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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
Students and teachers object to proposed Access Copyright tariff
Posted: August 12, 2010 |
OTTAWA, Aug. 12 /CNW Telbec/ - Students and teachers say that a tariff being proposed by Access Copyright - an organisation that licenses literary works to businesses and public institutions - would infringe privacy rights and burden students with tens of millions of dollars in new fees each year.
Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick seeks executive director
Posted: August 11, 2010 | 
The Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick (LCNB) invites applications for the position of Executive Director.
Online university announces doctorate degree specialization in reading and literacy
Posted: August 10, 2010 |
MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Capella University, an accredited online university* that has built its reputation by providing high-quality online degree programs for working adults, announced today that it now offers a Reading and Literacy specialization as part of its Doctor of Education (EdD) degree program.
New downloadable book collection for rural Nova Scotia
Posted: August 10, 2010 | 
Library users across the province can now borrow books online thanks to a new downloadable book collection.
Hip hop grammar class in Hamilton helps newcomer youth learn English
Posted: August 6, 2010 | 
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Victoria Public Library throws book at delinquent borrowers
Posted: August 6, 2010 | 
The Greater Victoria Public Library is cracking down on scofflaws who rack up overdue fines and don’t pay them. It has issued a request for proposals for a new debt collection agency to chase down overdue fines.
Founder of alternative education organization wins literacy award in N.L.
Posted: August 6, 2010 | 
Newfoundland activist, journalist and educator Robin Grant has been named a recipient of the sixth annual Council of the Federation Literacy Award.
N.B. literacy teacher honoured for her work helping people with mental illness
Posted: August 6, 2010 |
A New Brunswick woman is being honoured for her work teaching literacy to the mentally ill. Eleanor Kingston, of Miramichi, partnered with the New Brunswick Department of Education in 2003 to develop the first literacy class in the province for people with mental illness.
Oxford vault contains millions of rejected dictionary words
Posted: August 5, 2010 |
Xenolexica is defined as "a grave confusion when faced with unusual words." Are you gravely confused? It's okay — the word was even rejected from the dictionary.
‘English Out There’ course hailed in U.K. for its interactivity, effectiveness
Posted: August 5, 2010 |
LONDON, Aug. 4 /CNW/ - EOT demonstrates the incredible progress made by Chinese student Jane using its social learning language programme. In just eighteen hours this radical programme has achieved what long established famous brands only claim to be able to do in three to twelve months.
Fun, sun and good books: Experts say summer reading keeps skills strong
Posted: August 4, 2010 |
KNOXVILLE — To children, the summer slide means water, garden hoses and slippery plastic sheets. To teachers, the “summer slide” is the noted decrease in reading skills after a vacation without books.
B.C. educator receives Council of the Federation literacy award
Posted: August 4, 2010 |
WINNIPEG – Premier Gordon Campbell congratulated community literacy advocate Pete Grinberg today as a recipient of the 2010 Council of the Federation Literacy Award.
Council of the Federation announces literacy award winners for 2010 (PDF)
Posted: August 4, 2010 |
WINNIPEG, August 4, 2010 – Canada’s Premiers today announced the recipients of the sixth annual Council of the Federation Literacy Award. Presented in each province and territory, the award celebrates outstanding achievement, innovative practice and excellence in literacy.
Ontario names new literacy champion
Posted: August 4, 2010 |
Leah Morris, a community builder and passionate advocate for literacy in the Hamilton area, has been awarded the Ontario 2010 Council of the Federation Literacy Award.
Study finds new teachers in Scotland lack basic literacy skills
Posted: August 4, 2010 |
NEWLY qualified teachers have a lack of literacy skills, demonstrate poor spoken grammar and struggle with basic numeracy tasks, according to head teachers.
UNESCO announces winners of 2010 literacy prizes
Posted: August 4, 2010 |
UNESCO’s Director-General, Irina Bokova announced the six prizewinners following the proposals of an international Jury, which met from 5 -9 July.
