National Adult Literacy Database

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

Authors: Nora D. Randall

This is a handbook for women interested in returning to school.

Adult educators, counselors, and researchers know that one of the biggest struggles facing women who are thinking of going back to school or getting further training is to find information about programs and support services. Several CCLOW BC members thought that a handbook would be very useful for women of British Columbia.

We hope that this handbook is useful to a wide variety of women who are in many different situations.

Added: 2003-10-02

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Report on a Series of Regional Roundtables

Series: Employer Investment in Workplace Learning

Authors: Ron Saunders

The Work and Learning Knowledge Centre (WLKC) of the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) partnered with Canadian Policy Research Networks (CPRN) to convene a series of roundtables — in Toronto, Halifax, Yellowknife and Edmonton — on employer investment in workplace learning, involving senior government officials and senior representatives from business, labour, colleges/universities, Aboriginal organizations and NGOs from a particular province, territory or
region.

The goal of the roundtables was to identify practical steps to ensure that the quantity and quality of workplace learning in Canada matches the needs of the economy and maximizes the potential of Canadian workers. About 120 people participated in the four roundtables. This report provides highlights of these discussions, noting common themes as well as regional differences in the issues and in the proposals for action.

Separate reports offering more details about the discussion at each of the roundtables are available by going to http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/OtherReports/20080403RoundtableRptEmployerInvestmentinWorkplaceLearning.html.

Added: 2009-07-03

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See also:

• Inciter les employeurs à investir dans la formation en milieu de travail

Authors: Maurice C. Taylor

The central focus of the study was to investigate the relationship between locus of control of reinforcement and course completion of adult learners enrolled in an adult retraining program. The main hypothesis of this study is that adult learners who complete a Basic Training for Skill Development (BSTD) program are more internally controlled than those adults who do not complete the program.

Added: 1990-01-01

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Discussion Paper Series

Authors: Gordon B.T. Mermin, Richard W. Johnson, Eric J. Toder

This report examines the current employer demand in the United States for older workers and explores how demand may be changing over time. It discusses the personal and social benefits of increased work by older adults, the reasons why baby boomers are likely to try to work longer than earlier generations, and whether employers appear to want older workers. The report also displays the occupations at which older workers are most likely to be employed today. Later sections of the report examine how changes in the nature of work, demands for different occupations, the characteristics of older workers, and overall labour force growth will affect the future demand for older workers. The report concludes with policy recommendations.

Added: 2009-06-18

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