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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.
Learn Line at Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador is free and confidential
Posted: December 14, 2010 | 
The Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador Learn Line referral service is open seven hours a day, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday.
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.
The Life of Learning Awards (LOLAs) - Nomination deadline: February 1, 2011 (PDF)
Posted: December 14, 2010 | 
Do you admire someone who excels as an adult learner or adult educator? Consider this opportunity to honour that hardworking and enthusiastic person. Nominate him or her for a Life Of Learning Award (LOLA)!
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.
Saskatchewan announces $415,000 in support of community literacy plans
Posted: December 13, 2010 | 
Nine communities from across Saskatchewan will share in $385,000 in funding under the SaskSmart Innovations Fund to support the implementation of their community literacy plans.
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.
Job Opportunity at the Yukon Literacy Coalition - Office/Project Manager (Deadline: December 17, 2010)
Posted: December 10, 2010 | 
This position includes running a busy office, as well as assisting with the management of the 2012 Pan Northern Gathering.
Job Opportunity at the Yukon Literacy Coalition - Office/Project Manager
Posted: December 10, 2010 |
This position includes running a busy office, as well as assisting with the management of the 2012 Pan Northern Gathering.
Deadline: December 17, 2010
Two not-for-profit organizations provide Mennonite children with refurbished computers
Posted: December 10, 2010 | 
WINDSOR, ON, Dec. 10 /CNW/ - Computers for Kids and New Canadians' Centre of Excellence Inc. are partnering to improve education levels and reduce poverty levels of at-risk youth within their community.
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.
N.B. forms positive learning environments committee to study bullying at school
Posted: December 8, 2010 | 
FREDERICTON (CNB) – The provincial government is establishing a ministerial advisory committee on positive learning environments as a first step in creating a united stand against bullying.
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.
Adult Learning Centres GBG enhance visual learning through free and/or inexpensive image tools
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
Visual and interactive learning tools have the potential to stimulate learners who may otherwise struggle to digest text or to understand oral instruction.
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.
Manitoba education minister introduces legislation that would help prepare students for success
Posted: December 7, 2010 | 
Education Minister Nancy Allan today introduced legislation aimed at better preparing students to succeed in school and beyond including requiring young people to continue pursuing their education until they are 18.
Newcomer centre offices open in Edmundston, Grand Falls
Posted: December 7, 2010 |
The Northwest Resource Centre for Newcomers officially opened offices in Edmundston and Grand Falls today, improving settlement services in Madawaska and Victoria counties.
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.
Good things happening at Wilson Reading Centre in Moncton
Posted: December 6, 2010 |
Wilson Reading Centre is a centre that is teaching people, of all ages, to believe in themselves, often for the first time.
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