National Adult Literacy Database

“Kids don’t just come to school with a backpack full of books. They come with a lot of emotional issues,” says Melanie Mizzoni, child and youth worker with the Catch class program at CAMH, which is offered in partnership with the Toronto District School Board.

The BMO Retirement Institute, a division of Bank of Montreal, said in an analysis of existing data and surveys that women tend to be less tied to their professions as a source of identity. Therefore, they are less likely to experience "depression and anxiety" when their working life is no longer central to their lives.

Writers and their fans alike deemed this year’s Frye Festival in Moncton, N.B., as inspiring. The weekend session featured famed Canadian author Margaret Atwood described as “the icing on the cake,” by festival chair Dawn Arnold.

Nearly half of Canadians say it is important that the political party they support makes post-secondary education a priority, according to a new poll conducted by Harris/Decima for the Canadian Federation of Students and Canadian Association of University Teachers.

The 19th annual apprenticeship Highest Achievement Awards ceremony/reception honours 38 of Manitoba's top new journey people and their employers. The important role employers and instructors play in the development of the trade industry in Manitoba is also highlighted during the awards ceremony.

In anticipation of the May 2 federal election, Canada’s national literacy organizations got together and asked each of the major parties to provide their plan on how they would address the needs of individual Canadians to improve their literacy and essential skills.

New legislation in Alberta will enhance student access to education and empower local school boards to be more responsive to the diverse learning needs of students and their communities.

The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick is accepting nominations for the Sheree Fitch Adult Learner Scholarship Awards. These awards were initiated in honour of Sheree Fitch, the Literacy Coalition’s honorary patron. They are sponsored by the New Brunswick Peter Gzowski Invitational Golf Tournament for Literacy.

For its 12th edition, The Gift of Reading® is giving 30,512 new books to as many underprivileged children aged 0-12. The Literacy Foundation and project spokesperson, actress Marie Turgeon, are proud to announce that this initiative, which aims to prevent reading difficulties that lead to children dropping out of school and then to illiteracy, has been an unqualified success. Since 1999, more than 255,000 new children’s books have been given out through this program.

Organized by the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, Congress brings together thousands of scholars, students, practitioners and policy makers in a different city each year to share ideas, discuss today’s complex issues and enrich their research.

A good reader? Thank your genes. Math more your thing? Thank your home life and/or your school. This may be a simplification, but it’s the thrust of a new study from Case Western Reserve University, Ohio State University and elsewhere.

Twice weekly telecommuting could save Canadian companies, employees and the community over $53 billion a year, according to the country's first major national white paper on telework.

Social bookmarking tools let users save their bookmarks and share them publicly. They also allow communities of users to look at websites and keep track of the ones they think are valuable. Some of these users are interested in adult basic education and literacy.

As part of its Strategic Plan, Frontier College has announced it “will reach more learners by 2014 through bold leadership. We will achieve this by expanding our network of supporters and by demonstrating value and performance.”

Elections Canada understands the importance of giving all Canadians equal opportunity to exercise their right to vote. That is why they have created a web section with information written in plain language. The site provides voters with important information regarding how to vote and voting eligibility.