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Women not the only ones facing a work-life balancing act
Posted: January 9, 2012 | 
Category: Essential skills
Sit on the sidelines of a child's soccer or baseball game and you will see both men and women handling work issues from their cellphones or iPads while cheering from the bleachers. Today, the workplace goes wherever we go, and these parents are trying to juggle it all.
Ottawa, Ontario team up to help unemployed older workers
Posted: January 9, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
A joint initiative by the governments of Canada and Ontario will help 179 unemployed older workers in Windsor improve their skills and get job experience to help make the transition into new careers.
Tories fashion native education system to improve life on reserves
Posted: January 9, 2012 |
Category: Learning
A First Nations Education Act could arrive before Parliament this year, aimed at breaking the cycle of failure on reserve schools and representing one of the most important and unexpected priorities for the Harper government.
Lifelong learning tips to kick off the new year
Posted: January 6, 2012 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
The new year is here and with it come promises of change – eating healthier foods, going to the gym, getting a new job. But beyond the traditional resolutions, improving your literacy skills can help you make the ultimate change.
Family literacy programs provide tools for successful parenting, early learning
Posted: January 6, 2012 | | Family Literacy Day
| Family Literacy DayCategory: Learning
Family literacy programs are offered in communities all over Canada and are directed towards parents to provide them with tools and strategies to support their children’s learning on a daily basis.
Government of Canada outlines information about anti-spam legislation
Posted: January 6, 2012 |
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The intent of the new law is to deter the most damaging and deceptive forms of spam from occurring in Canada. Spam includes more than unsolicited commercial messages. It has become the vehicle for a wide range of threats to online commerce affecting individuals, businesses and network providers.
Workplace technology: Canada gets mixed reviews
Posted: January 6, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Canadian workplaces lead developed countries in giving employees access to technology and allowing workplace flexibility, but are far behind what’s happening in developing countries, according to a new survey.
New employment numbers leave little for Canadians to cheer about
Posted: January 6, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
After two consecutive months of declines, the Canadian economy created jobs again, though the unemployment rate still inched up to 7.5 per cent from 7.4 as more people looked for work and outpaced the gains.
Essential skills: Making lifelong learning a priority for staff at Bridgepoint Health
Posted: January 5, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
From financial support for tuition and textbook costs, to offering training to upgrade skills or meet the needs of a changing workplace, Bridgepoint Health encourages its employees to expand their knowledge and expertise through higher education.
Generations concur: Most Canadians want to retire before 65
Posted: January 5, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Canadians across three generations want to retire before 65 but will they be financially prepared to achieve that goal? According to the TD Age of Retirement Report, 61 is the average age of expected retirement for Canadians, and the average is lower for those in Generation X (ages 31-46) who plan to retire at age 60, and those in Generation Y (ages 25-30) who plan to retire at age 59.
Successful entrepreneurs need more than a good idea
Posted: January 4, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
The first thing Kyle Vuchko didn't know about Internet business was how hard it was going to be to start one. Now he could write a book about it. "Also, being in an investor-backed company, you have to think about return on investment, the lifetime value of a customer and cost of (customer) acquisition," he said.
NALD's Feature of the Month: A document about Canadian English
Posted: January 3, 2012 |
Category: Learning
Why do we as English Canadians speak the way we do? How do people abroad distinguish us from our American cousins and what is a Canadian anyway? Sarah Elaine Eaton looks at these issues in her paper: Canadian English: Not Just a Hybrid of British and American English.
Teacher on a mission to educate First Nations, prepare them for job market
Posted: January 3, 2012 |
Category: Essential skills
Michelle Durant-Dudley's goal was simple: to ensure that First Nations people had the credentials they needed to take full advantage of emerging job opportunities, rather than being relegated to the back rooms. “It’s like being in a candy store, but you can’t touch anything,” she said. “They see these great jobs, but they’re stuck in housekeeping.”
Top 10 Canadian education technology newsmakers of 2011
Posted: January 3, 2012 |
Category: Learning
A professor at the University of New Brunswick has been named one of the top 10 Canadian news makers in education technology for 2011 by one of the country's leading consulting firms. Steve Pierce, director of the Atlantic Centre for Educational Administration and Leadership with the university's faculty of education, joined the likes of David Suzuki, the British Columbia Premier's Council and digital media company Bitstrips Inc. on Mindshare Learning's second annual list.
Canadians start new year feeling positive about finances: CIBC
Posted: January 3, 2012 |
Category: Learning
Following a year in which Canadians were reminded about the benefits of financial literacy, a CIBC poll reveals they are increasingly seeing the value in setting financial goals for themselves, and are confident they'll reach these goals.
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