Unlocking Canada's potential : Libérer le potentiel des Canadiens : état de l'apprentissage en milieu de travail et chez les adultes

Research from many countries has established the Canadians to understand the challenges and opportunities link between increased adult learning and training, and 4 of building a learning society, and to commit to a vision concrete improvements in business productivity. [...] The benefits of adult learning extend well beyond the economic; adult learning plays a key role in sustaining There is widespread agreement that knowledge and skills, social and personal well-being.65 In addition to better job including literacy, are vital to Canada’s economy and to opportunities and higher incomes, continued learning the social well-being of individuals. [...] The learning activities based in or related to the workplace, such process could be achieved individually, within a as on-the-job training, and learning activities not group, in and out of the workplace.82 necessarily based in or related to the workplace, such as literacy and non-credit courses—although they may affect employment. [...] This is particularly desire for change; expectations about the outcome of true for lower skilled and older adults for whom lack of a certain behaviour or action and an assessment of the training and skills upgrading can result in low wages, job benefits, risks, cost, and usefulness of the task. 3 instability and lower quality of life. [...] United Kingdom (England): The joint Skills for Life Strategy and Skills Strategy aim to increase the number of adults with the skills required for employability and progression to higher levels of training through: i) improving the basic skills levels of 2.25 million adults (from 2001 to 2010, with a milestone of 1.5 million in 2007); and ii) reducing by at least 40% the number of adults in the wo