Category Archives: in the news
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
Joy Fyckes Director of RECLAIM Literacy Centre is CBC’s Montrealer of the Week
Congratulations to Joy Fyckes, recognized as CBC’s Montrealer of the Week. Joy is the director of the RECLAIM Literacy Centre located in the Saint-Henri district of Montreal. RECLAIM provides free services assisting English-speaking adults upgrade their reading, writing and basic … Continue reading
Political Parties Respond to Canada’s Literacy and Essential Skills Challenge
In anticipation of the upcoming federal election, Canada’s national literacy organizations got together and asked each of the major parties to provide their plan on how they would address the needs of individual Canadians improve their literacy and essential skills. … Continue reading
QELA is Looking for New Board Members
We’re recruiting candidates for our Board of Directors! Do you have experience and involvement in vocational education or workplace training? If so, consider applying for a position on the QELA Board. In early June, two candidates will each fill a … Continue reading
May 2nd Election: Interactive Resources for Adult Learners
Canadians are going to the polls on May 2nd. Elections present a special challenge for all voters. This is a time that has its own vocabulary and challenging concepts. It is also a great time to build literacy skills. The … Continue reading
Quebec Adult Learners’ Week Video Challenge – Deadline May 10, 2011
La semaine québécoise des adultes en formation (SQAF – Quebec Adult Learners’ Week) is April 2 – 10, 2011! The week is an international annual event celebrating adult learners and recognizing issues such as citizen education, communications, literacy, general education … Continue reading
Two Webinars on Workplace & Essential Skills: March 21 & March 29, 2011
The Centre for Literacy presents two webinars previewing the Summer Institute 2011, featuring its two invited guests. This year’s institute will be focused on Workplace Literacy & Essential Skills: Embedding Practice, Preparing Providers. March 21: Embedding WLES in General and … Continue reading
Media Literacy Workshops in Eastern Quebec
Last week, QELA went on a media literacy road trip through eastern Quebec, with stops in Sherbrooke, the Magdalen Islands and Gaspésie. Mounted by CitizenShift and coordinated by our partner CEDEC, the workshops succeeded in demystifying many new media concepts … Continue reading
Social Capital, Social Media & Adult Literacy Education
In a recent column on the NALD website, Tom Sticht explored the relationship between social capital and adult literacy education, and how social media tools can help both learners and educators improve their skills. Sticht defined social capital as “the … Continue reading
