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Records of Employment (ROE)
    Information specific to: Nova Scotia
    Record of Employment information for Nova Scotia.
The Importance of Workplace Literacy to Canada
    Information specific to: Canada
    Workplace literacy refers to the essential skills that people need at work such as reading, writing and math. It also includes critical thinking and problem solving. People will use these skills in different ways.
Family Literacy in Canada
    Information specific to: Canada
    Family Literacy refers to the many ways families develop and use literacy skills such as reading, writing and numeracy to accomplish day-to-day tasks and activities.
The Government of Canada Role in Literacy Action
    Information specific to: Canada
    The Government of Canada recognizes that literacy and lifelong learning are essential to Canadians' successful participation in all aspects of life.
The Distribution of Literacy Skills
    Information specific to: Canada
    The distribution of literacy skills in Canada is far from even. IALS captured the extent to which different socio-demographic factors help determine the degree of prose, document and quantitative literacy in different population groups.
A Snapshot of Literacy in Canada - Update
    Information specific to: Canada
    Improving the literacy skills of Canadians is a significant challenge for policy makers. Evidence from IALS suggests that overall literacy proficiency could be improved by reducing inequalities in the range of Canadians' literacy scores
Literacy and Democracy:  The Key to Participation
    Information specific to: Canada
    The fundamental right to take part in a democratic society has always been one of the strongest arguments for a continuing, community-wide commitment to literacy.
Literacy:  It's not What it Used to Be
    Information specific to: Canada
    Our society is changing at an incredibly fast pace, and our definition of minimum literacy skills is evolving to match those of the 1994 International Adult Literacy Survey.
Plain Language
    Information specific to: Canada
    In a Decima survey, 75 per cent of Canadians found information from government programs about its services too difficult to understand. The National Literacy Secretariat (NLS) promotes the use of plain language to make written material from the government easily-understood and accessible to as many Canadians as possible.
Literacy in Canada
    Information specific to: Canada
    Literacy in Canada - Facts about Literacy
Literacy at Work:  The Learning Process Never Ends
    Information specific to: Canada
    The relationship between literacy and the world of work isn't as simple as it might seem. Literacy is a basic building block for many jobs - and in a knowledge economy, it's never been more important as a prerequisite for secure, well-paid employment.
COMMUNITY PROFILES
    Information specific to: Newfoundland and Labrador
    These links will take you to the Zonal Boards in the District HRCC area and will provide you with a link to a regional profile of that area. This information is particularly relevant for mobile workers and employers.
     
   
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