Indigenous studies component makes BARES training program unique
Posted: August 3, 2010 |
What do the following careers have in common: conservation officer, wildlife officer, environmental consultant, forestry officer and environmental protection officer?
Conference Board case study: NALD@Work’s Feature of the Month
Posted: August 3, 2010 |
The Conference Board of Canada has produced a series of Organizational Effectiveness and Learning Case Studies that are included in the NALD online library.
Cultivating Connections Conference was huge success: organizers
Posted: August 3, 2010 |
Organizers of the recent Cultivating Connections Conference held in Edmonton, Alberta, are pleased with the quality of discussion that took place as well as the breadth of perspectives on family literacy that were shared.
SALN seeking Aboriginal family literacy co-ordinator (PDF)
Posted: August 3, 2010 | 
The Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network Inc., with funding from the Ministry of Education
Literacy Office, is seeking an Aboriginal Family Literacy Coordinator for a full-time term
position. The successful applicant will promote Aboriginal Family Literacy programming and
services throughout Saskatchewan.
Trust your instincts about your child’s learning abilities: columnist
Posted: July 29, 2010 |
Each week as we discuss the struggles associated with reading, I am reminded of the fact that a struggling reader affects everyone in the family and beyond the family.
Starting school 30 minutes later may lift mood, productivity, says study
Posted: July 29, 2010 |
Starting the school day just 30 minutes later in the morning might help teenagers be more productive and decrease the chances of them oversleeping on weekends, according to a group of sleep scientists. Sleep specialist Dr. Judith Owens and her colleagues studied the results of delaying the start of the day to 8:30 a.m., from 8 a. m at school in Newport, R.I. The 201 students in Grades 9 through 12 also completed online surveys before and after the switch.
New study finds what’s hot, what’s not in language learning
Posted: July 29, 2010 |
Mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) and individualized, customizable approaches to speaking a new language are just two of the new directions in language education, according to a new study on global trends in language learning. The study found that authoritative teacher attitudes and language labs, among other things, went out in the 20th century.
Cultivating Connections Conference speaker presentations now available
Posted: July 29, 2010 | 
Thank you for attending the Cultivating Connections National Family Literacy Conference, hosted by the Centre for Family Literacy.
National education associations form Canadian Consortium for International Education Marketing
Posted: July 28, 2010 |
Ottawa, June 29, 2010 - As a signal of their commitment to attracting the best and brightest students to Canada, the presidents of five key national education associations signed a Memorandum of Understanding today establishing the Canadian Consortium for International Education Marketing.
Wiki-this, wiki-that – What does ‘wiki’ mean?
Posted: July 28, 2010 |
Wiki. Don’t you? But have you ever wondered what wiki means?
WikiLeaks has been in the news lately because it released a document that encompasses over 91,000 reports covering the war in Afghanistan. Wikileaks is a site that obtains and publishes sensitive material and is designed to protect whistleblowers, journalists, and activists.
Ontario Literacy Coalition: Become a tradeshow exhibitor or sponsor at Spotlight on Learning Conference
Posted: July 28, 2010 |
What it means to be literate in the 21st century is about much more than just reading and writing — it is about how we communicate in society and how we prepare for a changing world.
This is the message being delivered by the Ontario Literacy Coalition as it prepares for its Spotlight on Learning: Becoming Agents of Change conference set for October 18-20, 2010. The conference is a Canada-East initiative to help Canadians prepare for these changes.
N.B. design college to offer two-year, Aboriginal arts program
Posted: July 28, 2010 |
FREDERICTON - A new Aboriginal visual arts program will begin at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design this fall, to help to both educate New Brunswickers about the history of the province while also promoting the future of First Nations culture.
‘Imagine not being able to read this sentence’
Posted: July 28, 2010 |
Imagine. Imagine not being able to read this sentence. Try not being able to read the directions on a package, a prescription label, or the warning sign on a fence. Imagine not being able to read a story to a child.
U.S. promoting family literacy the Curious George way
Posted: July 27, 2010 |
The Library of Congress has chosen Curious George, the children’s book character, to star in its new public service advertising campaign.
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