National Adult Literacy Database

Authors: Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)

Collection: Learning Materials

This annual survey provides a look at Canadians’ opinions, beliefs and experiences with learning across the lifespan. The 2008 edition covers four learning domains: early childhood learning; structured learning at the elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels; work-related adult learning; and health-related learning.

Within each of the four domains, questions were designed to elicit information on a variety of topics, including child-care arrangements; access to post-secondary education; participation in work-related training; and sources of health-care information.

The survey was designed by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) in consultation with Statistics Canada, which administered the survey on behalf of CCL. A total of 5,488 Canadians aged 18 to 74 were surveyed by Statistics Canada. All respondents had previously participated in Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey. Canadians living in institutions, on reserves, or in the northern territories were not included in the sample.

Added: 2010-02-10

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• L'Enquête de 2008 sur les attitudes des Canadiens à l'égard de l'apprentissage : Résultats pour l'apprentissage tout au long de la vie

Series: Composite Learning Index

Authors: Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)

Collection: Research Materials

The Composite Learning Index (CLI) is an annual measure of Canada’s progress in lifelong learning, based on statistical indicators that reflect the many ways Canadians learn.
The 2010 CLI is the fifth time the measure has been taken and, therefore, the first time a five-year trend can be produced. Over the past five years, Canada has witnessed no substantial progress in lifelong learning, from a CLI benchmark score of 73 in 2006 to 75 in 2010.
But while Canada as a whole has seen only limited progress on the CLI over the past five years, the story is different when it comes to specific regions of the country. For example, 60 per cent of communities in Atlantic Canada have seen progress in their five-year score, compared with 26 per cent of all communities in Western Canada.
The CLI includes data on school-based learning; work-related learning; community and interpersonal learning; and personal development.

Added: 2010-05-26

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• Indice composite de l'apprentissage 2010 : Mesure des progrès du Canada en apprentissage tout au long de la vie depuis cinq ans

Authors: The Labour Market Group

Collection: Research Materials

The Labour Market Group (LMG) is a not-for-profit organization, funded by the Ontario Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities, that promotes the development of a skilled and competitive workforce.

Each year, the LMG draws together data from a variety of sources to complete a Trends, Opportunities and Priorities report. In this edition of the report, the District of Nipissing and the District of Parry Sound are dealt with separately because of the significant demographic differences between the two districts.

For each of these districts, the authors have prepared an action plan that highlights priority workforce issues and sets out proposed partnerships and steps to deal with the issues.

The authors have also included a list of participants in the community consultation process and provided a glossary of terms related to the labour market.

Added: 2011-06-10

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• Rapport sur les tendances, opportunités et priorités

Series: 2006 Census ABE/Literacy Kit

Authors: Statistics Canada, Statistique Canada

Collection: Learning Materials

The ABE Enrichment Instructor's Guide provides information for instructors working with adult learners, particularly Adult Basic Education (ABE) and ESL (English as a Second Language) learners. The information was developed to complement information in the ABE Instructor's Guide and ABE Learner Handbook.

Added: 2006-04-07

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• EBA Enrichissement - Guide du formateur

Series: 2006 Census ABE/Literacy Kit

Authors: Statistics Canada, Statistique Canada

Collection: Learning Materials

The ABE Enrichment Instructor's Guide provides information for instructors working with adult learners, particularly Adult Basic Education (ABE) and ESL (English as a Second Language) learners. The information was developed to complement information in the
ABE Instructor's Guide and ABE Learner Handbook.

Added: 2006-04-07

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• EBA - Guide du formateur

Series: 2006 Census ABE/Literacy Kit

Authors: Statistics Canada, Statistique Canada

Collection: Learning Materials

This ABE Learner Handbook is part of the 2006 Census ABE/Literacy Kit.

It has information regarding the 2006 Census, such as:
- What is a Census?
- Why do we have a Census?
- How does it work?
- What questions will be on the questionnaire?

Added: 2006-04-07

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• EBA - Manuel de l'élève

Saskatchewan AALAT Provincial Results

Authors: Robert Henry, Ross Grandel

Collection: Research Materials

The Aboriginal Adult Literacy Assessment Tool (AALAT) project was developed in response to the 2003 International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS), which reported that more than 63 per cent of Aboriginal adults did not possess the literacy skills required to be contributing members of Canadian society.

The project team argued that the IALSS does not accurately portray the literacy skills of Aboriginal adults because it is based in Eurocentric, non-Aboriginal ways of assessment, using materials that have little relevance to Aboriginal peoples or communities.

The AALAT was designed to be administered in a one-to-one setting by a trained tester. It includes a general information section that allows the individual to explain ideas and personal insights about literacy. The second section includes test questions that determine the participant’s strength in such areas as literacy, numeracy and problem solving.

In this document, the authors present the findings of the pilot project in graphs and charts.

Funders:

• OLES

Added: 2011-06-21

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Authors: Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network Inc. (SALN), Saskatchewan Literacy Network (SLN)

Collection: Research Materials

The authors of this fact sheet note that according to the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS), 63 per cent of urban Aboriginal people in Saskatchewan scored below Level 3, compared to 39 per cent of the non-Aboriginal population. Level 3 is considered the minimum needed to function effectively in modern society.

The authors provide a number of suggestions for improving literacy skills among Aboriginal people. They include using a learner-centred approach; using a community-based approach; incorporating a holistic approach; building awareness of Aboriginal success stories; and basing teaching methods on Aboriginal ways of learning.

Added: 2011-05-10

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Authors: Audrey M Thomas

Collection: Research Materials

A report of a project undertaken for World Literacy of Canada to survey the nature and extent of functional illiteracy in Canada, with a focus on those activities currently being undertaken in Anglophone Canada.

Added: 1990-01-01

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Women's Education Des Femmes, Fall, Vol. 5, No. 1

Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)

Authors: Susan Witter

Collection: Research Materials

This article discusses the great need for Adult Basic Education (A.B.E.), which is intended to include education for adults who have not completed high school. It also poses questions about what agencies are and/or should be responsible for providing ABE programs across Canada. The author maintains that a united Federal/Provincial effort is needed to provide Adult Basic Education to all who need it.

Added: 2003-10-22

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