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Learning Link: Sept. 20, 2007

Profiles in Learning – Simon Pulsifer  

The latest in our ongoing series of articles about the learning experiences of prominent Canadians, this profile looks at Simon Pulsifer, Canada’s most prolific contributor to Wikipedia. At 26, Pulsifer has earned global fame—not to mention a job for himself—by writing and editing nearly 100,000 articles on the popular online encyclopedia. Go to article »

Health Literacy in Canada: Initial Results from the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey

A new CCL report provides Canadians with a nationwide snapshot of how we are faring as a country in terms of health literacy. The report, Health Literacy in Canada: Initial Results from the International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey, maps out the distribution of the estimated 60% of adult Canadians who are believed to possess low health-literacy rates.

More CCL news

• Coordinator of the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre to deliver keynote address at the Atlantic Educators Conference
• New series of calendars containing activities and information for parents of young children from Aboriginal communities now available online
  

Reminders

• New release: Report on the State of Early Childhood Learning
• Adult Learning Knowledge Centre calls for knowledge exchange projects, deadline Sept. 30, 2007
• RFP: Research projects in health and learning, deadline Nov. 16, 2007
• Adult Learning Knowledge Centre 2007-2008 Speakers Program
• Peer reviewers needed: Early childhood learning research projects 
• Peer reviewers needed: Health and learning research projects

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