Browse by keyword "Reports"
1. 2008 Summer Tutoring Program for Kids - Final Report (2008)
Authors: PEI Literacy Alliance
Collection: Learning Materials
This is a report on the Summer Tutoring Program for Kids that runs during July and August every year in libraries, schools and community centres across P.E.I. The purpose of this program is to support the learning objectives of the school system by offering an alternative learning environment during the summer months. It gives children with reading difficulties a chance to maintain their literacy skills over the summer months and provides relevant summer career employment for qualified students. Tutoring is offered in French, English and English as an Additional Language.
This report consists of three parts: The first part includes a description of the program, its purpose, benefits, staffing, and supporters; the second part is the program coordinator's report for 2008; and the third part consists of parents' and children's evaluations of the program.
Added: 2008-11-12
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2. Aboriginal Literacy Gathering Report 2002 (2002)
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Authors: Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network (SALN)
Collection: Research Materials
Nine delegates from Saskatchewan attended the First National Aboriginal Literacy Gathering in May 2000, held in Morley, Alberta. There was a great deal of enthusiasm generated during the course of the Gathering and plans for a follow-up provincial Aboriginal literacy project began.
Since then, a Provincial Aboriginal Literacy Steering Committee was convened to carry the discussion and planning forward. On May 14, 2002, The Provincial Aboriginal Literacy Gathering was held, an event that provided the opportunity for Elders, learners, literacy practitioners, community members, and representatives from various governments to work together in a participatory strategic plan process to develop future directions for Aboriginal literacy in the province.
This document is a report on The Provincial Aboriginal Literacy Gathering.
Added: 2004-03-15
3. Aboriginal-Enhanced Access to Native Learning (2000)
Authors: Sally Gaikezheyongai
Collection: Research Materials
This report is the result of the latest Native Women's Resource Centre literacy project. It is the result of a one-year project that included a community needs assessment aimed at improving access to Native learning programs and services. An overview of the 13 year history of Native Literacy Programs in Toronto is presented. At least 60 community members were consulted, including : (past, present and future) Native Learners, Native literacy practitioners and representatives from local Native agencies who have hosted Native Literacy programs over the years. The report also attempts to demystify what is meant by utilizing a culture-based approach and framework in developing a Native Literacy Program.
For further information, contact :
The Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto Inc.
191 Gerrard Street East
Toronto ON M5A 2E5
Tel. (416) 963-9963
Fax. (416) 963-9573
WWW : http://www.nativewomenscentre.org/
Added: 2001-08-01
4. Academic Freedom and Diversity in Canadian Universities (1995)
Women's Education Des Femmes, Fall, Vol. 11, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Shahrzad Mojab
Collection: Research Materials
This paper was presented at the Canadian Studies Conference on "The Canadian University in the Twenty-first Century” in 1994. The author discusses diversification among faculty, staff and student populations in universities in Canada and in other Western industrial states, as well as academic freedom, as it relates to rights of students, faculty and staff to challenge existing power relations.
The paper is presented in English, with a summary provided in French.
Added: 2003-10-22
5. Adult Basic Education and Literacy Activities in Canada 1975-76 (1976)
Authors: Audrey M Thomas
Collection: Research Materials
A report of a project undertaken for World Literacy of Canada to survey the nature and extent of functional illiteracy in Canada, with a focus on those activities currently being undertaken in Anglophone Canada.
Added: 1990-01-01
6. Adult Education for Abundance and Liberty for All (2006)
Celebrating 40 Years of the Adult Education and Literacy System of the United States
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
Collection: Research Materials
The author discusses 40 years of Adult Education in the United States. This year, they celebrate 40 years of Adult Literacy and Literacy System that was created by the Adult Education Act of 1966, and which continues today as Title 2: The Adult Education and Family Literacy Act of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998.
How the Adult Education Act emerged from the adult basic education program of the War on Poverty illustrates how multiple interests were brought together to break through a barrier that had blocked the development of an Adult Education and Literacy System for decades.
Added: 2006-07-25
7. Adult Illiteracy in Canada - A Challenge (1983)
Authors: Audrey M Thomas
Collection: Research Materials
This landmark study of the early 1980s provides a useful glimpse of the "state of the art" at that time. This publication addresses issues facing a substantial number of Canadians, the illiterate and the seriously-undereducated.
Added: 2003-06-03
8. Adult Learning in Canada and Sweden: A Comparative Study of Four Sites (2004)
Authors: Nayda Veeman
Collection: Research Materials
The author submitted this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Educational Administration from the University of Saskatchewan. The study sought to understand policy factors underlying the differences between the literacy levels of Canadian and Swedish adults as reported in the International Adult Literacy Survey.
Added: 2004-11-12
9. Adult Learning in Canada: A Comparative Perspective (2007)
Results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey
Series: International Adult Literacy Survey
Authors: Kjelle Rubenson, Richard Desjardins, Ee-Seul Yoon
Collection: Research Materials
This report uses the results of the 2003 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey to describe adult learning in Canada. The goal of the report is to present a comprehensive portrait of adult learning including participation in organized forms of adult learning, both formal and non-formal, as well as informal learning. The report addresses differences in participation between selected countries and within Canada and notes changes in participation patterns. Findings from the 2003 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey are, when appropriate, compared to results from the 1994-1998 International Adult Literacy Survey. In addition to a detailed introduction, this document includes the following sections:
Chapter 1 - International, provincial and territorial comparisons of adult learning
Chapter 2 -Adult learning: who is being left out?
Chapter 3 -Adult learning and the world of work
Added: 2008-03-03
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10. Adult Literacy (2006)
Series: State of the Field Report
Authors: B. Allan Quigley, Sue Folinsbee, Wendy L. Kraglund-Gauthier
Collection: Research Materials
This study, prepared under the auspices of the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), is one of a series of reports on the state adult learning in Canada. The reports were intended to offer a knowledge baseline for the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre, which had recently been established at the University of New Brunswick.
The authors reviewed and analyzed information from databases, bibliographies, websites, and publications. As well as offering general observations on literacy, they organized their findings according to specific themes of Aboriginal literacy; English as a Second Language (ESL) and First Language Literacy; Francophone literacy; women and literacy; health literacy; family literacy; corrections literacy; literacy and work; learning disabilities and literacy; and technologies and literacy.
The document also includes detailed information about the methodology used; notes about gaps in available data; and suggestions for further study.
Added: 2006-08-08
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