National Adult Literacy Database

Canada’s ministers of education have joined with parents and children in communities across the country to celebrate the 13th annual Family Literacy Day.

The Digital Citizenship program aims to educate all members of the school community including students, staff, parents and community members on the responsible use of technology. The program will be integrated into the current curriculum at all grade levels and is a board-wide philosophy that will be adopted by every school and centre.

Communities from all across British Columbia will come together during the week of Jan. 27, 2011 for a day of all-age literacy celebration.

With a strong belief that every child’s first and most important teachers are their parents, the Regina Literacy Network promotes intergenerational family learning opportunities whenever it can. Family Literacy Day allows its members to celebrate the importance of family, relationships and learning with others across the country.

Literacy Link South Central is nearing the end of a two-year project the primary goal of which is to develop seven workbooks that embed essential skills activities within employment-readiness tasks.

February will mark the one-year anniversary of the launch of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Human Resource (HR) Toolkit which has seen extraordinary uptake by small and medium-sized employers throughout the province.

An innovative international conference will take place this year in Toronto to examine the complex relationship between media and higher education. Worldviews: Media Coverage of Higher Education in the 21st Century will be held June 16 to 18 at several venues including the University of Toronto, MaRs Discovery District and Ryerson University.

Ministers from the Atlantic provinces responsible for education and training have reaffirmed their commitment to promoting and improving literacy.

Now that the new year is well underway and we’ve had an opportunity to refocus and recharge, many workers are entering another stressful period – considering career or job changes or just planning out the rest of the year.

FREDERICTON, N.B. - The National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) has issued a call for nominations for its second annual NALD Innovative Technology Award. NALD established the award in 2010 to bring greater visibility to an exemplary or innovative technology product, project or service that benefits the field of adult literacy and essential skills.

Deadline to apply: February 4, 2011 Literacy Alberta is a provincial membership based non‐profit charity working to raise literacy levels in Alberta. We build capacity in individuals, organizations, workplaces and communities. We influence decision makers and we raise awareness of literacy issues provincially and nationally. Literacy Alberta is growing and we are currently accepting applications for a Project Manager/Facilitator.

Ipsos Reid research shows that 50 per cent of Canadian parents lack confidence in helping their children with reading, writing and math homework.

With funding from the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Literacy Link Eastern Ontario has completed four bilingual occupational curricula based on the essentials skills, and is seeking community partners to field-test the materials.

University researchers have found a systematic relationship between the first letter of a person's childhood last name and the speed at which they take advantages of opportunities to queue up. The study findings have been printed in the Journal of Consumer Research.

Almost half the literacy training that’s available to people living in Waterloo Region and Wellington County (Ontario) will disappear by the end of March, agencies warn.