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NALD's Feature of the Month: A Timeline of Literacy and Essential Skills from Essential Skills Ontario
Posted: May 1, 2013 | 
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
“Throughout its long history, the literacy and essential skills field has continually evolved and adapted in response to the changing needs of adults. This timeline captures some of the important people, events, initiatives and other influences that have helped shape the literacy and essential skills field in Canada over the past 200 years.” -- Essential Skills Ontario
Braille is used throughout the world in many languages to help visually impaired people stay in touch through the six-dot system for reading, writing and communication.
Canada's economy added more jobs than expected in December, with a net 22,000 new positions concentrated in full-time, private-sector work, while the unemployment rate unexpectedly held at 7.6 per cent.
ABC Life Literacy Canada encourages everyone to register events for Family Literacy Day
Posted: January 7, 2011 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
Everyone from families to groups to individuals is encouraged to register their event or activity and share how they plan to celebrate Family Literacy Day on January 27, 2011.
Four-day B.C. literacy program produces videos that offer hope for young offenders
Posted: January 7, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Young men and women from the Burnaby Youth Custody Centre in British Columbia have teamed up with filmmakers from Vancouver’s Reel Youth organization to create two raw and inspiring music videos about life behind bars.
Ottawa announces increased support for Canada Summer Jobs program
Posted: January 6, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, January 5, 2010 - The Government of Canada announced today a significant investment in the Canada Summer Jobs program that will create more job opportunities for students. This commitment will also support important community services and strengthen the economy.
Study: Labour market outcomes of Canadian doctoral graduates
Posted: January 6, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
Employment outcomes of doctoral graduates in Canada vary across fields of study. Humanities graduates, for example, show higher rates of both unemployment and part-time employment compared with graduates in other fields.
Family Literacy Day colouring contest presented by Postmedia Raise-a-Reader
Posted: January 6, 2011 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
Participate in the Family Literacy Day Colouring Contest January 1-31, 2011, for a chance to win one of 13 Family Literacy Day Hasbro prize packs.
Find time to play on Family Literacy Day January 27, 2011
Posted: January 6, 2011 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
Family Literacy Day is an annual initiative that takes place on January 27 to encourage families to learn together all year round. The theme this year is Play for Literacy. Playing games creates a strong family bond, promotes language comprehension and improves reading skills.
Most Canadians expect to work after retirement: Scotiabank study
Posted: January 5, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
Of those Canadians who plan to retire, more than two-thirds plan to work during retirement, primarily to remain mentally and socially active, according to a recent Scotiabank study assessing Canadians’ attitudes on retirement and investing.
Boomers: They’re happy today... but concerned about tomorrow
Posted: January 5, 2011 |
Category: Essential skills
Baby boomers are rapidly approaching retirement but aren’t financially ready, according to the recent TD Waterhouse Boomer Happiness Index.
If you’ve resolved to boost your career in 2011, the following tips from Monster.ca could get you started.
Canadians signal strong need for financial literacy education at all ages: CICA survey
Posted: January 5, 2011 |
Category: Learning
A national survey conducted for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants finds that many Canadians are in difficult financial circumstances or making financial decisions that threaten their long-term prosperity.
Information technology is no longer just the relationship between a user and a personal computer as new devices like smart phones emerge to challenge us in new ways.
From holistic literacy methodology to dream catchers: A look at Ningwakwe Learning Press
Posted: January 5, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Ningwakwe Learning Press has carved out a niche in the relatively new field of Aboriginal literacy and educational publishing. By continuing to support First Nation, Inuit and Métis artists and writers in their development of high quality books, they have added an Aboriginal presence in not just literacy, but publishing as well right across Canada.
Each month NALD releases Library user statistics in a feature known as the Top 20 downloads/20 Plus téléchargés.
Women set tougher career goals and care more about achieving them than men, but at the same time, women are more likely to let them slide, according to a study released recently by Leadership IQ, a Washington, D.C.-based training company.
For two long years, the best that career experts could say about the prospects for jobs growth and career advancement was that they felt “cautiously optimistic.” Suddenly, there are growing signs of a much clearer and brighter picture ahead, especially at the executive level.
Weaker candidates have a tendency to generalize their experience, not being able to draw out specifically what they learned in a given situation, or why. Stronger candidates tend to be much more specific.
B.C. Liberal leadership hopeful wants good teachers rewarded with merit pay
Posted: January 4, 2011 |
Category: Learning
Public school teachers should be paid according to their teaching skills, not their length of service or level of professional training, says British Columbia Liberal leadership hopeful Kevin Falcon.
NIACE takes international prize for contributions to digital learning
Posted: December 23, 2010 |
Category: Learning
NIACE has won first prize in the 2010 UNESCO King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Education.
UK outreach program encourages adults to get on learning bandwagon in 2011
Posted: December 23, 2010 |
Category: Learning
Sign Up Now, a UK outreach initiative from NIACE, encourages all adults to take up learning during 2011, which is also the European Year of Volunteering.
Ontario hit hard by cuts to immigrant settlement centres
Posted: December 23, 2010 |
Category: Learning
Groups that help immigrants settle in Ontario will receive less money simply because fewer newcomers are moving to the province, Citizenship Minister Jason Kenney says.
Tom Sticht, international consultant in adult education, writes about his memories of Canada and the time he spent travelling with Charles Ramsey, NALD’s former executive director.
Family literacy activities for the holidays
Posted: December 22, 2010 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
Learning can take place during a variety of family activities. This material, adapted by the NWT Literacy Council, originates with the Reading and Parents Program developed by Kingston Literacy.
Money-wise: The growing importance of financial literacy in Canada
Posted: December 21, 2010 |
Category: Learning
Increasingly Canadians are faced with a complex array of financial decisions to make in their everyday lives, from choosing a mortgage and retirement planning to managing consumer debt and funding for post-secondary education.
Eight ways technology is helping to improve education
Posted: December 20, 2010 |
Category: Learning
Don Knezek, the CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, compares education without technology to the medical profession without technology.
Start 2011 off right by resolving to succeed in your studies. These 10 suggestions can help.
Innovative research investigates importance of reading to newborns in NICU
Posted: December 17, 2010 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
The first few days after birth is an important time, where babies learn to recognize the sound of their parents’ voice and the parents in turn bond with their children.
Play for Literacy: ABC’s online activity book coming soon
Posted: December 17, 2010 |
Category: Learning
Family Literacy Day activity book available free online thanks to support from HSBC Bank Canada.
Call for papers: A special issue of the Canadian Review of Social Policy (PDF)
Posted: December 15, 2010 |
Category: Learning
The Canadian Review of Social Policy is calling for contributions to a special issue entitled How the Social Economy Supports, Challenges and Innovates Canadian Social Policy, to be published in 2011.
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