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141. Upgrading Needs Assessment for Yarmouth County (1997)
Authors: South West Shore Development Authority, The
Collection: Research Materials
The South West Shore Development Authority of Nova Scotia recently completed this survey. It, along with a similar study done for Shelburne County, has been useful in enabling them to determine their priorities relating to human resources development. Training organizations and groups promoting literacy will also find it helpful.
The study took place from November 1, 1996 through September 1997. It included adults from across Yarmouth County. The survey was conducted by a combination of telephone interviews, personal interviews with people on the street or in coffee shops, and questionnaires distributed by helping agencies, training institutions, government offices, and businesses. A researcher or counsellor was always available to help participants with low level skills. A copy of the questionnaire is included in the report.
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Added: 1997-01-01
142. Using Readability Tools (2002)
Series: Plain Language Association International (PLAIN) - Fourth Biennial Conference
Authors: William DuBay
Collection: Research Materials
With the growing popularity of readability formulas, it is important to appreciate what they are good for and not good for. Handled properly, they can produce marvellous results. Not handled properly, they can actually reduce comprehension. Like other forms of testing, the formulas find problems. Finding solutions requires a writer's skill.
Bill introduced participants to a number of tools and outlined the key principles and techniques that lead to their proper use.
Added: 2003-04-30
143. Vibrant Communities Saint John (2006)
Education to Employment - Pathways Out of Poverty
Authors: Cathy Wright
Collection: Research Materials
The City of Saint John in New Brunswick faces a challenge as it works to keep its economy growing and to attract new businesses: too few employees have the education and experience employers seek. Thousands of people with low levels of education live in some of Saint John’s poorest areas, struggling to find adequate employment and make ends meet. These workers could – given proper support and training – fill much of the region’s growing labour force demand.
This report lays out the challenges and opportunities faced by individuals on low income with low levels of education, and recommends policies and practices which can be followed to ensure those individuals’ success. This report includes a comprehensive executive summary and explores such topics as the links between poverty and education, educational options, recruitment and retention, and concerns with youth.
Added: 2007-11-06
144. Viewpoints '98 - Planning for Demographic Change in the Workforce (1999)
Analysis of the Business-Labour Survey and Case Study Research
Series: Viewpoints 98
Authors: Canadian Labour Market and Productivity Centre
Collection: Research Materials
This report examines both the planning for the replacement of retirees and the priority given to hiring youth. It uses economy wide evidence from the CLMPC Leadership Survey (described below) and supplements this with some workplace examples of practical actions and programs that have already been implemented.
The case study work was commissioned and financially supported by Human Resources Development Canada. It represents one of the first attempts to systematically gather information about the level of strategic awareness of the implications the changing demographic profile of Canadian workplaces.
Added: 2007-07-19
145. Women Academics in Britain and Canada (1992)
Women's Education des femmes, Spring 1992 - Vol. 9, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Sandra Acker
Collection: Research Materials
The author, an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, was previously a lecturer in education at the University of Bristol, England.
In this article, she discusses women academics in Canadian universities and in British universities. In both countries, women academics are at a serious disadvantage vis-a-vis men. Not only are women in the minority but they are disproportionately found in lower ranks and in less secure posts.
Added: 2004-08-26
146. Women with Disabilities: The Revolving Door of Training (1993)
Women's Education des femmes, Winter 1993 - Vol. 10, No. 3/4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Helen Wagle
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author discusses the reasons for high underemployment and unemployment rates among women with disabilities.
Added: 2004-09-09
147. Women's Studies at York University - The Process to a Degree Program (1984)
Women's Education des femmes, June 1984 - Vol. 2, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Noami Black
Collection: Research Materials
This article discusses the process undergone to establish a degree program in Women's Studies at York University.
Added: 2004-08-23
148. The Women's Studies Programme at the University of New Brunswick: One Student's Perspective (1989)
Women's Education des femmes, 1979-1989 - Vol. 7, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Judith Grant
Collection: Research Materials
The author writes about Women's Studies Programme at the University of New Brunswick
Added: 2004-09-09
149. Women’s Work Training Program (2009)
Series: Case Studies on Adult Learning
Authors: Valerie Overend
Collection: Research Materials
This document provides an overview of the Women’s Work Training Program (WWTP), established in Regina, Saskatchewan, to provide low-income women with the skills necessary to find well-paid jobs and, at the same time, bring more women into the province’s building trades.
Two-thirds of the clients who enrolled in WWTP were of Aboriginal origin, a proportion that continued to grow as the program progressed.
The instructors realized early on that training in carpentry would need to be accompanied by life-skills training, to give participants opportunities to deal with personal problems such as substance abuse, poverty, abusive relationships, and dependency on social services. The program also gave the women a chance to upgrade secondary school subjects such as mathematics, science and English.
The author notes that while the program wasn’t completely successful in alleviating poverty, it demonstrated that poor women could defy substantial odds to become apprentice carpenters.
Added: 2012-03-01
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150. Workforce Profile of the Natural Resources Sector (2004)
Profile Summary
Series: CLBC Workforce Profile Summary
Authors: Canadian Labour and Business Centre
Collection: Research Materials
This workforce profile of the natural resources sector provides an overview of current workforce demographics and lists a number of areas where action might be taken to address the critical human resource issues of retention, recruitment and skills development. The profile draws upon two primary data sources, the 2003 Labour Force Survey and the 2001 Census of Canada.
Added: 2007-04-18
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