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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
Teaching Toolbox video series now online
Posted: December 14, 2010 |
The Teaching Toolbox is a video series which was produced by Literacy Nova Scotia for the Nova Scotia Practitioner Training and Certification Program. Each video highlights or demonstrates a practical teaching technique that can be used with adult learners.
Check out Literacy BC’s nine essential skills activities for December (PDF)
Posted: December 14, 2010 |
The Canadian government recognizes nine essential skills that are used in nearly every occupation and throughout daily life in different ways. Literacy BC has amusing skill-boosting activities you could try during the month of December.
When it comes to holiday greetings, Canadians prefer receiving cards via traditional mail
Posted: December 13, 2010 |
In a survey conducted in early November by Harris/Decima on behalf of Canada Post, eight out of 10 Canadians expressed a strong preference for receiving a holiday card in the mail.
Sentence structure matching means a lot in email correspondence, study says
Posted: December 13, 2010 |
Imagine WikiLeaks just cracked open your e-mail inbox. What would those exchanges reveal about you and your business relationships? Quite a lot, it seems.
Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada
Posted: December 13, 2010 |
Category: Learning
Statistics Canada has released a new issue of its free, online publication Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada. The issue contains an article on ‘trade qualifiers’ in the skilled trades and another on trends in age composition in post-secondary education.
Three CRC renewals for OISE faculty members
Posted: December 10, 2010 |
“These renewals will strengthen OISE’s capacity for leading-edge research, create opportunities for OISE students and faculty, enhance our profile as a world leader in research, and increase our potential to impact people’s lives in and through education,” says OISE Professor and Dean Julia O’Sullivan.
Interactive Family Literacy Day map will paint Canada orange
Posted: December 9, 2010 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
ABC Life Literacy Canada is looking to turn Canada orange in support of Family Literacy Day as a new interactive, events-tracking map is unveiled online at FamilyLiteracyDay.ca.
Reading Life: An industry first, social eReading experience
Posted: December 9, 2010 |
"People who are making the switch to eReading and building their lifetime libraries want an innovative social experience to go with it," says Mike Serbinis, Kobo CEO.
Chinese students excel in reading literacy: OECD report
Posted: December 8, 2010 |
Young Chinese students in Shanghai, a partner city in the education assessment program of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), outshined its members in reading literacy with the highest mean score, according to a report released by the Paris-based organization on Tuesday.
House of Commons Poverty Report has key recommendations for adult literacy, lifelong learning
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
In November 2010, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities released its long-awaited report on poverty.
Call for student reps on Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission advisory committee
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
The Maritime Provinces Higher Education Commission (MPHEC) wants interested Maritime university students to apply to become a member of an advisory committee.
Major OECD report card points to job well done by Canadian students
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
A major international report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) shows Canadian students rank among the best in the world in reading, mathematics and science.
Education is lingering casualty of earthquake in Haiti: Opinion
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
As of mid-November, Canada had only given $150 million of the $500 million promised towards Haiti’s reconstruction. When we make good on the rest, schools need to be a major focus of reconstruction in order to empower the populace.
NALD employee wins award for her volunteer work on children’s radio show
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
FREDERICTON, N.B. – Marie-Claire Pître, an employee of the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD), has been honoured with a Dr. Marilyn Trenholme Counsell Early Childhood Literacy Award.
Feature of the Month: NALD@Work takes trip to Toronto Public Library
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
When looking for career and job search information, never underestimate the scope and value of the resources available at your local public library.
Ten families with stories vying for top spot in Munsch at Home contest
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
ABC Life Literacy Canada, along with the esteemed Munsch at Home Contest Judging Panel, is pleased to post the Top 10 Stories from the 2010 Munsch at Home Contest. The winner will be announced on December 14.
Tests get high marks as a learning tool
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
Over the past decade, study after study has found that students who are quizzed on new material recall significantly more of it compared with students who aren’t.
New citizenship test is not a snap, shows flaw in immigration system: Opinion
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
Failure rates for immigrants writing citizenship tests have soared since the spring, when tougher questions and revamped rules made it harder for newcomers to become Canadian.
Ontario academic librarians concerned about severe budget cuts
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
Ontario’s university libraries appear to be bearing a sizable share of the cuts as universities grapple with budget cutbacks. A new report, based on a questionnaire sent to academic librarians, describes widespread staffing reductions, neglect of library collections and delays in technology investments.
With eye on Young Writers’ Program, Moncton orthodontist joins Frye Festival’s sponsorship team
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
Moncton orthodontist Dr. Michel Martin has agreed to join in sponsoring the Moncton Frye Festival's acclaimed Young Writers Program, partnering with Dr. Martin Braces as Gold Sponsor.
ABC Life Literacy Canada receives funding to continue work in literacy, essential skills
Posted: December 3, 2010 |
Through the Government of Canada’s Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, ABC Life Literacy Canada will receive $1,585,116 in funding to continue working with its partners to develop and increase the knowledge, networks and tools to improve essential skills in the workplace.
Top 20 PDF Downloads for November 2010
Posted: December 3, 2010 |
Each month NALD releases Library user statistics in a feature known as the Top 20 downloads/20 Plus téléchargés.
Astronauts becoming advocates for literacy
Posted: December 2, 2010 |
Canadian astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk contacted NALD’s Honorary Chair Roch Carrier recently with an important notification.
Students, staff and faculty question need for Ontario Online Institute
Posted: December 2, 2010 |
TORONTO, Dec. 2 /CNW/ - In response to the stated intentions of the Ontario government to expand and increase the availability of post-secondary education by creating an Ontario Online Institute, students, staff and faculty have jointly released Opening Ontario For Whom? A sectoral vision for integrating online learning into the classroom.
New 'leash' on life: UK dogs enrolled to support literacy in schools
Posted: December 2, 2010 |
Thousands of highly trained dogs are being primed for calls from schools looking for a sympathetic, and furry, ear for children with reading difficulties.
The Teaching Toolbox: A series of videos from Literacy Nova Scotia
Posted: December 1, 2010 |
The Teaching Toolbox is a video series which was produced by Literacy Nova Scotia for the Nova Scotia Practitioner Training and Certification Program. Each video highlights or demonstrates a practical teaching technique that can be used with adult learners.
'Tis the season for lifelong learning – and activities to encourage family literacy
Posted: December 1, 2010 |
Winter holidays provide an excellent opportunity for families and friends to spend time together learning and practising their literacy skills.
Moodle a great tool for online training: AlphaPlus
Posted: December 1, 2010 |
Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), a free web application designed to help educators create effective and dynamic online learning sites.
Call for concept papers: OLES interested in projects that address labour market issue related to LES need or gap
Posted: December 1, 2010 |
Under this call from the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, contribution funding or grants are available for projects that address a labour market issue linked to an LES problem, need or gap, as explained in the objectives for projects.
UNB professor Doug Willms named Canada Research Chair in Literacy and Human Development
Posted: November 30, 2010 |
Dr. Jon Douglas Willms, director of UNB’s Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy, and a professor with the faculty of education, has been awarded a CRC Tier 1 Chair in Literacy and Human Development.
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