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171. Firstfind.info (2003)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Sheri Mankal
Collection: Learning Materials
This website review from CONNECT features Firstfind.info, a directory of websites that provide basic information on common topics of interest.
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Added: 2003-07-30
172. Five Views: The New Brunswick Re-entry Project (1998)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1988 - Vol. 6, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Joan McFarland
Collection: Research Materials
CCLOW's New Brunswick network completed its first re-entry project in May of 1983. To be eligible at the time, a woman had to have been out of the labor force for at least three years. The successful program ran for 20 weeks, cost $75,000 and combined classes with on-the-job training. Fifteen women were trained in non-traditional jobs: security, loss-prevention, plant nursery and printing. This article presents five views of the project from some of the women involved.
Added: 2004-07-28
173. Focus on Solutions: Fostering Psychological Wellness for Individuals with Learning Disabilities (2009)
Authors: Patti Kirby, Bill Morrison
Collection: Research Materials
This PowerPoint-style document offers an overview of the variety of psycho-social problems that may accompany learning disabilities.
The authors begin by explaining why people with learning disabilities may be vulnerable to mental-health problems and go on to discuss some of the behaviour and compensatory effects that may be exhibited.
The authors present a need-based intervention model for helping people with learning disabilities. They have also included a section on what the individual can do to help himself.
Added: 2010-06-03
174. Follow These Instructions (2000)
Series: CONNECT: Canada's Resource Publication on Technology & Adult Literacy
Authors: Diane McCargar
Collection: Learning Materials
This lesson plan from CONNECT introduces the keys on a keyboard while providing practice following simple instructions.
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Added: 2003-07-28
175. Four Entrepreneurs in Cape Breton (1988)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1988 - Vol. 6, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Jody Ann Manley, Cheryl Carver
Collection: Research Materials
On the Island of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, a number of women have successfully launched new ventures. An account of their experiences provides an interesting case study for two reasons. First, women have not been traditionally involved in business in this area because development efforts have focused on resource based industries such as coal and steel. Second, women who have started new businesses are responding to government initiatives to promote entrepreneurship as a way of weaning the island off its unstable industrial based economy. If women are to be in the forefront of this economic recovery, their stories need to be told.
This article tells the stories of four woman entrepreneurs in Cape Breton.
Added: 2004-07-29
176. Francis Peabody (1985)
Series: Miramichi Literacy Writers
Authors: Merle Milson, Miramichi Literacy Writers
Collection: Learning Materials
This booklet was written in clear language and is suitable for adult new readers. It is part of a series of 24 booklets by Miramichi Literacy Writers. Some of the other titles include:
Ferry Boats of Days Gone By
The Irish of the Miramichi
Native Peoples of the Miramichi
Old Lumber Camps on the Miramichi
The Dungarvon Whooper
Added: 2009-05-13
177. From Poverty to Prosperity: Literacy’s Impact on Canada’s Economic Success - In focus: labour market engagement (2011)
Series: Literacy and Earnings project - CLLN
Authors: T. Scott Murray, Richard Shillington
Collection: Research Materials
Based on their analysis of data from the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS) and other sources, the authors of this report conclude that there is little doubt that literacy and poverty are closely linked. The authors go on to explore the implications of this relationship for public policy.
Investment in literacy would lead to both significant increases in earnings and significant reductions in the numbers of adults receiving employment insurance and social assistance benefits. Raising every Canadian adult to the level of literacy required to participate fully in today’s economy would reduce social assistance rolls by 84,000 and generate annual benefits savings of $542 million.
Research suggests that it would require an investment of roughly $18 billion to eliminate occupational literacy skills shortages in Canada. The authors point out that while this figure seems high, it would probably generate an additional $100 billion in annual earnings.
In order to realize those returns, governments should encourage employers to assess their employees’ literacy and numeracy skills and to upgrade skills where needed; increase the economic demand for literacy skill by replacing passive income support with active education policies; and create tax incentives for individuals and employers to invest in skill upgrading.
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Added: 2012-11-23
178. Frontier College Letters (1999)
One Hundred Years of Teaching, Learning and Nation Building
Authors: Larry Krotz, Erica Martin, Philip Fernandez
Collection: Learning Materials
This document was published in 1999 to mark the hundredth anniversary of Frontier College, a Canada-wide organization that teaches literacy skills and nurtures lifelong learning through a range of programs in a variety of settings.
The authors provide an anecdotal history of the organization, culled from letters and reports sent to the organization’s central office or circulated among its teachers. The letters reflect particular times and illustrate the changing values of Canadian society.
The authors have divided the document into three sections: education and democracy, which covers the period from 1899 to 1954; education and modernity, from 1954 to 1974; and education and survival, dealing with the period from 1974 to 1999.
The document is illustrated with photographs going back to Frontier College’s earliest days and continuing up to the 1990s.
Added: 2011-08-16
179. Gaining and Losing Literacy Skills Over the Lifecourse (2007)
Series: International Adult Literacy Survey
Authors: J. Douglas Willms, T. Scott Murray
Collection: Research Materials
This study uses data from IALS and ALL to explore how Canada’s stock of literacy skill evolved over the nine year period from 1994 to 2003. It employs a synthetic cohort analysis to document net skill change for various demographic groups for Canada and the provinces and to explore the individual characteristics that influence whether a particular group has gained or lost skill on average over the nine year reference period.
The analysis reveals the presence of significant literacy skill loss in adulthood, loss that would seem to be concentrated in adults from lower socio- economic backgrounds. Given the influence that literacy skill appears to exert upon individual labour market success and the overall performance of the economy understanding what underlies the loss and what, if anything, should be done by individuals, institutions or governments to slow or reverse the process, should be a priority.
Added: 2007-08-10
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180. Getting Online: The GO Project (2008)
A Research Report on Online Learning for Canadian Literacy Practitioners
Authors: Lynn Best, Joanne Kaattari, Deborah Morgan, Vicki Trottier, Diana Twiss
Collection: Research Materials
This document outlines national project designed to research trends, technologies, and promising practices in online and distance learning in the field of literacy in Canada. The project includes A Research Report on Online Learning for Canadian Literacy Practitioners, a Promising Practices manual, an online course, and self-directed training modules on the GO website.
With funding from Government of Canada, the GO Project team set out to identify ways in which organizations outside of the literacy field and literacy practitioners themselves accessed training and support in a national and provincial landscape. This report is the culmination of their research and an analysis of their findings.
Added: 2009-07-03
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