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Alberta websites
Provincial coalition
Literacy Alberta
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Literacy Alberta is a provincial not-for-profit charitable coalition of over 300 members working to raise literacy levels in Alberta.
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Alberta Correctional Education Association
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Alberta Correctional Education Association (ACEA) is dedicated to the academic, vocational, and personal development of offenders and the professional enhancement of Association members.
Alberta Enterprise and Advanced Education
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The new Ministry of Enterprise and Advanced Education is responsible for post-secondary education, apprenticeship and trades, economic development, research and innovation, adult learning, and labour force development. The ministry also oversees immigration and labour attraction, providing information about the immigration process for Canada and Alberta, as well as about programs and services designed to assist immigrants before and after they arrive.
Alberta Learning Information Service (ALIS)
Category: Essential skills
The Alberta Learning Information Service is one of Alberta’s leading online sources for career, learning and employment information and services. The site provides information to help Albertans with career planning, post-secondary education and training, educational funding, the job search, labour market trends and workplace issues.
Alberta Workforce Essential Skills Society (AWES)
Category: Essential skills
Since 1989, AWES has been designing and delivering learning solutions in Alberta. Its primary mandate is enabling employees and organizations to excel through essential skills initiatives. It could be in the vital skills of numeracy, reading, writing, or document and computer use, or in the key abilities of working with others, oral communication, thinking or continuous learning.
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Battle River Training Foundation
Category: Essential skills
The Battle River Training Foundation helps rural Albertans access college credit courses in Flagstaff County and east central Alberta. Whether at home online, with an online group or in a classroom setting, representatives will help you identify your learning options and register with the course provider.
Bow Valley College
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Bow Valley College's Academic Upgrading courses fit students' schedule and their personal responsibilities. Students can get credit for life and work experience, and the college will help develop a learner plan that maps the best way to meet students' academic goals.
BVCWorks
Category: Essential skills
BVCWorks is a business unit of Bow Valley College. Its goal is to meet local labour market and learner/client needs by connecting employers to workers. Services include worker recruitment for employers, access to job postings for students and alumni, and skills testing for clients and community members.
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Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA)
Category: Essential skills
The Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association delivers professional services that facilitate the integration and full participation of women and their families in the community. The services include language instruction, employment services, parenting programs, family conflict support and volunteer development.
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Directions for Immigrants in Trades and Professional Careers
Category: Essential skills
This website is a reference tool for skilled immigrants looking to restart their career in regulated professions. It has information about the accreditation process, tips and links to other services and resources in Calgary. Users gain an understanding of what employers are looking for and learn what trades and professions are in demand in Calgary.
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Further Education Society of Alberta
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Further Education Society of Alberta (FESA) is a registered charitable organization whose vision is to provide lifelong learning opportunities to those who will benefit from education and training. With the assistance of supportive community partners, FESA is able to reach these individuals through offering free, locally-based programs.
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Knowledge and Employability Studio
Category: Essential skills
The main lobby of this virtual studio from Alberta Education contains program updates, contact information, a video introduction and a virtual tour of the premises. The ministry gratefully acknowledges the many teachers, individuals and groups who provided advice and feedback over the course of development of this website including the Alberta Education Development Team. (Note copyright at bottom left of front page.)
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Literacy Alberta
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Literacy Alberta is a provincial not-for-profit charitable coalition of over 300 members working to raise literacy levels in Alberta.
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nextSteps.org
Category: Essential skills
This unique career-development and job-finding resource for youth offers features that include career profiles, video highlights, Employer Spotlight of the Month, and the steps to success: career planning, job seeking and career maintenance. The website is funded by the City of Calgary, the Government of Alberta and Industry Canada.
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)
Category: Essential skills
A NAIT education creates opportunities for students to gain practical skills that are in demand and to use the latest technology. Students also make industry contacts and gain relevant work experience that will lead to employment in Alberta’s industries.
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Opportunities for Women in Construction
Category: Essential skills
This program is presented by the organization Women Building Futures to help women choose and prepare for a successful career in the construction industry. Information sessions explore the opportunities and challenges associated with construction work. You'll learn about the variety of jobs available, the demand for these jobs, and how to get the training you may need to get your new career started.
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Paintearth Community Adult Learning Council (PCALC)
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
PCALC is growing and changing to meet the needs of adult learners in the County of Paintearth, Alberta. Its current offerings include programs in adult basic skills, English language learning, family literacy, workplace education and senior living.
Pathways Employment Program
Category: Essential skills
Calgary’s Pathways Employment Program provides individuals 18 years of age and older with any diagnosed disability the resources they need to get into the workforce. Professional workshops offer participants additional support to help them advance their knowledge, gain confidence, make valuable connections and work to become self-sustaining, independent adults.
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Robertson College
Category: Essential skills
Individuals looking to change their career and improve their future in as little as three months may find a career education from Robertson College is what they need to succeed. With campuses in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta, and Brandon and Winnipeg, Manitoba, Robertson College offers programs in business, information technology and health care.
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SAIT Polytechnic
Category: Essential skills
SAIT is an innovative organization equipping people to compete successfully in the changing world of work by providing relevant, skill-oriented education. Many pre-employment programs lead into an apprenticed trade.
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TOWES (Test of Workplace Essential Skills)
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The TOWES (Test of Workplace Essential Skills) department at Bow Valley College offers valid, reliable and effective essential skills solutions for organizations and individuals looking to assess, improve and increase awareness of essential skills.
Tradesecrets
Category: Essential skills
This Government of Alberta apprenticeship and industry training website promotes world-class skills and standards delivered by an industry-driven system. The site includes introductory information for anyone interested in learning a trade in Alberta and special reference resources for educators, parents and aboriginal peoples.
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Women Building Futures (WBF)
Category: Essential skills
Women Building Futures is a registered, not-for-profit, charitable organization that works to help women build better lives and achieve economic independence through training, employment and mentorship. Graduates make excellent tradespeople, and through them WBF gives companies new competencies and new work resources.
Work and Learning Network (WLN)
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
Based at the University of Alberta, WLN promotes research and dialogue about learning in the changing domains of work. Interested researchers, educators, academic and government representatives are welcome to join.
WORKink
Category: Essential skills
WORKink is an extensive online career development and employment portal for Canadians with disabilities. The site provides job search tools, career guidance and resources pertaining to education and employment. Whether you are a job-seeker, employer or career practitioner, WORKink outlines options and materials that are available to help you meet your needs.
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