National Adult Literacy Database

Simply answer a few questions and the tool will help you find adult learning classes and other places to learn in Manitoba.

DataAngel Policy Research has produced a report card that ranks every Federal Electoral District in Canada on several dimensions of literacy. Its hope is that these data will help Members of Parliament and voters think about what they might do to address Canada’s literacy challenge.

As UK unemployment rates for women rise to the highest levels in 17 years, NIACE and the Skills Funding Agency have published a report setting out strategies for engaging women in pre-employment training and for supporting them to achieve and progress.

“Although the economic downturn may have contributed to lower learning and development budgets in 2010, the decline in spending is indicative of an ongoing pattern,” said Carrie Lavis, senior research associate with The Conference Board of Canada.

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 and BDAA.

The committee considered a string of suggestions from individual members of the newly appointed Toronto Public Library Board, including shutting 38 of Toronto’s 98 branches, selling the historic Yorkville branch and reducing opening hours.

Ontario's degree level expectations and quality assurance framework were developed in the context of international efforts to create more comparable, compatible and coherent higher education systems. They are also aligned with a directive from the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), which called for the provinces to develop more detailed frameworks that describe degree credentials.

Equal opportunity is essential to creating a motivated and innovative workforce in today's economy. Although great strides have been made in the area of gender equality, many men and women continue to face an uphill battle as they aim to advance their careers.

Recent high school graduates are exceptionally optimistic about their financial futures, with most expecting they will have an annual salary of $70,000 within 10 years and will have purchased their own home, according to a new survey. The B.C. Securities Commission conducted the survey of 3,000 young adults to assess the effectiveness of secondary-school financial-education programs.

“Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador commends the Department of Education for this funding for Adult Basic Education, Level l and one-on-one volunteer programming,” said Caroline Vaughan, Executive Director of Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador. “These funds are necessary to help offset the cost of community programming, and to better equip organizations which are providing local adult learning opportunities for skills development.”

B.C.'s Education Plan, developed in consultation with teachers, parents, students and education partner groups, is based on the principle that every learner in the province will realize his or her full potential.

"The growth and development of our children and youth is a shared responsibility between parents, educators, students, communities and government. It is important that we all work together to provide basic financial skills to children and youth. These skills will help them become financially independent, fiscally responsible adults and lead to the development of a better, stronger province. We need not look any further than our own provincial financial situation to acknowledge the importance of these skills for everyone."

Are you passionate about digital literacy? Are you a natural-born leader with a talent for seeing the bigger picture and connecting the networking dots? AlphaPlus, a resource and support agency providing resources to adult literacy agencies and educators in Ontario and Canada, is looking to fill the role of executive director. Applications will be accepted until November 22, 2011.

The market value of a bachelor's degree is something students - and their parents - want to know as they rack up expensive tuition bills and loans. It turns out it may not fully prepare them for the labour market as much as they thought.

The Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES) will host a webinar on Thursday, November 3, from 12 to 1:30 p.m. Eastern time. The objectives of the presentation are to share good practices and lessons learned, as well as HRSDC tools and resources that may benefit Aboriginal agreement holders and other organizations, and advance literacy and essential skills.