National Adult Literacy Database

The face of Silicon Valley North is a 28-year-old male graduate of a Canadian university, who makes between $40,000 and $80,000 per year and has been employed by a digital, advertising or marketing agency for between one and three years, a new study says.

More and more cases involving the firing of workers for what they say online have been surfacing before labour tribunals in recent years – creating an entirely new category of dispute that did not exist a decade ago.

Hundreds of four year olds in the province are now proud owners of two children’s books, thanks to a new partnership between the Department of Education and the Provincial Information and Library Resources Board, which administers Newfoundland and Labrador’s public libraries.

This Grade 8 student maintains a 95 per cent grade point average, plays competitive badminton, does charity work and owns the latest iPod Touch. As if that weren't enough to keep a 14-year-old busy, he designs and writes code for websites in his spare time, citing Apple co-founder Steve Jobs as his role model.

The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick is accepting applications from individuals and organizations interested in facilitating conference workshops, giving research/information presentations, submitting poster presentations, and/or having a booth display. The deadline is June 17, 2011.

Amazon.com Inc says it now sells more digital e-books than paper books. The company said that for every 100 print books it has sold since April 1, it has sold 105 e-books. That includes both paperback and hardcover books, but excludes free downloads.

Sun Life Financial is committed to advancing the causes of financial literacy and workplace wellness, CEO Donald A. Stewart said at the company’s annual meeting.

The Gandhi Day Literacy Project works in partnership with the Toronto District School Board to teach elementary school students about social justice and encourage global citizenship using Mahatma Gandhi’s life and work as a point of introduction. The program will deliver professional development for teachers focusing on human rights and peace-building, which will enable teachers to write and deliver globally oriented content that complements the regular curriculum.

With the release of the Canadian Staffing Index for April 2011, the Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services (ACSESS) is reporting continued recovery for the Canadian staffing industry.

The Dr. Alan Middleton Workplace Literacy and Learning Award recognizes an individual for their outstanding achievement in increasing workplace literacy and essential skills in their community. Nominees can reflect individual employees, management, union, government and literacy professionals involved in workplace literacy and essential skills.

Psychologists say this can be a healthy way to deal with stress but only if the video producers remember to keep humour at the forefront and the venom tamped down, and that what gets posted on the Internet stays on the Internet.

Many Canadian children have never seen a school librarian and never will. Nova Scotia has none, and the full-time equivalent of just three are left in New Brunswick. At least one school board in Ontario hasn’t had a teacher-librarian in 15 years, and numbers have declined in Alberta and British Columbia as well.

Financial literacy is an essential skill for the 21st century and a program in Michigan is helping students prepare for their financial independence. Although financial education isn't yet a requirement in Michigan schools, student participation in the credit union program can qualify as the fourth math credit required for high school graduation.

The Neighbourhoods Alive! Tax Credit is an innovative tool that promotes co-operation between community groups and corporations to create jobs for those who face employment barriers, says Manitoba Finance Minister Rosann Wowchuk.

The term McJob first appeared in the summer of 1986 when George Washington University sociology professor Amitai Etzioni wrote a column for the Washington Post decrying the "highly routinized" jobs at fast-food restaurants and their effect on American teens.