What's New?
Research | Posted: April 27, 2012
New research shares practical information for use by volunteer organizations to attract and retain skilled, dedicated volunteers among four specific demographic groups: youth, families, boomers and employer-supported volunteers.
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Event | Posted: April 27, 2012
This workshop is ideal for people who are responsible for coordinating volunteers in either the community based or public sectors OR for volunteers who coordinate the efforts of other volunteers in non-profit or charitable organizations. Whether you are a paid co-ordinator with a large organization or a volunteer with a small community group your needs are very similar - finding the ‘right’ person to help you and keeping them involved.
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Event | Posted: April 27, 2012
The Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA) presents
Recognizing Learning, Skills and Competencies: Strengthening today’s workplace for a better tomorrow. If you are interested in presenting at the conference, please complete the online Call for Presenters form at
www.capla.ca.
Resources | Posted: April 26, 2012
The Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials (CICIC), a unit of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC) has just completed Phase II of the Pan-Canadian Quality Standards in International Academic Credential Assessment Project.
The project has developed a number of pan-Canadian reference tools to improve the consistency and portability of individuals’ academic credential assessments across Canada, including a Quality Assurance Framework and Web-based French and English terminology guides for academic credential assessment.
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Funding | Posted: April 26, 2012
The Skills and Partnership Fund (SPF) is designed to fund projects that demonstrate partnership-based approaches to training-to-employment activities, skills development activities, or service delivery improvement for Aboriginal people.
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Resources | Posted: April 26, 2012
Five of the custom SmartForce NL courseware bundles related to Human Resources specific to Newfoundland and Labrador have been released! The course content was developed based on direct feedback from employers in all regions of the province regarding their most pressing human resource challenges.
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Event | Posted: April 11, 2012
To help fund their Scholarship Program, the Canadian Federation of University Women St. John’s (CFUW) invites you to a GIGANTIC BOOK SALE of about 30 000 good, categorized used books.
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Funding | Posted: April 11, 2012
Applications for the Community Service Component of the 2012 Student Work and Service Program (SWASP) are now available. Apply online at
www.communitysector.nl.ca/swasp/application.
Only nonprofit organizations are eligible, and applications must have a student attached who is entering or returning this year to post-secondary studies. The deadline to apply is
May 1, 2012.
Submissions | Posted: April 11, 2012
In recognition of literacy as a force for social, economic and personal development, the Honourable Kathy Dunderdale, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, is inviting residents to nominate a literacy leader for the eighth annual Council of the Federation Literacy Award. The award will be presented in the fall of 2012.
Nominations must be received on or before
May 7, 2012. To download a nomination form or for more information, visit
www.gov.nl.ca/aes/.
Event | Posted: April 5, 2012
TOWES (Test of Workplace Essential Skills) is an effective assessment that accurately measures three essential skills needed for safe and productive employment: reading text, document use, and numeracy. Through a partnership with Bow Valley College, College of the North Atlantic is an authorized distributor of TOWES Test Administrator Certification. Click
HERE for more information.
