National Adult Literacy Database

While team work is an asset, it’s important to be noticed for your individual strengths as well. If your team did good work, make it known that it was you who led the team, says the co-author of the new book entitled Break Your Own Rules.

TESL Canada and BC TEAL welcome proposals for presentations at the TESL Canada 2012 conference next October. As a major national forum with international reach, TESL Canada conferences are held on an 18-month cycle and offer an important opportunity for professionals to share their work with peers.

"You Did What?! A Reality Check on Human Resources Practices" (Onate Press, Calgary) is a compilation of scenarios that workers and employees alike are required to address on a regular basis. Supported by the HR Partnership Council at Mount Royal University, the book was launched November 15, 2011, at a sold-out breakfast event at the Calgary Chamber of Commerce.

Frontier College, the Canadian Diabetes Association and Literacy Link South Central invite the general community and health-care providers with clients living with diabetes to attend a videoconference on health literacy. The event is planned for December 1, 2011, and speaker will be Linda Shohet, director of The Centre for Literacy.

The banks are all over Financial Literacy Month, offering up their experts to the media and issuing lists of helpful tips. Would they like to follow up with some practical measures?

At the first of the Work and Learning Network’s 2011/2012 symposiums, John Servage drew on his 35 years of experience to present a rich case study which described how this troubled group of workers used employee-driven learning to turn their department around. John described how he and his staff broke the department into inquiry teams, and empowered them to change the way they worked together.

Conforming to the recommendations made by 144 governments at the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) in 2009, the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning has developed a reporting template which solicits data for the key areas identified in the Belém Framework for Action – policy, governance, finance, participation and quality.

Ashoka Changemakers invite you to share your ideas or projects that help First Nations, Métis and Inuit learners to succeed. As long as your focus is on learning, inside or beyond the classroom, your submission is welcome. Deadline for submissions is January 27, 2012.

The disappointing Statistics Canada numbers are in stark contrast to economists’ expectations that 12,000 new jobs would be created in October, after 61,000 new positions in September. The loss of 32,000 jobs in the private sector in October was the third consecutive monthly decline in that category.

A series of booklets has been prepared by the PEI Department of Community Services, Seniors and Labour to assist Islanders who have been affected by child sexual abuse, says Minister Valerie E. Docherty.

After a preliminary stakeholder consultation, Education Minister Thomas Lukaszuk has decided not to go forward with Bill 18, the Education Act, in the current Fall Legislative Session. Further public and stakeholder engagement will take place over the next few months to ensure the legislation reflects the Government of Alberta’s renewed commitment to education.

The first 90 days are crucial when it comes to a new hire. If the fit is right, it can be the beginning of a successful long-term work relationship that benefits both employee and employer. If the fit is wrong, it can cost a company a great deal – both in time and money.

Skills Link helps youth facing barriers to employment, such as single parents, Aboriginal youth, youth with disabilities, recent immigrants, youth living in rural and remote areas, and youth who have dropped out of high school.

The Meadow Lake Tribal Council’s Foundations for Action project will assess 1,200 First Nations social assistance clients to determine their skills, education, and employment barriers. Following these initial assessments, over 950 clients will create action plans to enhance their job skills through additional training and employment support.

Centre FORA’s Board of Directors is proud of the Centre’s accomplishments as well as those of its director, Yolande Clément, founder and Executive Director since 1989; it is therefore saddened to announce her departure from this position. But at the same time, it is also proud to announce the nomination of Liane Romain, who will spearhead this publishing and distribution house which specializes in literacy and numeracy.