National Adult Literacy Database

What do the following careers have in common: conservation officer, wildlife officer, environmental consultant, forestry officer and environmental protection officer?

Organizers of the recent Cultivating Connections Conference held in Edmonton, Alberta, are pleased with the quality of discussion that took place as well as the breadth of perspectives on family literacy that were shared.

Thank you for attending the Cultivating Connections National Family Literacy Conference, hosted by the Centre for Family Literacy.

WINNIPEG, July 22 /CNW Telbec/ - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo and First Nations Chiefs and delegates from across Canada confirmed a new comprehensive plan to directly address critical education needs facing First Nation communities.

Planning is continuing for this year's symposium hosted by Literacy Alberta and the Community Learning Network. The dates are October 27-30, 2010 with a full program that includes two pre-symposium workshops and over 60 workshops to choose from.

EDMONTON, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - July 15, 2010) - Improving Canadians' literacy and essential skills will play an important role in developing Canada's workforce and building the country's economy. That was the message Mr. Ed Komarnicki, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, delivered on behalf of Minister Finley at the opening of a national family literacy conference earlier today.

What began as a groundbreaking initiative more than four decades ago by Northrop Frye, one of the greatest literary theorists of the 20th century, is set to become the latest casualty of campus cost-cutting.

EDMONTON, July 12 /CNW Telbec/ - Nine out of ten Canadians favour increased funding for their province's or territory's public elementary and secondary schools, according to a national poll conducted on behalf of the Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF). Results of the biennial National Issues in Education Poll were released today by CTF President Mary-Lou Donnelly at the Federation's President's Forum: The Funding of Public Education: Great Promise, being held today and tomorrow in Edmonton.

July 7, 2010 (Ottawa) – Canada's leading digital literacy organization, Media Awareness Network (MNet), is sounding the alarm that Canada will continue to trail other countries in productivity and innovation unless a national plan for digital literacy is put in place.

On a muggy late-spring afternoon, with the smell of an approaching thunderstorm thick in the air, Margaret Norrie Mc- Cain settles into an armchair and, like the true Maritimer she is, meanders into the story.

FREDERICTON - A new report on financial literacy shows a growing number of Canadians are saving too little, taking on too much debt and not preparing properly for retirement.

To mark the occasion of the first World Cup to take place in Africa, as well as the priority that Africa represents for UNESCO, below is a selection of research, activities and projects carried out in Africa by the Organization’s Education Sector with a view of meeting the Education for All Goals as well as the Millennium Development Goals.

OTTAWA, June 21 /CNW Telbec/ - On National Aboriginal Solidarity Day, the Assembly of First Nations released a discussion paper entitled Taking Action for First Nations Post-Secondary Education: Access, Opportunity, and Outcomes.

OTTAWA, June 22 /CNW Telbec/ - When G-8 and G-20 leaders meet in Canada later this week, the failure of the international initiative Education for All (EFA) will not appear on the agenda.

New Brunswick is promoting native languages and First Nations cultural identity as part of a new series of programs in its education system that aim to decrease the gap in achievement between aboriginal students and non-aboriginal students across the province.