National Adult Literacy Database

The interactive website brings Canadians into the financial literacy discussion encouraging them to share their insights, review video posts from Gail Vaz-Oxlade and others as well as watch our online photo gallery grow as Canadians take their promise to see how one small change can add up.

Liven up your Math lessons with some great free iPod Touch apps for your students to use in class. These are apps you can count on!

At their July 2011 meeting in Vancouver, premiers endorsed an international education marketing action plan prepared for them by the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) and provincial and territorial immigration ministers. The plan will help bring the best of Canadian education to the world and even more international students to Canada.

The program provides newcomers with the opportunity to practise their verbal English language skills outside of a classroom setting. It’s based at the Confederation Centre Public Library, although materials are distributed to any of the province’s 26 public libraries and are available online.

Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax will host a series of speakers, workshops and public events this fall and next winter that will examine the question: “How do we read the world?" Titled ‘Literacy as Ways of Knowing,’ the series will explore the many ways literacy is interpreted, how it is defined, what it looks and sounds like, and how various forms and mediums of literacy affect our lives.

Canada Post has announced the finalists for its 2011 Community Literacy Awards. In two categories, Individual Achievement and Educator, finalists were chosen by a committee of judges from Canada Post from entries submitted from across the country. Literacy advocates from organizations across Canada will determine the ultimate winners.

Staff members at the PEI Literacy Alliance say essential skills are the basic skills needed to learn all other skills. They have compiled an essential skills tip sheet for family vacations.

Microsoft Live@edu provides the flexibility of Office Web Apps that include web-optimized versions of Word, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint. UNB students will now be able to access these essential tools anywhere, anytime, on their PCs or mobile devices.

Canadians across the country have a new opportunity to recognize the exceptional contributions volunteers make in their communities. Nominations for the Prime Minister’s Volunteer Awards will be accepted until September 9, 2011.

Volunteers in the John Howard Society’s literacy program provide one-on-one tutoring to inmates at the Winnipeg Remand Centre. The program aims not only to improve inmates’ reading, writing and grammar skills but also to help educate them on topics of interest including parenting, victim awareness and substance use.

The Centre for Skills Development & Training, through funding from HRSDC’s Office of Literacy and Essential Skills and in partnership with the Halton Industry Education Council, has developed educational video games targeted at young adults aged 15-30 to help enhance their employability.

Students are diving deeper into creative problem-solving by focusing on project-based learning, says PEI Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Doug Currie.

Classes for summer learning opportunities on Prince Edward Island begin July 4 and continue for six weeks. Each credit consists of 110 hours of instructional time. Cooperative education courses may be completed in fewer than six weeks depending on arrangements for work placements.

The Assembly of First Nations has released a one-year status report on the national Call to Action on First Nation education, showcasing progress and partnerships in working toward fairness in education for First Nations and encouraging others to join the effort.

Summer slide, the brain-drain that occurs during the holiday months when young people are out of class, can be a problem, especially for those who struggle in school.