The Center for Literacy

English under the Arches (EUA): Innovative Workplace Training at McDonald’s USA (Thursday, May 7, 2015)

McDonald's USA has created innovative pathways to learning for employees who need to up-skill. This webinar outlines English Under the Arches, the first component of its over-arching learning strategy.

• See webinar video

Making the Business Case for Workplace Essential Skills Training: Evidence from UPSKILL

Webinar, Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Providing literacy and essential skills training (LES) to the least skilled workers can provide an excellent return on investment to employers. Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) Research Director David Gyarmati highlighted this among other key findings from UPSKILL, a Pan-Canadian research and demonstration project.

• Webinar recording now online [Adobe Connect]
• Presentation slides [pdf]

PISA and PIAAC: Similarities and Differences [webinar recording and slides]

You can now view the Adobe Connect recording of this webinar, in which Patrick Bussière, co-leader of Canada's PIAAC team, described the similarities and differences in design and purpose between PISA and PIAAC and suggested why it could be of interest to compare the results from the two surveys as we move forward.

• See the presentation slides [pdf]
• Questions and Answers - After the webinar Patrick Bussière  e-mailed  answers to questions and issues that could not be fully dealt with during the time frame of the webinar
• Le PISA et le PEICA : ressemblances et différences, webinaire, 18 février 2014, 13 h (HNE)

Assessing adult literacy in developing countries- a webinar on LAMP - Wednesday September 25, 2013

The Literacy Assessment and Monitoring Programme (LAMP) is a household-based assessment of the reading and numeracy skills of adults, 15 years and older, in developing countries. Initially conceived as an adaptation of IALS and ALL, it shares many traits with PIAAC. Analysis of results from Jordan, Mongolia, Palestine and Paraguay offers some intriguing insights into adult skills as we await PIAAC results.

• View the webinar recording of From “learning to read” to “reading to learn”

Presenting the findings of the Measures of Success Research Project (2009–2013): March 27, 2013

Boris Palameta, Senior Research Associate, SRDC, shared the main findings of the Measures of Success research project managed by The Centre for Literacy. 

• Webinar recording
• Presentation

Integrating Social Entrepreneurship into Adult Learning and Employment Programs [webinar, Feb. 19, 2013, 1 PM EST]

Christina Fowler, Saint John Learning Exchange, and Barbara McFater, PTP Adult Learning and Employment Programs, described their experiences integrating social entrepreneurship into their programs and facilitated a discussion on opportunities and challenges.

• A recording of this webinar is now online
• PowerPoint presentation from the webinar

PIAAC in Canada/L’Enquête PEICA et le Canada [Presentation by Patrick Bussière, Feb. 2012]

Possible Overlaps between ESL and Literacy Issues in WLES Assessments and Provision [Presented by Anne McKeown, March 29, 2011]

Presented by Anne McKeown: A snapshot of what role ESL/ESOL is playing in the UK’s literacy/numeracy agenda  in the context of workplace training, with a discussion of how the UK situation resembles or differs from the contexts of the webinar participants.