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You can count them on one hand, this is the number of legislations that AED follows.
What is 3?
The number of divisions in Skills & Learning of which are all primarily located in the Maritime Centre.
What is 5?
The month in which Family Literacy Day is celebrated in Nova Scotia. Brrr, now we know why celebrations are always held indoor.
What is January?
En français, the name of a French service provider that AED provides funding to.
What is L’Equipe/Universite Sainte-Anne/CDENE/FANE?
On December 2, Michelle will be hosting a virtual tutorial on how to create beautiful 3-dimensional snowflakes using this technique.
What is paper quilling?
As Nova Scotia’s fair access law, this Act ensures that regulating bodies are doing their duty of carrying out registration practices that are transparent, objective, impartial and procedurally fair.
What is Fair Registration Practices Act (FRPA)?
As an agent of the Crown, this “unit” is the only one in LAE that has a CEO. But don’t mistake it for the one that landed a man on the moon.
What is the Nova Scotia Apprenticeship Agency (NSAA)?
The year in which NSSAL was created is also the title of Stanley Kubrick’s sci-fi adventure film set in space.
What is 2001?
Formed in 2009, this organization provides newcomers with refugee resettlement services, professional programs, family counselling and English upgrading opportunities. In fact, one of our colleagues is from there!
What is the Immigration Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)?
The name of Mary’s plant, who is the only member of AED who has continued to work at the Maritime Centre full-time, is also the lead singer of Led Zeppelin.
Who is Robert Plant?
In a bid to create fair and transparent processes to assess international credentials, this funding program, is available to Nova Scotian stakeholders to eliminate unnecessary barriers.
What is International Qualification Recognition (IQR)?
The first Lebanese Canadian to hold a cabinet position in Nova Scotia, she took over as Minister for LAE in October.
Who is Lena Metlege Diab?
The year that the Recognition of Prior Learning position was created also coincides with two international sporting events being held in opposite hemispheres.
What is 2014?
In partnership with _____________, AED administers the Family Learning Initiative Endowment Fund, or FLIEF, to support family literacy projects across Nova Scotia.
What is the Halifax Youth Foundation?
Before becoming the Manager of Operations, Lynne started her career in government as a Community Literacy Facilitator in this year.
What is 1989?
Don’t be alarmed by the extra word, the Es of E3 stand for this.
What is Education, Essential Skills, Empowerment?
Before LAE was Labour & Advanced Education, it was last known as this, with another acronym that starts with the same letter.
What is Labour & Workforce Development?
Before being replaced by the Canada Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), this intergovernmental agreement meant to reduce barriers to the free movement of persons, goods, services and investments within Canada came into force in 1995.
What is the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT)?
The number of regular service providers that NSSAL funds to deliver ALP programming each year is also the “Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything" in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
What is 42?
This little boy arrived shortly after his sister Evangeline. Who knows, he might follow in his mother’s footstep as a GED Examiner or perhaps a career in acting as Anakin Skywalker?
Who is Hayden?
Dropped out in Grade 11? No problem. Once an adult learner has successfully achieved 6 compulsory and 6 elective credits, they can obtain this through NSSAL.
What is the Nova Scotia High School Graduation Diploma for Adults?
LaMPSS, the platform used for the administration of many LAE and other governmental programs and services, stands for this.
What is Labour Market Programs Support System?
The hyphenated name of the specialized training provided to some adult learning instructors by the Scottish Rite.
What is Orton-Gillingham?
Created in 1983, this platform is composed of federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for labour market policies and programs.
What is the Forum of Labour Market Ministers (FLMM)?
As Sonya’s two dogs, one is named after a canned good variety while the other rhymes with something you can find at the bakery that may include chocolate chip and shortbread.
Who is Bean and Sookie?