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Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1994
This guide, with alternating pages of text in English and French, provides information about the process of obtaining teacher certification in Manitoba (Canada). The guide discusses professional and vocational certification; application procedures; teaching prior to certification; salary classification; salary reclassification; official statements…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Higher Education

McMurtry, John – Canadian Social Studies, 1996
Criticizes the recent trend of six-figure-plus salaries for higher education administrators in Canada. Maintains that these salaries reflect neither market value nor individual performance but rather result from aggressive self-promotion and institutional chicanery. Argues that those individuals motivated primarily by money should work in the…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2005
The Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALL) is a large-scale co-operative effort undertaken by governments, national statistics agencies, research institutions and multi-lateral agencies. The development and management of the study were co-ordinated by Statistics Canada and the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in collaboration with the…
Descriptors: Life Satisfaction, Familiarity, Numeracy, Demography