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2012 Saskatchewan Literacy Awards of Merit: Celebrating 21 Years
Each year, the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan hosts an awards ceremony to honour individual champions of literacy, programs devoted to encouraging lifelong and life wide learning, as well as those organizations who spear head the inclusion literacy and essential skills programming as part of their professional development efforts.
Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield hosted the 21st Saskatchewan Literacy Awards of Merit on Wednesday, May 9, 2012 in Regina, SK at Government House. The Saskatchewan Literacy Awards of Merit acknowledge the outstanding contributions by Saskatchewan citizens, organizations, and businesses for the advancement and development of literacy and essential skills in our province. Read the full media release ...
Congratulations to all the 2012 Saskatchewan Literacy Awards of Merit nominees. Your hard work and dedication to literacy and essentials skills in Saskatchewan is appreciated.
The 2012 Saskatchewan Literacy Awards of Merit winners include:
Workplace Award – ACERT-Safeway Essential Skills Partnership, Regina
Professional Award – Ms. Anita Fraser, La Loche
Program or Project Award – Onion Lake First Nations and Lakeland College: ABE-ESWP Project, Lloydminster
Business or Corporation – The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon
Volunteer Award – Ms. Phyllis Jones, Regina
Cameco Literacy Learner Award and Bursary – Mr. Wesley Desjarlais, Saskatoon
We thank our sponsors SaskEnergy and Cameco for their continued support of literacy and essential skills.
Introduction to Essential Skills in Saskatchewan
Are you aware of the benefits of essential skills programming in your workplace? Want to know more? Then give us a call and book your training today!
Introduction to Essential Skills in Saskatchewan
 When employers invest in improving the essential skills of their workers, it can have a significant effect on workplace safety, competence, job satisfaction, and employee retention.
Essential skills are:
- Foundational: They are key to the development of all other skills at work.
- Portable: They can be transferred from one environment to another.
- Critical: People may not realize how often essential skills are called upon in every situation, every day.
This workshop will help you discover:
- Essential Skills definitions
- A brief history of essential skills development
- Hands on activities
- Assessing essential skills
- Practicing essential skills
- Essential skills and your workplace culture
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