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April 2008
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Winnipeg is home to a high proportion of individuals of Aboriginal identity. Like other prairie cities, the Aboriginal population of Winnipeg is relatively young and concentrated in the downtown core areas where educational attainment is lower and unemployment is higher.
Adult education centres in inner-city communities provide formal education services to local residents. However, some residents do not qualify for admission, or are not in a position to attend for family or financial reasons. Community-based organizations, such as Andrews Street Family Centre, hire volunteers and paid staff extensively from the local communities they serve. These organizations provide employment experience, personal and social support, as well as opportunities for training and links to formal education programs for residents who face multiple barriers to adult learning.
A search of the literature turned up little on the practices of community-based human services organizations that provide informal adult education opportunities to their staff from the local community. Similarly, we were unable to find literature on the experiences of adult learners in these organizations.
The study was a participatory research project on the nature and experience of informal adult learning within community-based inner-city human service organizations from the perspectives of Aboriginal volunteers and staff members who are residents of the local community.
Winnipeg is home to a high proportion of individuals of Aboriginal identity. Like other prairie cities, the Aboriginal population ...
On retrouve une forte proportion d’Autochtones à Winnipeg. Comme dans plusieurs autres villes des Prairies ...