The learning program team at Winnipeg’s Assiniboia Downs racetrack has gone to great lengths to develop a learning resource centre with schedules and delivery models that meet the particular needs of its employees.
This document is housed on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) server.
It focuses on key findings for the United States from the Survey of Adult Skills, a product of the OECD’s Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC), and offers a number of recommendations for dealing with problems the survey reveals.
In the early 1990s, workers in the unionized sector of the British Columbia construction industry were finding that changing technology required them to read more difficult materials and to use more complex mathematical concepts. SkillPlan was developed in March 1991 to improve workers' basic skills to meet the demands of the new technology.
This report outlines the second phase of a project designed to build the coordination capacity of Ontario’s regional literacy networks, and to further develop partnerships among service delivery agencies that provide literacy and language programming.
This tracking tool has been developed by Community Literacy of Ontario (CLO) to Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) agencies note the different ways they are working towards the implementation of the Ontario Adult Literacy Curriculum Framework (OALCF).
Prepared by the Quill Learning Network, this document summarizes the 2011-2012 literacy service plan for the Georgian Triangle region of Ontario.
The authors provide a snapshot of Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) activity in the region, including a discussion of how programming might be affected by anticipated budget cuts and by the closure of several businesses in the area.
Sponsored by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), this study examines how basic skills programs can support water and wastewater workers who are trying to qualify for an operator’s certificate.
This booklet presents highlights of a study sponsored by the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) that examined how basic skills programs can support members working on the certification requirements for their jobs. Specifically, the study looked at the water and wastewater sector, which is undergoing major changes that include increasing regulation of both facilities and workers.
