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NALD's Feature of the Month: A Timeline of Literacy and Essential Skills from Essential Skills Ontario
Posted: May 1, 2013 | 
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
“Throughout its long history, the literacy and essential skills field has continually evolved and adapted in response to the changing needs of adults. This timeline captures some of the important people, events, initiatives and other influences that have helped shape the literacy and essential skills field in Canada over the past 200 years.” -- Essential Skills Ontario
Sentence structure matching means a lot in email correspondence, study says
Posted: December 13, 2010 |
Imagine WikiLeaks just cracked open your e-mail inbox. What would those exchanges reveal about you and your business relationships? Quite a lot, it seems.
Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada
Posted: December 13, 2010 |
Category: Learning
Statistics Canada has released a new issue of its free, online publication Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada. The issue contains an article on ‘trade qualifiers’ in the skilled trades and another on trends in age composition in post-secondary education.
Three CRC renewals for OISE faculty members
Posted: December 10, 2010 |
“These renewals will strengthen OISE’s capacity for leading-edge research, create opportunities for OISE students and faculty, enhance our profile as a world leader in research, and increase our potential to impact people’s lives in and through education,” says OISE Professor and Dean Julia O’Sullivan.
Two not-for-profit organizations provide Mennonite children with refurbished computers
Posted: December 10, 2010 |
WINDSOR, ON, Dec. 10 /CNW/ - Computers for Kids and New Canadians' Centre of Excellence Inc. are partnering to improve education levels and reduce poverty levels of at-risk youth within their community.
Interactive Family Literacy Day map will paint Canada orange
Posted: December 9, 2010 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
ABC Life Literacy Canada is looking to turn Canada orange in support of Family Literacy Day as a new interactive, events-tracking map is unveiled online at FamilyLiteracyDay.ca.
Reading Life: An industry first, social eReading experience
Posted: December 9, 2010 |
"People who are making the switch to eReading and building their lifetime libraries want an innovative social experience to go with it," says Mike Serbinis, Kobo CEO.
Adult Learning Centres GBG enhance visual learning through free and/or inexpensive image tools
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
Visual and interactive learning tools have the potential to stimulate learners who may otherwise struggle to digest text or to understand oral instruction.
House of Commons Poverty Report has key recommendations for adult literacy, lifelong learning
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
In November 2010, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities released its long-awaited report on poverty.
Major OECD report card points to job well done by Canadian students
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
A major international report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows Canadian students rank among the best in the world in reading, mathematics and science.
NALD employee wins award for her volunteer work on children’s radio show
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
FREDERICTON, N.B. – Marie-Claire Pître, an employee of the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD), has been honoured with a Dr. Marilyn Trenholme Counsell Early Childhood Literacy Award.
Feature of the Month: NALD@Work takes trip to Toronto Public Library
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
When looking for career and job search information, never underestimate the scope and value of the resources available at your local public library.
Ten families with stories vying for top spot in Munsch at Home contest
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
ABC Life Literacy Canada, along with the esteemed Munsch at Home Contest Judging Panel, is pleased to post the Top 10 Stories from the 2010 Munsch at Home Contest. The winner will be announced on December 14.
Tests get high marks as a learning tool
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
Over the past decade, study after study has found that students who are quizzed on new material recall significantly more of it compared with students who aren’t.
New citizenship test is not a snap, shows flaw in immigration system: Opinion
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
Failure rates for immigrants writing citizenship tests have soared since the spring, when tougher questions and revamped rules made it harder for newcomers to become Canadian.
Ontario academic librarians concerned about severe budget cuts
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
Ontario’s university libraries appear to be bearing a sizable share of the cuts as universities grapple with budget cutbacks. A new report, based on a questionnaire sent to academic librarians, describes widespread staffing reductions, neglect of library collections and delays in technology investments.
With eye on Young Writers’ Program, Moncton orthodontist joins Frye Festival’s sponsorship team
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
Moncton orthodontist Dr. Michel Martin has agreed to join in sponsoring the Moncton Frye Festival's acclaimed Young Writers Program, partnering with Dr. Martin Braces as Gold Sponsor.
ABC Life Literacy Canada receives funding to continue work in literacy, essential skills
Posted: December 3, 2010 |
Through the Government of Canada’s Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, ABC Life Literacy Canada will receive $1,585,116 in funding to continue working with its partners to develop and increase the knowledge, networks and tools to improve essential skills in the workplace.
Astronauts becoming advocates for literacy
Posted: December 2, 2010 |
Canadian astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk contacted NALD’s Honorary Chair Roch Carrier recently with an important notification.
Students, staff and faculty question need for Ontario Online Institute
Posted: December 2, 2010 |
TORONTO, Dec. 2 /CNW/ - In response to the stated intentions of the Ontario government to expand and increase the availability of post-secondary education by creating an Ontario Online Institute, students, staff and faculty have jointly released Opening Ontario For Whom? A sectoral vision for integrating online learning into the classroom.
'Tis the season for lifelong learning – and activities to encourage family literacy
Posted: December 1, 2010 |
Winter holidays provide an excellent opportunity for families and friends to spend time together learning and practising their literacy skills.
Moodle a great tool for online training: AlphaPlus
Posted: December 1, 2010 |
Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), a free web application designed to help educators create effective and dynamic online learning sites.
Call for concept papers: OLES interested in projects that address labour market issue related to LES need or gap
Posted: December 1, 2010 |
Under this call from the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, contribution funding or grants are available for projects that address a labour market issue linked to an LES problem, need or gap, as explained in the objectives for projects.
Toronto Public Library announces First & Best Booklist for 2010
Posted: November 29, 2010 |
Toronto Public Library is pleased to announce the fourth annual First & Best Booklist, a 2010 selection of the very best in Canadian books for children from birth to age five that are fun to read and also help build early literacy skills.
In addition to frustrating professors, literacy rates affect some students’ ability to graduate
Posted: November 29, 2010 |
Colleges in Ontario are finally taking literacy seriously. Far from simply complaining that some students are entering college and university with low writing and reading skills, the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario teamed up with Fanshawe College to see how this was impacting students.
More immigrants enrolling in language classes, thanks to voucher project
Posted: November 29, 2010 |
Language training vouchers are increasing immigrant enrolment in English and French language classes, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced recently at the Punjabi Community Health Services Centre in Mississauga.
Teaching techniques to help make instruction for adult learners more efficient
Posted: November 24, 2010 |
One of the problems in adult basic skills education is the need to get adults out of basic skills education and into work, vocational or academic coursework as rapidly as possible.
National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation honours 14 ‘remarkable’ Canadians
Posted: November 23, 2010 |
The National Aboriginal Achievement Awards celebrate Aboriginal Canadians who have made a profound impact on their communities, across Canada and worldwide.
Paying Aboriginal students to get good grades?
Posted: November 22, 2010 |
Aboriginal educators in BC insist that the idea of paying students to get good grades works, even though the idea was panned in Ontario.
Perspectives on Education: LEARNing Landscapes publishes special issue
Posted: November 22, 2010 |
LEARNing Landscapes, an online, peer-reviewed education journal, has published a special issue featuring short commentaries on education from 24 Canadians who are prominent in various walks of life.
Santa pays unexpected visit to confirm postal elves are ready for children’s letters
Posted: November 22, 2010 |
With less than five weeks to go before Christmas, Canada Post confirms that Santa Claus has visited various post offices across Canada to ensure that postal elves are ready to help answer letters and emails sent by children from around the world.
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