National Adult Literacy Database

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With assistance from the federal Skills Link program, the Boys and Girls Club of East Scarborough will help 48 youth develop the skills and experience needed to find a job or the confidence to return to school.

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.

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.”

Whether your own employment situation reeks of entry-level desperation or you’re simply looking to move up the ladder with a bigger pay cheque, the offer of a promotion can be enticing. There may, however, be just as many reasons to pass on a promotion as there are to accept.

November is Financial Literacy Month, an initiative developed by the Financial Literacy Action Group (FLAG), in collaboration with the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC), the Government of Canada's lead agency on financial literacy.