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91. Gimme Shelter! A Resource for Literacy and Homelessness Work (1997)
Authors: Betsy Trumpener
Collection: Learning Materials
A Resource for Literacy and Homelessness Work for the Literacy and Homelessness Project.
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Added: 1997-01-01
92. Hardwired for Hope (2004)
Effective ABE/Literacy Instructors
Authors: Evelyn Battell, Leora Gesser, Judy Rose, Jan Sawyer, Diana Twiss
Collection: Research Materials
This research document examines the question, “What makes an effective ABE/Literacy instructor?” It documents the thoughts, feelings, strategies and techniques of some effective literacy/ABE instructors in British Columbia. Recommendations are also presented, intended to help institutions offering ABE/Literacy programs and ABE/Literacy practitioners, groups planning a research project, and funders.
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Added: 2004-10-05
93. The Haves and Have Nots of Canada’s Labour Market (2012)
In Focus - December 3, 2012
Authors: Benjamin Tal
Collection: Research Materials
This discussion paper focuses on the mismatch between employment skills and labour supply in Canada, with both labour surpluses and labour shortages evident, depending upon the sector.
The author points out that on the one hand, jobs go unfilled for long stretches because of the lack of qualified applicants. But for a number of occupations, employment opportunities are becoming scarcer.
Recent adjustments to the immigration system are designed to ease skill shortages, but they are probably too small to deal with the current skill gap in the Canadian labour market, the author says. Increased focus on apprenticeship programs is also unlikely to provide a solution to chronic shortages in skilled trades.
The retraining of existing workers must be part of the long-term solution to solve the mismatch between skills and available jobs.
Added: 2013-01-22
94. Highlights of Our Lives (1998)
Authors: Maree Thair
Collection: Learning Materials
A guide to creating Writing Circles for Seniors.
This guidebook takes as its starting point a two year project based in Prince George, British Columbia. This program was designed to introduce writing circles to senior citizens in the community. It traces the development of a structure for the writing circles that was created to address the perceived needs of the community and the Seniors.
The project, through the insight and suggestions of the participants, was augmented and refined. These suggestions included ideas on the type of material that the writers wanted to produce and the setting of personal goals for each learner. This manual is intended to provide insights and assistance to those who may wish to organize similar Seniors' Writing Circles in the future.
This manual is available online in the NALD Literacy Collection website. For further information regarding this manual, contact Maree Thair, College of New Caledonia, Prince George, BC V2N 1P8, Tel. (250) 561-5848, Fax (250) 561-5816. (99.09.29)
Added: 1999-09-29
95. Human Capital and Canadian Provincial Standards of Living (2006)
Series: International Adult Literacy Survey
Authors: Serge Coulombe, Jean-François Tremblay
Collection: Research Materials
What determines the differences in living standards across economies over the long run? This is the basic question that the authors of this paper attempt to answer. More specifically, this paper examines the role of human capital accumulation in explaining relative levels of income per capita across Canadian provinces between 1951 and 2001. For this study, the researchers used two different types of human capital indicators based respectively on university attainment and literacy test scores and used data from the 2003 Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey.
This report includes the following sections:
- Summary
- Highlights
- Measures of human capital
- Theoretical foundations and empirical methodology
- Results
- Conclusions
Added: 2008-05-23
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96. Informal Learning Practices of Adults With Limited Literacy Skills (2004)
A Research Summary
Series: Informal Learning Practices and Media Perceptions of Adults with Low Literacy Skills
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
Collection: Research Materials
This research summary outlines a study done on the informal learning practices of adults with limited literacy skills. The types of learning activities outside of formal and non-formal adult education that Level 1 and Level 2 adults engage in their everyday lives at home, work and the community were examined.
The research summary is part of a series of documents generated during a two-year National Literacy Secretariat funded research project entitled, “Informal Learning and Media Perceptions of Adults With Low Literacy Skills”.
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Added: 2004-01-01
97. The Interplay Between Formal and Informal Learning for Low Skilled Workers (2008)
Project Description and Methods
Authors: Maurice Taylor
Collection: Learning Materials
The project presented in this report had three objectives: The first objective was to trace the learning paths, trigger events and decisions that lead basic level workers to become engaged in both formal and informal training at the workplace. This objective focused on the involvement of employees and instructors from actual award winning or finalist programs of the Conference Board of Canada Awards for Excellence in Workplace Literacy in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The second objective was to document the range of workplace education programs, the incidental or tacit knowledge and skills that are acquired outside of the formal training program and how these pieces fit together as a strategy for lifelong learning and work. A third objective was to explore the results of this project with a component of a large scale, longitudinal study in the United Kingdom.
Added: 2008-06-20
98. Interview: Heather Menzies - Technology in Women's Lives (1987)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1987 - Vol. 5, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Aisla Thomson
Collection: Research Materials
This is an interview with Heather Menzies, an Ottawa-based writer and sometime film-maker whose books include Women and the Chip and Computers on the Job.
Added: 2004-09-08
99. Learners Speak Out [Video - 9:58] (2006)
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Authors: Tri-County Literacy Network (TCLN), TVCOGECO Chatham
Collection: Learning Materials
This 10-minute video focuses on the experiences of two people who took part in adult upgrading programs offered throughout the Chatham-Kent, Sarnia-Lambton and Windsor-Essex regions of Ontario.
One participant describes spending his early years in a variety of foster homes, with little opportunity to get a solid basic education. Through the upgrading program, he filled the gaps in his education and continued on to college, where he is learning a trade.
The other subject explains that she left school after getting pregnant at the age of 17. After completing educational upgrading, she got a job as a cashier in a store and quickly progressed to becoming a supervisor and, eventually, assistant manager.
The video includes information on how to find upgrading programs and register for them.
Added: 2011-07-08
100. Learning It Together: Our Community Talks About Family Literacy (2011)
Authors: Tantramar Family Resource Centre
Collection: Learning Materials
This document outlines a community-based research project developed by the students in a senior-level sociology course at Mount Allison University, in partnership with the Tantramar Family Resource Centre in Sackville, New Brunswick. The project examined the ways in which families experience and define literacy; how they interact with literacy resources; and how community literacy services might better suit their needs.
The students interviewed seven lower-income local parents and seven service providers. They also completed a literature review on the topic of family literacy.
The students came up with a variety of recommendations for making literacy programs more accessible to lower-income families, including offering flexible hours; providing childcare; and helping with transportation costs.
They also suggested offering programs dedicated specifically to the needs of lower-income families, pointing out that some poorer families have had negative experiences in economically integrated programs and would prefer not to risk being judged by others who do not understand the challenges they face in their day-to-day lives.
Added: 2011-06-30
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