National Adult Literacy Database

Statistics Canada is reporting that employment in our country rebounded more quickly from the recent economic downturn than it did in the recessions of the early 1980s and early 1990s.

Deadline to apply: March 10, 2011 - We are currently seeking a Director of Communications to raise Frontier College’s profile and brand awareness through enhanced storytelling and engagement. The Director of Communications engages with all aspects of the College’s work to discover, shape and leverage compelling stories that express the organization’s unique characteristics and history in support of the strategic goals and for the benefit of all members.

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

"ASEP has been a catalyst in bringing partners to the table to address training and employment needs," said Minister Lafferty.

As touchy-feely as emotional well-being may sound, the fact is that issues such as anxiety, depression and burnout present some very real costs in the workplace - and not just to individual enterprises, but to the economy as a whole.

During the Aboriginal Student Achievement Minister’s Regional Forums in the Northwest Territories, school attendance was identified as a concern. Many students also felt that family and community members must take part in a student’s education.

The Flin Flon Public Library will continue to offer a variety of information services as the province of Manitoba maintains its financial commitment with this year’s library operating, collection development and technology grants totalling nearly $59,000.

The Frye Festival, Atlantic Canada’s largest literary event, unveiled its spectacular line-up for the 2011 edition, which will be held from April 25 to May 1 in Moncton, N.B. Among the headliners are Margaret Atwood, Charles Foran, Susan Juby, Kenneth Oppel, Shandi Mitchell, Karen Connelly, Jean-Christophe Rufin and Gilles Leroy.

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.

According to a national survey by BMO Financial Group, respondents said they were more comfortable talking about politics and religion than money. And only four in 10 would tell their family members and friends how much debt they have or how much they earn.

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.

Adult literacy education serves the general purpose of improving the entire network of minds in the society in which we live and helps to maintain our very survival as a society of human beings in contemporary times.

Data shows that individuals who pursue and complete apprenticeship training have better employment outcomes, both immediately after completion and several years post-completion. They have better earning potential – in the short and longer term – and higher levels of job satisfaction and job security.

Kathryn Ullrich, an executive search consultant based in Silicon Valley, and author of Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success, offers these tips for career success.

Grown-ups should quit the hand-wringing over what makes for a suitable and proper Canadian reading experience, quit taking good books off the shelves, and quit saying kids hate to read. One of these days, the kids might start listening.