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Task force on financial literacy holding public consultations across Canada
Posted: April 20, 2010 | 
The Task Force on Financial Literacy begins its cross-Canada public consultations today in Vancouver, British Columbia and simultaneously in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The sessions will feature presentations by groups and individuals representing a cross section of Canadian society, including the private, public and voluntary sectors.
Laubach Literacy Ontario has a redesigned website
Posted: April 19, 2010 |
Laubach Literacy Ontario represents a network of community-based literacy programs. We use the services of trained volunteer tutors and trainers.
Frontier College celebrates National Volunteer Week April 18-24
Posted: April 19, 2010 |
For 111 years, Frontier College has relied on the power of volunteers to deliver its literacy programs across Canada. As Canada's original literacy organization, Frontier College has been recruiting volunteers to work with Canadian children, youth and adults from coast to coast since 1899.
Ontario Literacy Coalition - Find a literacy program in your area
Posted: April 16, 2010 |
Literacy Northwest services this region. For more detailed information regarding programs in this area, please contact Literacy Northwest.
Northern Ontario universities focus on attracting First Nations students
Posted: April 15, 2010 |
With First Nations representing an ever-increasing portion of the Canadian population, Northern Ontario universities are using a number of ways to engage and accommodate them.
AlphaPlus Web Index gets Web 2.0 makeover
Posted: April 12, 2010 |
AlphaPlus Centre's Web Index received a makeover and is now fully available through Delicious, a social bookmarking tool that allows users to access, bookmark and organize their favourite websites directly online.
CMEC: New report looks at significance of student transitions, mobility in education (PDF)
Posted: April 12, 2010 |
CCL releases report: State of Learning in Canada: A Year in Review
Posted: March 31, 2010 |
The 2009–2010 State of Learning in Canada: A Year in Review report provides the most up-to-date information available on Canada’s learning landscape, and in the process helps contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of how Canadians are faring as lifelong learners.
Letting students choose books could make them better readers
Posted: March 29, 2010 |
When she first started teaching high school English 15 years ago, Tina Gordon enthusiastically assigned her students To Kill a Mockingbird, making all of Calpurnia's dishes so they could experience the classic's Southern setting.
ABC Life Literacy Canada has ideas to help you sharpen your literacy skills this spring
Posted: March 25, 2010 |
Spring is officially here – and what better time to improve your literacy skills! Here are some fun ideas to help you sharpen your literacy skills this season:
University of Regina signs agreement to guide future of First Nations University of Canada
Posted: March 24, 2010 |
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv), the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, the University of Regina and the Saskatchewan government, to support the continued operations of the First Nations University of Canada.
Government of Canada supports research, innovation in new learning management tools
Posted: March 23, 2010 |
Senator Fabian Manning, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State (Science and Technology), today announced a contribution of $474,000 to Bluedrop Performance Learning from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP).
New book calls for improvements in teaching quality in post-secondary education
Posted: March 22, 2010 |
TORONTO, March 22 /CNW/ - A new book released today argues that postsecondary institutions need to enhance faculty teaching practices in order to improve student learning outcomes.
Taking the mystery out of homophones
Posted: March 22, 2010 |
Patricia Grimshaw-Byrne, a retired special education teacher and literacy tutor from central Ontario, has published a unique dictionary designed to be useful to both educators and students.
The Grimshaw Dictionary of Homophones is a 165-page resource compiled specifically to identify and describe over 1,000 pairs or groups of what the author calls “the often tricky homophones” in the English language.
What is a homophone, you might ask.
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