Bridging the Gap Pilot Project (Phase II) was a client–centred approach to education and employment that integrated the realities of employers in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The project involved several economic zones, communities, private sector businesses and social and economic development agencies throughout Newfoundland and Labrador over a 12 month period.
Bridging the Gap Pilot Project (Phase II) was a client–centred approach to education and employment that integrated the realities of employers in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The project involved several economic zones, communities, private sector businesses and social and economic development agencies throughout Newfoundland and Labrador over a 12 month period.
Bridging the Gap Pilot Project (Phase II) was a client–centred approach to education and employment that integrated the realities of employers in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The project involved several economic zones, communities, private sector businesses and social and economic development agencies throughout Newfoundland and Labrador over a 12 month period.
Bridging the Gap Pilot Project (Phase II) was a client–centred approach to education and employment that integrated the realities of employers in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. The project involved several economic zones, communities, private sector businesses and social and economic development agencies throughout Newfoundland and Labrador over a 12 month period.
The objective of this report is to document key aspects of the development of the International Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL). The ALL survey was meant to build on the success of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) assessments by extending the range of skills assessed and by improving the quality of the assessment methods employed.
New Perspectives on Adult Literacy Rates in Canada
This report describes a project originally intended to identify demographic patterns among adults with low literacy skills in each Canadian province. The project was carried out between March 2000 and June 2001 under the auspices of Movement for Canadian Literacy (MCL). Project funding came from the National Literacy Secretariat of Human Resources Development Canada.
In this article, the authors look at the numbers of young women that enroll in Ontario secondary school math, science and technology courses. They also examine the reasons for the low participation rate.
Analysis of data from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) has demonstrated that directly assessed literacy and numeracy skills have a significant impact on a range of social and labour market outcomes observed at the individual level impacts that come on top of those attributable to educational attainment.
