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What's New in Literacy and Essential Skills

October 2007

• Adult Learning in Canada: A Comparative Perspective 
• Study: Literacy and adult learning in Canada 
• CBC-TV's Alex Shprintsen receives 2007 Peter Gzowski Literacy Award of Merit 
• Workplace Literacy - Programs in the Workplace: Executive Summary 
• Workplace Literacy - Programs in the Workplace: How to increase Employer Support 
• Workplace Literacy - Canadian Literature Review and Bibliography - Working Paper 
• Workplace Literacy - Overview of Provincial and Territorial Policies - Working Paper 
• Workplace Literacy - Overview of Selected International Programs - Working Paper 
• The skills to be Competitive: Literacy and Employee-Taining 
• Essential Skills in Canadian Workplaces - Final Report
• Financial Literacy: Lessons from International Experience 
• Gaining and Losing Literacy Skills Over the Lifecourse 
• The Clarity Kit: Effective Communication for Municipalities - Part 2: Promoting Clear Communications in your Municipality 
• The Clarity Kit: Effective Communication for Municipalities - Part 1: Developing a Strategy for Clear Language in Municipal Communications 
• The Economic Benefits of Improving Literacy Skills in the Workplace
• CanWest Raise-a-Reader Day - Wednesday, October 3, 2007 

September 2007

• Education Ministers Announce Major Pan-Canadian Forum on Literacy 
• Report shows low health-literacy rates across the country 
• Libraries and Literacy: A Background Paper Prepared for the National Summit on Libraries and Literacy: Moving Forward 
• The Skills to be Competitive: Literacy and Employee-Training 
• Report - Quebec Study - November 2005
• Winners 2007 - The 2007 Canada Post Community Literacy Awards 

April 2007

• World Book and Copyright Day 
• Volunteer Canada launches its 2007 National Volunteer Week (NVW) campaign, April 15 to April 21 
• The Learning Disabilities Association of Canada (LDAC) Releases Groundbreaking 3-Year $302,000 Study on Learning Disabilities 
• NALD is launching its workplace Literacy Fellowship 
• NALD@Work 
• The 2007 Canada Post Community Literacy Awards 

March 2007

• Towards an Effective Adult Learning System: Report on the Atlantic Roundtable 

February 2007

• Competing for Tomorrow - A Strategy for Postsecondary Education and Skills Training in Canada - The Council of the Federation 
• Canada Reads 2007 
• Literacy - For A Life of Learning 
• Government Initiatives Promoting Literacy Best Practices - Council of the Federation 
• Literacy in PEI - Implications of Findings from IALSS 2003 - A PowerPoint Presentation by Satya Brink, Phd. - May 2006 
• Douze ans de recherche en alphabétisation des adultes en français au Canada : 1994-2005 - Un portrait interactif

January 2007

• Family Literacy Day - January 27th