National Adult Literacy Database

Adult learners from across the province are invited to share with the coalition what lifelong learning means to them and to the future of New Brunswick.

“Despite the progress we have made to date on evolving human rights for women, the celebration of International Women’s Day should be a useful reminder that the goal of full equality and equal opportunity remains an unsatisfied promise for many women in Canada, as well as in less developed countries.” – Randy Dickinson, Chair of New Brunswick Human Rights Commission

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.

Each month NALD releases Library user statistics in a feature known as the Top 20 downloads/20 Plus téléchargés. 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, NALD@Work, BDAA and BDAA@uTravail.

A program that takes a unique approach to learning disabilities by challenging students to retrain their brains is under review by the Toronto Catholic District School Board.

Look for a new “intelligent” event creation form, a dynamic new events calendar, a powerful search tool, new graphics and a wide range of promotional materials you can customize to fit your needs.

“There is a context and set of conditions within which the employer has to work,” said André Marois of Quebec’s Privacy Commission. “A company policy on email usage has to be made known to staff, explaining how they are to use it and that they’ll be subject to inquiries if they go beyond an established norm of usage.”

Prospective university, college and vocational students have a tough decision to make in selecting the right program that will launch their career. With so many post-secondary schools to choose from, students are being reminded at learning institutions to make the most of their education options.

Deadline to apply: March 14, 2011

Literacy is about "cultivating the fundamental need in most boys to be the hero of their own story, and showing them how they can experience it through the power of the written word."

Are you an executive director/CEO, HR manager or the primary staff responsible for skills development/training for employees in your organization? The HR Council is currently seeking participants who would be willing to take part in a brief online survey planned to be fielded in April.

Declines in Canadian employment between October 2008 and October 2009 were larger in occupations for which an apprenticeship program exists than in all other occupations combined. However, between October 2009 and October 2010, the recovery in employment was stronger in these occupations than in all other occupations.

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.

“Readers don’t understand how the business model is changing. And even if they did, they wouldn’t care. They want to read great content, and they want to do so in the easiest way possible.”

A recent Center for Work-Life Policy study of more than 3,000 people found that women rarely get guidance from their superiors on how to dress like a leader, while men readily experience such feedback.