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41. Let's "Pond"er the Future (2006)
Authors: Goforth Consulting
Collection: Research Materials
The College Sector Committee (CSC) is committed to providing leadership in promoting the continuous improvement of the delivery of upgrading programs to meet the needs of adult learners.
The 2006 CSC Conference, "Let’s “Pond”er the Future, was planned as an inclusive event involving program managers, faculty/classroom support staff, and administrative support staff. The goal of the conference was to meet the PD needs of all three groups. This report documents the Conference activities and makes recommendations for the future.
Added: 2006-08-25
42. Leisure Books (and more!) for New Readers (2006)
Authors: Vancouver Public Library
Collection: Learning Materials
The Vancouver Public Library has compiled a colourful list of books for new readers that includes novels, poetry and humour. There is also a section for young people as well as recommended magazines and websites. Something for everyone!
Added: 2006-08-29
43. From Books as Coasters to Bedtime Stories (2006)
Family Literacy in Alberta's Next Generation
Authors: Pivotal Research Inc.
Collection: Research Materials
Pivotal Research partnered with the Centre for Family Literacy in Edmonton, Alberta, to research family literacy in the workplace. The purposes of the research were to identify current family literacy practices and the implications for Alberta’s next generation and to understand the human stories behind literacy statistical data.
The report looks at Family Literacy Experiences, Achievements and Expectations in relation to the workplace, and also includes suggestions for further directions for research and a "Call to Action" for family literacy in Alberta's next generation.
Added: 2006-08-31
44. Integrating Essential Skills into Training Materials (2006)
Report and Resource Guide
Authors: The Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network
Collection: Research Materials
Hosted by WWestnet, the Integrating Essential Skills into Training Materials workshop held in Yellowknife, NW in May 2006, combined hands-on sessions with presentations and networking opportunities. Over the course of the two days, delegates learned techniques for integrating essential skills into training, worked through a wealth of activity examples, learned about resources that can be accessed to assist with essential skills training, heard a presentation on the Ready to Work North program that is now available for delivery, were updated on the training situation for the Mackenzie Gas Project, and heard about an innovative new program being piloted in a remote community in British Columbia.
The goals of the event were to increase the understanding of the role of essential skills in improving training outcomes and to increase the confidence of participants so that they could proceed with integrating essential skills into training materials and incorporating essential skills into delivery strategies.
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Added: 2006-09-26
45. The Good Mother (2006)
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Literacy Advice to Mothers in the Twentieth Century
Authors: Suzanne Smythe
Collection: Research Materials
Suzanne Smythe's theseis explores literacy advice to parents as a gendered practice of power rather than an institutional truth.
Quote from Conclusion: "This study is not concerned with the development of the “mother as teacher of literacy” as a teleological process, unfolding over time, but in the interplay of knowledge, relations of power, and social contexts that shape literacy advice discourses and the strategies and effects associated with them."
Added: 2006-10-20
46. Notes for presentation to House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (2006)
Series: The Employability Issue of Workplace Literacy
Authors: Charles Ramsey, Debbie Burns, Sue Folinsbee
Collection: Research Materials
In these notes, Charles Ramsey presents NALD before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. Ramsey also emphasizes the need for the federal government investment and leadership in both workforce and workplace literacy for adult Canadians.
Sue Folinsbee explores the consequences of the government's cuts, especially the 17.7 million dollars to the National office of Literacy and Learning (NOLL). Folinsbee also presents five recommendations. The last one, for example, urges the federal government to consider a joint partnership model with both private and public sector employers and unions along with other important stakeholders to provide a shared vision and plan of action to address the need for workforce and workplace literacy. "We encourage a broad definition of literacy rather than a narrow one that just considers the present job. We encourage multiple entry points for upgrading as well as strategies and initiatives that are flexible and contextual. We discourage a “one size fits all” approach".
Added: 2006-11-03
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47. Brief to House of Commons Standing Committee On Human Resources, Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities (2006)
Series: The Employability Issue of Workplace Literacy
Authors: Charles Ramsey, Debbie Burns, Sue Folinsbee
Collection: Research Materials
In this brief, the National Adult Literacy Database Inc (NALD) explores the issue of workplace literacy. The comments focus on three areas: the need for literacy and essential skills to enable people to participate in the labour market, workplace literacy in the broader context of literacy, and the need for coordination of information and resources.
The brief introduces a non-profit service organization which fills the crucial need for a bilingual single-source, comprehensive, up-to-date and easily accessible database of adult literacy programs, resources, services and activities across Canada.
It presents three major recommendations. As an example, the first one recommends: that Canadians who are not in the labour force must be given appropriate support and training to develop workplace literacy and essential skill levels so they can compete in the labour market and obtain good jobs. This also meets the needs of employers who are facing skills shortages.
Added: 2006-11-03
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48. Adult Learning Knowledge Centre - National Symposium (2006)
Series: AdLKC National Symposium
Authors: Adult Learning Knowledge Centre (AdLKC)
Collection: Research Materials
A 2 page summary of highlights from the National Symposium held in Fredericton, New Brunswick in June 2006 by the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre.
See also: Adult Learning in Canada - What...? So what...? Now what...?
Added: 2006-11-03
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49. Standing up for Literacy (2006)
Pre-budget Consultations
Authors: Movement for Canadian Literacy
Collection: Research Materials
This is the (MCL) Movement for Canadian Literacy’s submission to the federal Pre-Budget Consultations of April 2006. In their recommendations, they have highlighted areas that they believe the federal government can and should address immediately. MCL states that movement on these recommendations is a crucial first step to the creation of a broader, long-term pan-Canadian literacy strategy that will involve all levels of governments and sectors of society in tackling our literacy challenges.
Recommendation 1: Recommend that the federal government position literacy as a policy and funding priority and resume its efforts to develop a comprehensive Pan-Canadian Literacy Strategy in cooperation with the provinces and territories and other stakeholders.
Recommendation 2: Immediately assign additional federal funds to literacy, as recommended by the all-party Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in its 2003 report.
Added: 2006-11-21
50. The Transformative Nature of Culture-based Literacy Provision in Native Literacy Programs (2006)
Authors: Nancy Cooper
Collection: Research Materials
The major objective of Cooper's research study was to explore the transformative nature of culture-based literacy approaches in the Native literacy field in Ontario using Indigenous research methodologies and applying a phenomenological analysis to the findings. It has shown that culture-based approaches to Native literacy are indeed transformative, not only for learners but for tutors and practitioners as well.
Based on Cooper's findings, the report includes implications for literacy practice and further research.
Added: 2006-11-22
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