ltd. looked to overseas labour pools to fill its employee shortage. In 2005, management at the chocolate-maker’s factory in St. Stephen, N.B., realized they needed about 30 additional employees after a year of big contracts.
Posted: March 4, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
Sitting at your desk, coughing, wheezing and desperately reaching for the box of tissues every five minutes isn’t impressing your co-workers, according to a new survey about employees who come to work sick.
Posted: March 4, 2011 |

Category: Essential skills
Men have generally filled the majority of positions in the automotive field yet that is beginning to change as more women are becoming involved in dealerships at every level.