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Digital Skills Required: All Others Need Not Apply
The endless advance of technology affects all industries and virtually all jobs. It’s sometimes unsettling but never boring in today’s workplace. White-collar and blue-collar workers alike need to constantly evolve their digital technology skills. But what about the jobs that … Continue reading
Free Webinar on Essential Skills Levels in Reading Text and Document Use – February 14, 2012
From the Ontario Literacy Coalition: Ontario Literacy Coalition will host a free webinar on Essential Skills Levels in Reading Text and Document Use: An Introduction, Tuesday February 14, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. Discover strategies that will help raise the Essential … Continue reading
Don’t Miss the Literacy and Essential Skills Tools Webinar – February 6, 2012
From the Office of Literacy and Essential Skills (OLES): OLES will host a webinar on Literacy and Essential Skills Tools Monday, February 6, 2012 from 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. This webinar offers community organizations, employers and others help to understand … Continue reading
It’s Easy to Make Learning Part of Daily Life – Celebrate Family Literacy Day on January 27th
The Quebec English Literacy Alliance (QELA) invites all Quebecers to celebrate Family Literacy Day on January 27th by reading and engaging in literacy-related activities. Launched in 1999 by ABC Life Literacy Canada, Family Literacy Day encourages families to read and … Continue reading
Literacy for Life: Further Results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
Statistics Canada delivers a second report from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey on factors that influence the development of adult skills. Statistics Canada: Literacy for Life, is the second report from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey. … Continue reading
Good Reads Books a Hit at ACCESS Continuing Education and Career Centre
Recently QELA distributed sets of newly released Good Reads books to member organizations across Quebec. ACCESS – Riverside School Board’s Continuing Education and Career Centre – was very pleased to receive the Good Reads books. The centre has incorporated the … Continue reading
The Twelve Days of Literacy
(to the tune of The Twelve Days of Christmas) On the first day of Christmas my teacher gave to me The gift of literacy On the second day of Christmas my teacher gave to me Two books to love And … Continue reading
Freda Hudson Volunteer Recognition Award Winners
Literacy Volunteers of Quebec’s Freda Hudson Volunteer Recognition Award is presented annually to a volunteer making a “remarkable” contribution to literacy. The award was established in 2007 in memory of Freda Hudson, a longtime literacy volunteer who made a unique … Continue reading
QELA Distributes Good Reads Books to Adult Learning Centres Across Quebec
The elves were busy at the QELA office this year bundling sets of newly released Good Reads books to distribute to member organizations across Quebec. Good Reads are original books by best selling Canadian authors, written for adult literacy learners. … Continue reading
Social Networking Sites and Adult Literacy Learning
AlphaPlus research paper advocates integrating Social Networking Sites into adult literacy teaching. Alpha Plus: AlphaPlus’ most recently published research paper, Social Networking Sites (SNS) and Adult Literacy Learning, advocates for the integration of SNS in adult literacy teaching and learning, … Continue reading
