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2013 Financial Literacy Forum Series Dispatch
Headline News | Posted: May 24, 2013 | 
Category: Essential skills
Something very important quietly happened recently in an outer neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. On the top floor of the British cultural centre, a building that hosts both the local consulate and a local pub, the first panel in the 2013 Financial Literacy Forum Series met to discuss finance, education and the idea that we can improve an economy from the bottom up.
The SCALES Road Map Tool – Usage Guide & Worksheets by CONNECT Strategic Alliances (2012)
Library | Posted: May 24, 2013
This document is one of the resources to grow out of the SCALES (Supporting the Canadian Advancement of Literacy and Essential Skills) project, a three-year initiative undertaken by CONNECT Strategic Alliances, representing Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges. The project’s goal was to develop tools and best practices that would help practitioners working with unemployed and low-skilled workers to incorporate a Literacy and Essential Skills (LES) approach into their work.
Case Study: Steamfitter/Pipefitter Initiative 2010 - Workplace Essential Skills Training by Literacy Coalition of New Brunswick (LCNB) (2012)
Library | Posted: May 24, 2013
This document focuses on the case of six pipefitters in Saint John, New Brunswick, who had all repeatedly failed the Red Seal exam, a national certification program that allows qualified tradespeople to practise in any province or territory in Canada. While all of them were highly respected by employers and colleagues, they faced losing their trade certification if they didn’t pass the exam.
Apprenticeable Occupations and the Employment Downturn in Canada - Education Matters: Insights on Education, Learning and Training in Canada, November 2010, Vol 7, no 4 by Louise Desjardins (2011)
Library | Posted: May 24, 2013
In this article, published by Statistics Canada, the author uses data from the Labour Force Survey to explore changes in employment in apprenticeable occupations over the period between 2008 and 2010, comparing those changes with the changes observed in all other occupations combined.
This website has been created as a series of easy-to-use assessment tools to help adult learners improve their writing skills for use at home, in the community, and in the workplace. Developed by researchers at Bow Valley College as a follow-up to the adult reading assessment tool Read Forward, published in 2011, Write Forward features information and reflections about their research, thinking and development throughout the project.
Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers (EMCN)
Website | Posted: May 23, 2013 | 
Categories: Essential skills, Learning
The Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers is a community agency that seeks to assist immigrants and refugees in achieving full participation in the community as well as contributing their experiences and skills to strengthening and enriching the lives of all Canadians. This vision is pursued through a wide range of programs and services that include English as a Second Language (ESL), employment services, settlement and personal counselling, community development, advocacy and education.
Class of 2013 demands more from universities: Help us find jobs
Headline News | Posted: May 23, 2013 |
Category: Essential skills
Perhaps because of the relentlessly bleak climate, many students now accept that their path to a stable lifestyle may involve years pin balling their way up the ranks with a mixture of interning, contract work and networking. As a result, they have been calling for more work experience – like internships or field work – to be built into their education.
Second Chance [Video - 1:28] by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) (2011)
Library | Posted: May 23, 2013
This video, prepared by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), focuses on a man who got a second chance at life after alcohol and drug addiction cost him everything.
Student achievement: What should we really be measuring? - Lessons in Learning – October 13, 2005 by Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) (2005)
Library | Posted: May 23, 2013
The question of how much and how well children are learning in school is a concern for parents, students, employers, and the general public. The authors of this article look at three critical measures of success: student achievement in the core areas of language, mathematics and science; the disparity of student achievement among different socioeconomic groups; and high-school dropout rates.
Ottawa-supported study will examine literacy, essential skills in trucking industry
Headline News | Posted: May 22, 2013 |
Category: Essential skills
The Trucking Human Resource Sector Council Atlantic is receiving over $640,000 to study literacy and essential skills levels among employees. The study will allow the industry to better assess the impact of literacy and essential skills on safety, productivity and employment patterns. From this study, a toolkit will be developed to help employers address essential skills challenges in the workplace.
Numeracy Research: Proposed numeracy framework - Interview with Katherine Clarke-Nolan, Policy analyst, OLES [Audio – 2:15] by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) (2011)
Library | Posted: May 22, 2013
This is the seventh part of a podcast series developed by the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES), part of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), to provide information about a research project that will help to update the numeracy element of the Essential Skills framework.
My Journey to the Learning Centre by Gordon Hope (2010)
Library | Posted: May 22, 2013
Located in a small community southwest of Montreal in Quebec, the Huntingdon Learning Centre is a nonprofit organization that offers workshops, in both French and English, in basic reading, writing and mathematics. It also offers courses in both English and French as a second language for newcomers to the area.
Financial literacy a life skill – Melanie Buffel, Family Services of Greater Vancouver, BC [Video – 1:56] by Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI) (2009)
Library | Posted: May 22, 2013
Social and Enterprise Development Innovations (SEDI), founded in 1986, is a nonprofit organization that helps low-income earners gain economic independence through financial literacy, entrepreneurship, and asset building.
Technology Planning Roadmap by AlphaPlus (2012)
Library | Posted: May 21, 2013
This roadmap is designed to help adult literacy organizations make the best use of the technology they already have, and to plan for their future needs.
Health and Literacy by Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador (2012)
Library | Posted: May 21, 2013
In this fact sheet, part of a series prepared by Literacy Newfoundland and Labrador, the authors point out that many adults lack adequate health literacy skills.
Territorial premiers drive Canadian future with northern vision
Headline News | Posted: May 17, 2013 |
Category: Essential skills
“Economic development for the North is still the top priority among northern premiers. My colleagues and I discussed developing our northern Aboriginal workforce through skills and job training, as well as sustainable sources of energy for our growing economies.” - Nunavut Premier Eva Aariak
Nova Scotia leadership opportunities help young women build futures
Headline News | Posted: May 17, 2013 |
Category: Essential skills
Through a new Lighthouses Program Partnership program in Nova Scotia, about 20 girls will participate in job training and other activities, which will help create friendships and build positive support networks. Some of the girls are helping to develop activities to meet the needs of the group.
N.B. invests in apprenticeship program for teenagers
Headline News | Posted: May 17, 2013 |
Category: Essential skills
The provincial government has partnered with industry and the New Brunswick Teen Apprentice Program (NBTAP) to support an initiative that leads to early entry into the apprenticeship program. “This program is a great example of how our government is supporting the environment that matches the skilled labour requirements of employers with the training opportunities for our young people,” said Premier David Alward.
Federal Government conducting nation-wide consultations on Canada Job Grant, skills training
Headline News | Posted: May 15, 2013 |
Category: Essential skills
The Government of Canada has announced a series of cross-Canada roundtable discussions with stakeholders on the new Canada Job Grant, an Economic Action Plan 2013 initiative that will create jobs by transforming the way Canadians receive skills training.
Expanding Roads to Employment - Advanced Workshop (June 12, 2013 - June 13, 2013)
Event | Posted: May 13, 2013
Alberta Workforce Essential Skills Society is offering the advanced workshop "Analysing workplace tasks to enhance classroom practice," in Red Deer, Alberta.
Expanding Roads to Employment Linking Workplace Essential Skills to the ESL Classroom (May 16, 2013)
Event | Posted: May 13, 2013
Alberta Workforce Essential Skills Society is offering the introductory workshop "Using the Workplace Essential Skills Framework" with the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) in Edmonton on May 16. A special invitation to PD training and a workshop opportunity for professionals working with immigrants.
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