Canadian Council on Learning | Conseil Canadien sur l'Apprentissage

Dec. 7, 2006

• Canadian Post-secondary Education: A Positive Record – An Uncertain Future
• RFP for research projects in Structured Learning
• The Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre launches new bulletin
  

Nov. 8, 2006

• Lessons in Learning: Let the children play: Nature’s answer to early learning
• Canadian Council on Learning welcomes two new board members
• Call for knowledge exchange projects in adult learning
  

Oct. 10, 2006

• CCL releases its first Survey of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning—Oct. 10, 2006
• CCL issuing RFP for research projects in Aboriginal Learning
• CCL posts state-of-the-field report on early childhood
  

Sept. 28, 2006

• Enrolment trends decreasing in Canada
• Large survey of attitudes toward learning set for release on Oct. 10
• Reminder: New Journal of Applied Research on Learning calls for manuscripts
  CCL posts state-of-the-field report on e-learning
• CCL recruiting staff for its Ottawa and Vancouver offices
• CCL hosts workshops on writing successful research proposals
• Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre at Quebec public health conference
• Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre presents at New Brunswick Training and Networking Conference for Early Childhood Development
• Work and Learning Knowledge Centre supports forum on immigrants and workplace training
• Adult Learning Knowledge Centre supports events in Atlantic Canada
• Low health literacy an obstacle to optimal health
  

Sept. 7, 2006

• CCL issues RFP for health and learning research projects
• Celebrate International Literacy Day!
• CCL posts workplace learning state-of-the-field review
• Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre Celebration Event—Oct. 19, 2006

July 24, 2006

• Lessons in Learning: Apprenticeship training in Canada
• New Journal of Applied Research on Learning calls for manuscripts
• CCL funds 10 research projects on structured learning

June 28, 2006

• Lessons in Learning: Working to learn: Meeting university and college costs
• CCL recruiting for a wide range of positions
• CCL seeks reviewers of proposals for knowledge exchange initiatives related to learning
• CCL presents Composite Learning Index at OECD
• Adult Learning Knowledge Centre holds its first national symposium
• Claire Gascon Giard at Leading the Way to Quality Conference in Calgary—June 15–18, 2006
  

May 18, 2006

• Canada has powerful new tool to measure lifelong learning
• CCL launches new website and new look
• First language not necessarily linked to reading proficiency
• CCL's Work and Learning Knowledge Centre hosts its first annual symposium, May 31-June 1

March 31, 2006

• Lessons in Learning: Can workplace learning create healthier employees?
• CCL invited to share Composite Learning Index at OECD
• Request for proposals on work and learning
• State of the field review identifies lack of research on PLAR
• Indicators of passion: a web-log entry about the Composite Learning Index
• Adult Learning Knowledge Centre speaks out!
• Adult Learning Knowledge Centre puts knowledge exchange to action

March 3, 2006

• CCL identifies ways to reduce dropout rates in Canada’s rural regions
• CCL calls for clear, measurable goals in post-secondary education
• CCL helps promote kit to prepare for French schooling
• Call for adult learning projects
• Help create international measures for early childhood development
• 2 coordinators hired for the Early Childhood Learning Knowledge Centre
• 3 March workshops for 21st Century Learning Initiative (Canada)

Feb. 1, 2006

• Lessons in Learning – How Parents Foster Early Literacy
• Stay up-to-date on the Composite Learning Index

• Composite Learning Index Information Session, January 18, 2006
• CCL works with the Canadian Teachers’ Federation to review research literature about K-12 education
• First language not necessarily linked to reading proficiency, CCL researcher finds
• CCL helps pull together research in speech-language pathology and audiology