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March 4, 2008
This report was authored by Paul Bélanger and Magali Robitaille of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Development on Lifelong Learning (CIRDEP) at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), and was funded by the Canadian Council on Learning’s Work and Learning Knowledge Centre.
It also offers the first comprehensive review of the current state of workplace learning in Quebec, including a detailed account of how training is organized in firms in different sectors of the economy.
The 1% Law initially required all Quebec employers to invest a minimum of 1% of their total payroll on training. Those failing to do so were expected to contribute an equivalent amount to a public fund that supports workplace training initiatives in the province. In recent years, the legislation was amended to exempt companies with payrolls of less than $1 million.
Workplace learning and training are a key element in the success of individuals, organizations, and the Canadian economy as a whole. The Canadian Council on Learning hopes that this report will make a valuable contribution to the understanding of such training in Quebec and across the country.
Paul Bélanger is the director of CIRDEP, president of the International Council for Adult Education (ICAE) and the former director (from 1989 to 2000) of the UNESCO Institute for Education in Hamburg, Germany.
After directing research centers on education and work in Canada, Paul Bélanger became director (1989-2000) of the UNESCO Institute for Education in Hamburg, Germany. He is now professor at UQAM University in Montreal and director of the interdisciplinary research centre on lifelong learning (CIRDEP). He is author and co-author of Lifelong Learning (Kluwer, 1995), Shifting Patterns in Adult Education Participation (Pergamon, 1997), Transitions toward LLL: social indicators (Tokyo, 1998), Unlocking People's Creative Forces, A Transnational Analysis of Adult Learning Policies (UNESCO 2000), La participation à l’éducation des adultes. Un portrait en neuf fiches (2004) “Learning Cities, Concept and Issues” in Duke, et al. 2006, Making Knowledge Work, NIACE). He is president of ICAE, the International Council for Adult Education. Belanger.paul@uqam.ca
Magali Robitaille is a researcher at CIRDEP and teaches at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She obtained her doctorate degree in Education Sciences at the University of Geneva in 2004, and her master degree in psychopedagogy at Laval University in Quebec in 1996.
Magali Robitaille has teaching assignment at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM, Canada) and is professional researcher at the Interdisciplinary Research Center on Lifelong Learning (CIRDEP, UQAM). She has obtained her doctorate degree (2004) in Education Sciences at the University of Geneva (Switzerland) and her master degree in psychopedagogy (1996) at Laval University (Quebec, Canada), both on professional continuing development of school teachers based on co-operative learning. Her main fields of study and research are classroom practices, peer interactions and professional development related to occupational life course. robitaille.magali@uqam.ca