Raising Literacy in the First Nations' Adult Population in the Context of Labour Market Participation

Have you ever struggled to understand a simple job posting? Ever been ashamed of not being able to read as an adult? Luckily for me, I have not. But there are thousands of people in an industrially-developed country like Canada, who have to live with this every day, especially among the Indigenous p...

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Main Author: Trankovskaya, Anna
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Raising Literacy
First Nations' Adult Population
Labour Market Participation
Canada
First Nations
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/24237
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spelling ftqueensuniv:oai:https://qspace.library.queensu.ca:1974/24237 2024-06-02T08:06:36+00:00 Raising Literacy in the First Nations' Adult Population in the Context of Labour Market Participation Policy Perspectives on First Nations Issues Trankovskaya, Anna 2018-05-22T18:44:17Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1974/24237 en eng http://hdl.handle.net/1974/24237 Raising Literacy First Nations' Adult Population Labour Market Participation journal article 2018 ftqueensuniv 2024-05-06T10:47:33Z Have you ever struggled to understand a simple job posting? Ever been ashamed of not being able to read as an adult? Luckily for me, I have not. But there are thousands of people in an industrially-developed country like Canada, who have to live with this every day, especially among the Indigenous population. Low levels of literacy in First Nations adult population impede their ability to be employed, receive competing remuneration, have an adequate standard of living, and be actively involved in the community. The purpose of this report is to bring to the forefront the problem of low adult literacy among the First Nations population. More particularly, the paper aims to: Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Queen's University, Ontario: QSpace Canada
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First Nations' Adult Population
Labour Market Participation
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First Nations' Adult Population
Labour Market Participation
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Raising Literacy in the First Nations' Adult Population in the Context of Labour Market Participation
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Labour Market Participation
description Have you ever struggled to understand a simple job posting? Ever been ashamed of not being able to read as an adult? Luckily for me, I have not. But there are thousands of people in an industrially-developed country like Canada, who have to live with this every day, especially among the Indigenous population. Low levels of literacy in First Nations adult population impede their ability to be employed, receive competing remuneration, have an adequate standard of living, and be actively involved in the community. The purpose of this report is to bring to the forefront the problem of low adult literacy among the First Nations population. More particularly, the paper aims to:
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