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Request NumberRequest SummaryDate PostedDepartment
AESL/17/2017 A copy of the following briefing materials: Meeting with Human Resource Executives: IOCC; Atlantic Attraction and Immigration Table 2017-18 Word Plan; Target China 2017; Federal Provincial/Territorial ADM call on immigration; Industrial Accident involving Power Line Technician; Update on the closure of Kiewit offshore Services; Adult Literacy Strategy.2017-06-09Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/26/2017 All emails sent from and received by Gerry Byrne, Minister of Advanced Education, Skills, and Labour sent to/or from Memorial University President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Gary Kachanoski, and/or Memorial University Vice President (Academic) and Provost Dr. Noreen Golfman in relation to the 2017-2018 budget of Memorial University of Newfoundland.2017-06-05Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/23/2017 On May 2, 2017 Advanced Educations, Skills and Labour (AESL) Minister Gerry Byrne made the following statement on Twitter: "Results of extensive review of CNA operations show removing Adult Basic Education were (sic) not based on sound financial evidence. @CNA_News". Please provide a copy of the analysis that is referenced and any correspondence, emails, briefing notes or documents that were developed internally at AESL or through CNA that enabled the Minister to reach that conclusion. Please provide the section of the review that supports Mr. Byrne's conclusion.2017-05-29Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/14/2017 1) Number of allocation received by province through federal government for the fiscal year 2017. 2) Number of application approved by the various immigration stream as of May 2nd, 2017 under each stream. - Under express entry system - Skilled workers stream under Provincial Nominee Program - International Graduate under Provincial Nominee Program - Under Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program 3) Number of staff employed at the office of immigration until May 2nd, 2017. 2017-06-05Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/25/2017 I understand that over the last several years, the Dept of Advanced Education and Skills (AES) has provided financial support to community group(s) to deliver Adult Basic Education "Level I" via distance learning. I am requesting any review, reports or correspondence related to the success of that program.2017-06-19Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/13/2017 In relation to the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Job Grant, please provide a list of all projects approved including the amount of funding given (total, provincial, federal) and the name of the training institution for the years of 2014, 2015, and 2016.2017-05-15Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/12/2017 All emails for AES Communications staff member John Tompkins for 2016 to present day 2017 relating to the Library Review.2017-04-21Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/3/2018[1] I am requesting a copy of all emails sent/received by the Minister from September to present regarding Memorial University and MUN.2019-03-01Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/8/2019 Any messaging or draft messaging prepared for the Department or Minister since January 1st, 2019. In addition, any benchmarks/status updates/lists outlining levels of completion of "The Way Forward" initiatives.2019-03-04Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/11/2017 A list of all briefing material provided to the minister during March 2017.2017-05-09Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/2/2017 The amount of money paid directly to landlords on behalf of AES clients for accommodations in: Rooming Houses; Bed sitters; Private shelters; Boarding Houses by the Department for the 2015-2016 fiscal year and to date for this fiscal year. This would be province-wide (and by region if applicable).2017-02-13Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/6/2019 Any statistical information and data records regarding wage increases in collective agreements in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador from the last 4 years.2019-03-04Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/9/2019 Information on any funding provided to the Basilica of St. John the Baptist (St. John's, NL) since December 2015.2019-03-04Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AESL/47/2016 This is a request for any and all correspondence (including but not limited to e-mails, letters, briefing notes, funding applications, etc.) between Tourism Bell Island Inc. and the Department of Advanced Education Skills and Labour, which relate to the 47 payments totaling $643,667.87, which were issued from that department to Tourism Bell Island Inc. from the years April 1, 2009 to October 21, 2016, according to the ATIPP file FIN-66-2016.2016-12-13Advanced Education, Skills and Labour
AES/4/2013 The cost of taxi services for income support clients for the most recent fiscal year available. A copy of the guidelines governing this program, including voucher limit amounts, taxi registration with Advanced Education and Skills process, eligible taxi travel covered by program, etc.2013-04-23Advanced Education and Skills
