National Adult Literacy Database

July 7, 2010 (Ottawa) – Canada's leading digital literacy organization, Media Awareness Network (MNet), is sounding the alarm that Canada will continue to trail other countries in productivity and innovation unless a national plan for digital literacy is put in place.

TORONTO - Children who spend many hours a day glued to the TV or playing computer video games may be harming their ability to concentrate and focus on tasks in school, researchers suggest.

The United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, will host an online discussion on the linkages between women’s and girls’ access to and participation in formal and non-formal education and training, and their equal access to full employment and decent work. The online discussion will take place from July 7 to 20 in both English and French.

FREDERICTON - A new report on financial literacy shows a growing number of Canadians are saving too little, taking on too much debt and not preparing properly for retirement.

I watched with pride as my daughter walked across the stage and received her GED diploma this month. Actually she got the diploma a year-and-a-half ago, but celebrated with other GED graduates at a special ceremony at the New Brunswick Community College Woodstock Campus recently.

This handbook marks the transformation of the topic of literacy from the narrower concerns with learning to read and write to an interdisciplinary enquiry into the various roles of writing and reading in the full range of social and psychological functions in both modern and developing societies.

TORONTO, June 21 /CNW/ - ING DIRECT wants to get more kids and their parents talking about money and is encouraging them to visit Planet Orange(TM) (www.orangekids.ca), an interactive web experience for children using rocket ships and an outer space theme that makes learning about money entertaining and educational.

OTTAWA, June 21 /CNW Telbec/ - Today, the Assembly of First Nations National Chief, Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, launched a discussion paper entitled 'Taking Action for First Nations Post-Secondary Education: Access, Opportunities and Outcomes.'

(Toronto, ON – June 21, 2010) – Now that summer is officially here, parents and children are excited to start their summer vacation. But a summer break doesn’t mean that kids should stop reading and learning.

The Summer 2010 print edition of Canadian Social Trends, released today, includes seven articles and two fact sheets previously released in the online edition.

The 2008 edition of Service Bulletin: Book Publishers, which contains industry highlights along with financial data including revenues, expenses, and operating profit margins, is now available. The publication also includes detailed product information such as breakdowns by country of control, language and geographic region.

Industry Minister Tony Clement knows only one way to write copyright laws for the country: heavyhandedly. Although the Conservative-backed Bill C-32 provides a much needed modernization to Canadian copyright legislation, the proposed law contains serious flaws and undue restrictions on consumer freedom.

A new season means new books, so here are some suggestions for cheering up, sobering down or whiling away a lazy afternoon of summer — good stuff for young people and old people.

Ottawa, June 9, 2010 - Writers and journalists Ken McGoogan and Aline Apostolska are, respectively, the newly elected Chair and Vice-Chair of the Public Lending Right Commission (PLRC).

FREDERICTON, NB - The winner of NALD's first Innovative Technology Award has taught over 8,500 undergraduate and graduate university students during the course of his 33-year teaching career at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He also works with adult learners in St. John's who need help preparing for the workforce. What is not at first apparent to those with whom he comes in contact is his own unique perspective on learning. Dr. Marc Glassman has a learning disability.