National Adult Literacy Database -- Weekly Update -- July 23, 2012

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NALD update - July 23, 2012

Story of the Week

My Name is Maria by Maria

Literacy and Learning

Update on NALD's website hosting services

NALD partnering with Dalhousie University in project aimed at helping academically at-risk university students (PDF)

Online university for everyone - and it's tuition-free too?

Support coming in N.B. for adult learning services in First Nations

Educators should plan, create challenging and dynamic, play-based learning opportunities: CMEC

Workplace and Essential Skills

Career coach offers advice on how to handle workplace bullying

Study finds link between employee engagement and profit

Province of Nova Scotia, Resolute Forest Products to help displaced workers with training, job search

New graduates receive Saskatchewan youth apprenticeship industry scholarships

'Right fit' might be deciding factor in public-sector cuts

Review the latest events.

Learning Materials

Brighter Futures Project: Building on Family Literacy Programs by Incorporating Essential Skills by Taber and District Community Adult Learning Association (2012)

Geometry Part 3 – Volume - Concept [Video - 13:25] by Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM) (2011)

Geometry Part 3 – Volume - Practice [Video - 6:17] by Workplace Education Manitoba (WEM) (2011)

Tips on Introducing Essential Skills into Construction Trades Training by Construction Sector Council (CSC) (2010)

Learner Dreams [Video - 9:10] by Saskatchewan Literacy Network (SLN) (2011)

Using Essential Skills: On the Job with a Welder by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) (2010)

Think Aloud in Communications [Video - 5:49] - Featuring Kate Nonesuch, Literacy Educator and Curriculum Writer by Literacy Nova Scotia (2010)

Lesson Plan - Writing: Paragraphs by READ Saskatoon (2012)

Lesson Plan - Writing: Parts of Language by READ Saskatoon (2012)

Journeys: Yearbook 2012 by Halifax Community Learning Network (HCLN) (2012)

Write On! Student Literature: Expressing our thoughts and opinions - Issue 7 by Literacy Unlimited (2012)

Elder Abuse: The Hidden Crime by Judith Wahl and Sheila Purdy (2008)

Research Materials

New Brunswick Directory of English Language Literacy Programs (2011)

Gappers: Taking time off between high school and post-secondary studies - Lessons in Learning – June 26, 2008 by Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) (2008)

The Lieutenant Governor’s Aboriginal Summer Reading Camps Managed by Frontier College – 2011 Report by Frontier College (2011)

Understanding literacy and family literacy needs of Anglophone adults in Quebec: Research Summaries by The Centre for Literacy of Quebec (2011)