Lifelong Learning Canada is a lifelong learning community that encourages and promotes learning of all kinds and for all ages of Canadians. The Learning Recognition Program is a program for organizations, communities, providers and learners to tell, be recognized and celebrate their learning. 

The intent of this Learning in the Workplace Recognition program is to recognize, celebrate and share success stories about learning in the workplace. 

Learning Workplace Award Eligibility

Throughout Canada there are many organizations which understand the relationship between a highly skilled workforce and economic productivity. They demonstrate leadership through their commitment to the development of their employees. To recognize and celebrate the efforts of employers who invest in lifelong learning, LLC is proud to present the Workplace Learning Award. 

There are 8 factors which have the greatest impact on your organization being a learning organization. When these factors are leveraged, the organization will be a leader in their approach to organizational change and challenge.

We believe that there is a direct connection between profitability of a Workplace and the learning that it empowers in its employees.

We believe that Workplaces that designate at least 1% of its gross annual income to learning for employees in their workplace will be profitable. 

We believe a Learning Canada is built on Learning Workplaces.

The 8 factors that define a Learning Workplace are:

1. A culture of purposeful learning from organizational challenges, mistakes and problems
2. Clear objectives for all purposeful learning
3. Learning and external evaluations that are measured against the objectives
4. Appropriate level of instruction in learning delivery.
5. Appropriate use of technology in content delivery.
6. Learner engagement through planning and tracking of learning
7. A balance of learning for the board of directors, employees, members and clients.
8. Designation of at least 1% of gross annual revenue to support the organization’s employee learning. 

There are 2 factors that will reliably predict excellence in organizational learning:

1. Having a culture of learning that includes financial support for learning.
2. Having clear objectives that link learning to the needs of learners.

When the above factors are leveraged, the organization will be a leader in their approach to organziational change and challenge. There will be employees and directors who demonstrate an understanding of their roles, rules and relationships with respect to governing and managing the organization. There will also be members and clients who meet the organization's requirments of successful learning.

Thank you for considering this application to have your organization recognized as Excellent in learning Workplace by the Canadian Learning Trust (CLT). We are excited that your workplace is successful because of learning. Through all the years of research into what makes a learning workplace, the Canadian Learning Trust believes, simply, that Learning Workplace values and approaches learning purposefully to make the organization better. The motivator to be a Learning Workplace is simply that the learning of employees positively affects the bottom line of the organizations.

Learning in the Workplace Information 

What does the organization do to purposefully meet the six factors that define a learning workplace?

In the following boxes, please describe the factors that are unique and noteworthy of recognition.

Consent - Use of Information

By submitting this application, I hereby certify agreement of my Organization with this application. I declare that on behalf of the Organization that I represent, that the information I have submitted is correct. I give permission to The Canadian Learning Trust to share the application information I have provided, excluding personal contact information.