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Adult Learning Knowledge Centre puts out call for speakers
CCL’s Adult Learning Knowledge Centre has issued a call for speakers to help adult learning organizations based in Atlantic Canada bring in engaging and innovative speakers on the subject.
The speaking events will be held in various communities throughout Atlantic Canada from April 1 to December 31, 2006. The speaking events will be open to the public and free of charge.
Organizations can apply at any time, and will be considered at the end of each month from March to November 2006. They will be responsible for the event arrangements, including speaker selection, date and site selection, publicity, reception (if applicable), and all other logistical arrangements. The Adult Learning Knowledge Centre will cover eligible expenses.
Please view the call for speakers for more information. If you would like to know more, please contact Kathleen Flanagan.
Decisions on adult learning proposals delayed due to quantity of submissions
CCL’s call for adult learning proposals elicited 76 submissions, which caused an unexpected delay in the evaluation process.
“The volume of proposals created a need for additional reviewers,” said Douglas MacLeod, CCL’s associate director for Research and Knowledge Mobilization.
“Recruiting new, qualified peer reviewers took more time than expected. Consequently, the decisions won’t be announced until March 31, 2006 at the earliest.” The original date for notifying successful applicants was January 27.
CCL regrets the delay in adjudicating the proposals. For further information please contact Douglas MacLeod.
Request for proposals on work and learning
CCL is seeking applied research projects that examine workplace learning in various contexts, including paid and unpaid work environments and formal and informal learning.
Community-based organizations, businesses, labour, as well as research and academic institutions are all invited to submit project proposals that address one or more of the following themes: the quantity, quality and effectiveness of work-related learning; access to workplace learning; and work and education.
Read the request for proposals to learn about the evaluation and format criteria, as well as the Costing Memorandum and the Intellectual Property Memorandum. Fill out the Cover Sheet and submit your proposal in electronic format as a PDF or Microsoft Word document to Douglas MacLeod by midnight April 24, 2006 EDT.
CCL review examines how economic inequality affects children
The Canadian Council on Learning has just completed a review of literature about the consequences of economic inequality for children in Canada, commissioned by First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition.
“CCL’s literature review provides important background that will support the coalition’s efforts to address the needs of children and youth,” said Adrienne Montani, First Call’s provincial coordinator. “This review will be useful to our members and to all organizations working to support children and youth.”
Among the findings, the review notes that parental education, more than parental income, may contribute to the differences found in educational and health outcomes of children.
“We were pleased to work with First Call to help them better serve children and youth,” said Charles Ungerleider, CCL’s director of Research and Knowledge Mobilization.
CCL luncheon gathers Toronto-area leaders in learning
CCL hosted a special event to coincide with its February board meeting in Toronto, bringing together 50 leaders from the labour, business and learning communities for an informal exchange of ideas on learning priorities.
The Honourable James K. Bartleman, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, was among the guests, and he spoke of his current work in the field of Aboriginal youth literacy.
“Canada is … a country that values social justice. Ontario is the second-largest province and also the richest,” said the Lieutenant Governor. “And yet, in the northern two-thirds of this province, young Native people who have not been accorded the same opportunities as their non-Native peers in the south, give up in despair and kill themselves.“
His Honour showed a brief video called Summer of Hope, about his first Aboriginal Literacy Summer Camps. The five summer camps were a “pilot project to address the high suicide rates and low education levels in northern First Nations. Through creative activities, the camps helped about 365 children to improve their literacy skills and self-esteem,” says a release on his website.
CCL president and CEO Dr. Paul Cappon provided an overview of CCL’s mandate and activities, and responded to questions about the organization. Guests included Ben Levin, Ontario’s deputy minister of education; Don Drummond, senior vice-president and chief economist for TD Financial Group; Frances Lankin, president and CEO for the United Way of Greater Toronto, numerous presidents of universities, colleges and learning NGOs.
CCL looks forward to building on the discussions held at the luncheon and creating an ongoing dialogue with learning partners throughout Canada.
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