AES/26/2013 The Minister of Advanced Education and Skills stated in a letter to the editor this year that "the annual graduation rate for 2011-12 for ABE at private training institutions is approximately 42 percent and at College of the North Atlantic it is about 21 percent." Can you explain how graduation rates were calculated? Were these rates just for the most recent school year, or were they calculated over a number of years? Kindly demonstrate how these rates were calculated, providing a breakdown of the numbers and reason students did not graduate (for example - identifying those who dropped out versus those who failed the program).2013-10-16Advanced Education and Skills
AES/27/2013 The amount spent on extermination and fumigation services in FY10-11, FY 11-12, FY12-13 and FY13-14 (to date) for cases of bed bugs in accordance with the Income and Employment Support Policy and Procedure manual Ch. 9: Special Needs and Benefits (xi) other special needs.2013-11-15Advanced Education and Skills
AES/18/2013 The number of Support Applications Social Worker vacancies in Income Support in each of the following years: 2012, 2011, 2010.2013-07-24Advanced Education and Skills
AES/2/2014 The numbers of passes and fails for NL Apprentices writing the Red Seal Certification exams from years 2008-2013, for all trades.2014-02-17Advanced Education and Skills
AES/31/2013 The Red Seal Certification pass/fail rate for the Sheet Metal Trade for NL Apprentices and the percentages scored by apprentices writing the certification exams from years 2008-2013.2013-12-27Advanced Education and Skills
AES/6/2014 The average total monthly amount paid out to each type of income support case: single parents, couple without children, couple with children and single persons.2014-03-14Advanced Education and Skills
AES/19/2014 Information relating to payments through NL Student Loans for 2013-14.2014-08-28Advanced Education and Skills
AES/1/2014 The name, contact info, and sheet metal background of the Sheet Metal Worker advisor to the Provincial Apprenticeship and Certification Board.2014-02-10Advanced Education and Skills
AES/32/2012 The new Poverty Reduction Strategy/Action Plan as well as the Progress Report on Poverty Reduction. In providing these documents, kindly provide the source demonstrating Newfoundland and Labrador?s rank as the jurisdiction with the third lowest rate of poverty in Canada.2013-04-23Advanced Education and Skills
AES/17/2013 The number of Client Service Officer vacancies in Income Support in each of the following years: 2012, 2011, 2010.2013-07-24Advanced Education and Skills
AES/25/2013 The number of income support calls to income support, number of answered calls and also the percent of calls answered to income support on a monthly basis from jan 01/12 until aug 01/132013-09-26Advanced Education and Skills
AES/27/2014 For Town of St. George's # of individuals receiving Social services income and annual taxes paid to town on behalf of all individuals receiving social benefits. Most recent information.2014-12-03Advanced Education and Skills
AES/29/2013 Payments made to the St. John's Native Friendship Center for the first half of fiscal 2013/14. Payments made to the Stella's Circle Group of Not For Profits for the first half of fiscal 2013/14. What %, of any of these payments were made under provisions of The Public Tender Act.2013-12-17Advanced Education and Skills
AES/15/2013 Percentage of incoming calls being answered in Student Loans Program for the following years: 2012, 2011, 2010.2013-07-23Advanced Education and Skills
AES/1/2013 Please provide a breakdown by trade and by block The percentage of students from each block exam held between September 2011 and December 2012 (including December 2012) who passed; The percentage of those writing each exam between September 2011 and December 2012 (including December 2012) who were writing the exam for the second time;The percentage of those writing each exam between September 2011 and December 2012 (including December 2012) who were writing the exam for the third time2013-04-23Advanced Education and Skills
AES/28/2014 Cell phone records (including number billed, connect date, connect time, originating city, originating province, terminating number, terminating city, terminating province and billed minutes) for the following positions, and associated names for the time period of January 29, 2014 to June 30, 2014: Minister of Advanced Education and Skills (Kevin O'Brien); and EA to Minister of Advanced Education and Skills (Lisa Lindahl).2015-01-06Advanced Education and Skills
AES/25/2012 Copies of all applications/proposals submitted to the Department of Advanced Education and Skills by any groups, associations, agencies, community groups, corporations, etc. from Bell Island. Details of the funding for the associated approved proposals, budget breakdown for each contract and the associated sponsor of each program funded on Bell Island.2013-05-28Advanced Education and Skills
AES/9/2013 Copies of all emails, letters, memos written to or from the Department of Advanced Education and Skills, Executive Council or the Premier?s Office between December 16, 2012 and January 18, 2013 regarding the appointment of Ross Reid to Deputy Minister, Responsible for the Population Growth Strategy.2013-04-25Advanced Education and Skills
