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Learning Link: March 29, 2007

Register for Sharing the Flame : Recognizing Excellence in Learning

Join with CCL to learn about innovative and effective practices from across the country at Sharing the Flame: Recognizing Excellence in Learning, a national conference being held in Ottawa, June 12–13, 2007.

Inuit redefining how to measure success in lifelong learning

CCL, in partnership with the Aboriginal Learning Knowledge Centre, is hosting a workshop in Iqaluit on May 2–3, 2007, on how to redefine success in lnuit lifelong learning. The workshop is the second phase of a larger initiative aimed at redefining learning success for Canada’s Aboriginal peoples. More details on the workshop »

Lessons in Learning: Informal science learning in Canada

Science is playing a growing role in public policy and in the daily lives of most citizens. As a result, science literacy skills are becoming increasingly important. Read article »

CCL represented at OECD’s happiness conference

Marc Lachance, CCL’s director of Monitoring and Reporting, recently attended an OECD conference called  Is happiness measurable and what do those measures mean for policy? The conference invited Mr. Lachance to Rome because of his expertise acquired through the development of CCL’s Composite Learning Index.

CCL sponsors sessions on workplace learning at the Conference of Montreal

CCL is putting workplace learning on the agenda of the International Economic Forum of the Americas' Conference of Montreal, an annual event taking place from June 18–21, 2007, at the Hilton Montréal Bonaventure. The CCL-sponsored events are scheduled on June 20, 2007. More information »

Dr. Kathleen Flanagan speaks at CESBA conference

CCL’s Adult Learning Knowledge Centre coordinator, Dr. Kathleen Flanagan, will be the keynote speaker at the Ontario Association of Adult Continuing Education School Board Administrators’ conference held April 19–20, 2007, in Toronto. More information »

CCL presence at National Learning Summit on Middle Childhood

John Abbott of the 21st Century Learning Initiative will provide the keynote speech and lead a breakout session at the National Learning Summit on Middle Childhood, April 22–24, 2007, in Ottawa. CCL’s President & Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Paul Cappon, will introduce John Abbott and provide a brief overview of CCL and its partnership with the 21st Century Learning Initiative.

More details on the 21st Century Learning Initiative (Canada) »

 

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