Canada: Gov't Invests in Skills Development and Workplace Safety

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MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - June 28, 2010) - Canadian manufacturing workers and businesses will benefit from a Government of Canada investment in a literacy and essential skills development project. The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Labour, together with Mr... More »

UK: Businesswomen call for end to workplace inequality

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(From guardian.co.uk) -- Up to 2,000 women in business and finance have gathered to call for more action to stop gender inequality in the City and across the British economy as a whole. The conference came as a new poll showed that 79% of London-based female professiona... More »

WSJ Blogs: Start-Ups Must Focus on Training

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(from blogs.wsj.com) A friend narrated the following episode to me recently: "My meetings in Mumbai ran past schedule and I was left with little time to reach the airport. I asked the taxi driver to rush. As luck would have it, he was new to the city and had been on the... More »

Europe pools its workplace skills

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(From guardian.co.uk) On a construction site near the future Olympic village in east London, more than half of the workforce is Asian, about a third Central and Eastern European (including a large contingent of Bulgarians) and about 10% British. In the canteen Sikhs sit... More »

Congratulations to ASTD International Partner Award Winners!

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Hello, I am Wei Wang, Director of ASTD International Relations. Today I would like to congratulate the following ASTD International Partners on receiving the ASTD International Partner Award. The awards were presented at the ASTD 2010 International Recognition Ceremony ... More »