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Learning Link: July 16, 2007

Lessons in Learning – The obstacles to learning about caring for elders

More Canadians are celebrating an 85th birthday than ever before. Chances are, when they blow out all those birthday candles, it will be in their own homes, thanks to help from an informal caregiver. Usually spouses or middle-aged children, these unpaid caregivers are often ill-equipped for the physical, emotional, and financial toll of their responsibilities. But formidable barriers prevent them from acquiring the very information and services that would ease their burden. Go to article »

Adult Learning Knowledge Centre announces a national Call for Knowledge Exchange Projects

The July 2007 Call for Knowledge Exchange Projects is aimed at groups, organizations, and institutes across Canada involved in adult learning activities. The Adult Learning Knowledge Centre is particularly interested in supporting small initiatives with a maximum grant of $5,000. Applications must be received by September 30, 2007. Go to the Call for Projects »

More CCL news

• Peer reviewers needed: Early childhood learning research projects
• CCL collaborated with Trent University for a presentation called Parenting Beliefs and Academic Achievement: The Mediational Role of Language. at the Canadian Psychological Association conference, in Ottawa, June 7–9, 2007
• CCL staff presented ongoing research undertaken with the support of the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network during CLLRNet's annual network conference on June 9–11, 2008

Reminders

• Request for proposals: Last opportunity to respond to CCL's third call for knowledge exchange projects, deadline July 23, 2007
• Request for proposals: Early childhood learning, deadline Sept. 14, 2007
• Submissions: Articles for next issue of Journal of Applied Research on Learning (JARL), deadline Aug. 24, 2007

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