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Public to Canada's leaders: pay attention to post-secondary education
Nearly 90% of Canadians agree that a highly skilled and educated workforce is the single most important thing Canada needs to ensure its economic future, according to a poll released today by the Canadian Council on Learning. Read news release »
Event: Maliseet professor offers ways to improve relevance of learning for Aboriginal adults
On Dec. 5, 2006, Malcolm Saulis—a Maliseet from the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick and professor at Waterloo University in Ontario—will speak about the challenges faced by Aboriginal adult learners who attempt to adapt to mainstream learning. As part of the Speakers Program, Professor Saulis will offer alternatives that focus on validating indigenous knowledge as a means to making learning relevant. For more information about the event at the Civic Centre in Sackville, N.B., please contact Sandra Germain, Mi'kmaq/Maliseet BSW Program, a joint program of Dalhousie and St. Thomas universities. Go to Speakers Program »
Kathleen Flanagan gives closing speech at CAPLA Conference
Dr. Kathleen Flanagan, Coordinator of the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre, delivered the closing keynote address at the conference of the Canadian Association for Prior Learning Assessment (CAPLA), held in Fredericton, N.B., Oct. 15-18, 2006. Go to closing keynote address »
Reminder: Lessons in Learning: Let the children play: Nature’s answer to early learning
Play is a child’s most important work. Every aspect of children’s development and learning is affected by it. However, opportunities for play and the way children make use of those opportunities are changing. Find out how important it is to let our children just play. Read article »
Reminder: Call for knowledge exchange projects in adult learning
CCL’s Adult Learning Knowledge Centre has issued a call for projects designed to foster knowledge exchange initiatives related to the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre’s targeted areas for 2006–2007: literacy, seniors’ learning, arts and culture, and prior learning assessment and recognition. This call for projects is aimed at groups, organizations, and institutes across Canada involved in adult learning activities. The knowledge centre is particularly interested in supporting small initiatives, in the range of $500 to $5,000. The application deadline is Nov. 30, 2006.
Reminder: CCL has issued RFP for research projects in Aboriginal learning
CCL has issued a Request for Proposals for research projects in Aboriginal Learning. Community-based organizations, businesses, labour organizations, and research and academic institutions interested in responding to this RFP are invited to submit a proposal by midnight Dec. 15, 2006 EST.
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