The present document is part of a project focussing on LBS and Apprenticeship titled: “Supporting Clients through Curriculum Development.” You can complete a self-assessment to help determine a career exploration choice. Other tasks included are: watch a short video to learn the truth about the myths of apprenticeship; define unfamiliar trade vocabulary in a Training Standard document; interpret a Sectors and Trades Chart.
Resources and Tool Kit for Community Service Providers on Haida Gwaii
This tool kit was developed in response to requests from community service providers, teachers, and tutors for a simple guide to identifying and dealing with learning difficulties among adults and students on Haida Gwaii, the chain of islands off the northern coast of British Columbia. The area is populated mainly by the Haida Aboriginal people.
This document is part of a resource package developed through a project designed to address the needs of literacy practitioners working with adults who have learning disabilities.
It contains sheets for three activities that can be carried out either one to one or in small groups to help adults improve their reading and numeracy skills.
Prepared by the Canadian Trucking Human Resources Council (CTHRC), this document breaks down the tasks performed and the skills required for three occupations in the industry: coach, mentor, and assessor.
The Forging Links project saw Alberta Workplace Essential Skills (AWES) partner with many different providers, including the social sector, to raise public awareness about the importance of WES.
This is an e-learning textbook for adults who want to upgrade their basic math skills, and for teachers or tutors looking for math resources they can use with students.
The first section covers decimals in general, with specific reference to place value; mathematical operations with decimals; and order of operations.
This video shows how the Ts'zil Learning Centre in British Columbia uses the four elements of the medicine wheel to address the needs of First Nations students with learning disabilities. The wheel is divided into sections representing the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of the person.
This document is housed on the Government of Alberta website.
This job profile is part of a career planning resource, designed to be clear and easy to read. It focuses on a young woman working at a fast-food restaurant to explain what a counter person does.
This audio file accompanies a resource designed for instructors who are teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to adults, with special emphasis on topics related to citizenship. The narrator describes Canada’s North, the immense geographic area that lies beyond the 60th parallel of latitude.
This audio file accompanies a resource designed for instructors who are teaching English as a Second Language (ESL) to adults, with special emphasis on topics related to citizenship. It is a listening exercise that focuses on some of Canada’s best known landscapes, like British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, the St. Lawrence River region in Quebec, and Baffin Island in Nunavut.
