National Adult Literacy Database

“The new, enhanced Job Alerts system is being introduced to improve and strengthen the job information made available to Canadians,” said Human Resources and Skills Development Minister Diane Finley. “We are pleased to launch this system in January and begin better helping people find employment opportunities in their area, from a variety of sources.”

The Nunavut Literacy Council will receive $300,000 to help people use literacy skills outside the classroom such as when hunting or sewing. Kim Crockatt, the council's executive director, said it's about turning research into action. "It's always better to have more support for what we're doing. I think this will help us get that."

"Things are moving extremely quickly in analytics, social business, smarter commerce and security,” says Les Rechan, general manager of business analytics at IBM. “What we’ve found here … is that technology becomes the Number 1 challenge for CEOs.”

Recent research from TD Canada Trust found that while 97% of parents with children under 12-years-old say it's extremely important to talk to their kids about money and finances, 42% say they haven't yet talked to their children and 36% say they find it difficult to find the time to talk to their kids because it's a complicated topic.

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The Brandon and District Worker Advocacy Centre (BDWAC) provides a range of services including information on training opportunities through employment insurance, career counselling, access to benefits, and help with job searches and financial management.

Canadian employers expect the hiring climate to remain favourable for the first quarter of 2013, with employers in the transportation & public utilities sector reporting the strongest job prospects, according to the latest results of the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.

Canadian parents and teachers are succeeding at creating an environment at home and at school that promotes good reading skills among children, according to reports released today by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) and the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). But while the reports show that Canadian Grade 4 students perform well in reading by international standards, there remains room for improvement.

The New Brunswick Public Library Service has received a donation of $100,000 from the New Brunswick Public Libraries Foundation for the purchase of new eBooks and downloadable audio books. The Electronic Library New Brunswick has been growing in popularity since it was created in 2010. The gift is the largest allocation the foundation has made to the electronic library and will enable it to augment the collection by about 4,000 titles.

The latest official research data put the illiteracy rate in Mozambique at 43.9 per cent. But this figure is an average and hides great differences between the country’s various provinces, between men and women, and between the cities and the countryside.

Canadians aged 50 and over are working later and delaying retirement, regardless of their level of education. However, because of a shorter life expectancy, the less-educated are likely to spend fewer years in retirement, a new report from Statistics Canada indicates.

CBC Radio WAM (Weekend Arts Magazine) in St. John's, NL, featured author and NALD Honorary Chair Roch Carrier in an interview recently. The Quebec novelist, playwright and short story writer believes it is a challenge to get young people to read books these days. At 75, Mr. Carrier continues to exude passion for reading and literacy.

“I thank all volunteers for their exceptional work in supporting communities, learning and innovation, which strengthens Canada in many ways,” said Minister Diane Finley. “Volunteers play an enormously important role in our collective responsibility to foster a more caring Canada where everyone works together to support communities.”

A report, authored by the IBM Center for Applied Insights, found that only one in 10 organizations has the skills needed to effectively apply advanced technologies such as business analytics, mobile computing, cloud computing and social business. In addition, nearly half of the educators and students surveyed feel there is a major gap in their institution's ability to meet the growing demand for advanced technology skills.

The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation is accepting submissions for the 2012 Community Service-Learning (CSL) Awards competition. CSL is a model of experiential learning that combines classroom learning with volunteer work to achieve community goals and instill in students a sense of civic engagement. The deadline for applications is January 31, 2013.