AES/17/2014 Information relating to the $17.3M budgeted in 2012-13 to help unemployed individuals attach to the work force including how much was spent on skill development under the LMA; how many people undertook skills development; a breakdown of how much money went to each educational institution; and a breakdown of programs funded.2014-08-11Advanced Education and Skills
AES/22/2014 Information relating to the Canada Job Grant and the Targeted Initiative for Older Workers which were referenced in the "Governments of Canada and Newfoundland and Labrador finalize agreements to help Newfoundlanders and Labradorians get jobs."2014-09-05Advanced Education and Skills
AES/20/2014 Information relating to the Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities 2014-15 budget.2014-08-28Advanced Education and Skills
AES/11/2014 List of various organizations funded in whole or part by the Provincial Government with responsibilities/advocacy roles for persons with disabilities, including mailing addresses and fax numbers.2014-05-02Advanced Education and Skills
AES/21/2013 Copies of reports that have resulted from site visits to all private and community-group offerings of Adult Basic Education for the last 2 years.2013-09-09Advanced Education and Skills
AES/3/2013 Copy of the Income and Employment Support Policy and Procedure Manual.2013-04-23Advanced Education and Skills
AES/31/2012 A copy of each plan submitted by AES and HRLE for 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13 to the federal government as outlined in Article 3.2 of the Labour Market Development Agreement: 3.2 For each Fiscal year during which Newfoundland and Labrador provides its NL Benefits and Measures, Newfoundland and Labrador will provide Canada with a plan which sets out: a. the labour market issues which Newfoundland and Labrador intends to address during the coming Fiscal Year; b. the array of NL Benefits and Measures to be offered during the coming Fiscal Year; and c. the projected expenditures under each of the NL Benefits and Measures for the coming Fiscal Year.2013-04-23Advanced Education and Skills
AES/19/2013 A copy of the Avalon Regional Medical Transportation Policy. If there are other regional medical transportation policies, please also include these.2013-07-30Advanced Education and Skills
AES/13/2013 All Briefing notes, information notes, fact sheets, reports, research and consultation completed in making the determination to remove the Adult Basic Education program from the College of the North Atlantic recently announced in March 2013.2013-06-07Advanced Education and Skills
AES/24/2013 A list of each Job Creation Partnership (JCP) funded in the first round for 2013/14 indicating the organization awarded the JCP, the community in which the organization is located, the amount of funding per organization, as well as a project description.2013-09-03Advanced Education and Skills
AES/7/2013 A list of each poll/survey conducted by the Department of Advanced Education & Skills from October 2011 to present detailing: Mode (telephone, written, online etc.): The party contracted/commissioned to conduct each poll/survey - The cost, purpose and results of each poll/survey (for example cost of contracting third party) - Content of each poll/survey (questions)2013-06-14Advanced Education and Skills
AES/8/2013 A list of positions dedicated to the Poverty Reduction Strategy at June 30, 2006; June 30, 2007; June 30, 2008; and, February 15, 2013. Details for staff complement at February 15, 2013.2013-04-24Advanced Education and Skills
AES/9/2014 A listing of all positions vacant in the Department of Advanced Education & Skills as of February 17, 2014.2014-04-01Advanced Education and Skills
AES/14/2013 All information the Department has on the finances of the Bell Island ABE program. Any and all information the Department passed to the RNC for its investigation MHA David Brazil's role in accounting irregularities of the Bell Island ABE program's.2013-08-14Advanced Education and Skills
AES/29/2014 A copy of the evaluation of the Provincial Nominee Program, which Minister O'Brien indicated during the Resource Committee Meeting dated March 31, 2014 "will be completed in the first of this fiscal."2015-01-05Advanced Education and Skills
AES/5/2013 A copy of the guidelines governing the Self-Employment Assistance (SEA) program under the Labour Market Development Agreement (LMDA) and administered by Advanced Education and Skills.2013-04-23Advanced Education and Skills
AES/10/2014 A breakdown of how the $230 million invested since 2005 to freeze tuition fees was paid out per year (ie specify amount paid to each organization) to maintain the tuition freeze.2014-04-23Advanced Education and Skills

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[2] Information redacted due to third party information.
[3] Information redacted due to reference to cabinet record.
[4] Information redacted due to legal concerns.
[5] Information redacted due to policy advice.
[6] Information redacted - falls outside scope of Act.
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