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41. Illiteracy and Human Rights (1990)
Authors: Louise Miller
Collection: Research Materials
This document is available in French.
The guiding principles of Canadian democracy are written in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. These guiding principles recognize the equality of every individual and oppose all forms of discrimination. Thus, everyone is equal before the law. Also, everyone has the right to a decent quality of life and has access to all means instituted by the State to meet the basic needs and rights of the individual.
This document deals with the question of human rights. The authors attempt to view the limitations and obstacles encountered by persons lacking basic literacy skills in the exercise of these rights. Various means to be considered for removing these obstacles are suggested.
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Added: 2005-02-09
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42. In from the margins: Promising practices and possibilities for health and learning (2009)
Forum reflections report
Series: In from the margins
Authors: Sue Folinsbee, Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier, Allan Quigley, Hélène Grégoire
Collection: Research Materials
This report provides a detailed account and analysis of a two-day forum entitled “In From the Margins: Promising Practices and Possibilities for Health and Learning,” held in Richmond, B.C., in March 2009.
The authors say they hope this report can be a resource for other organizations trying to address the health of marginalized adults and their families.
There is a companion piece to this document, entitled “In From the Margins: Promising Practices and Possibilities From a Working Forum for Health, Literacy and Early Childhood Professionals.” That document includes more than 30 promising practices submitted and approved by delegates who attended the two-day forum.
Added: 2010-11-01
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43. In from the margins: Promising practices and possibilities for health and learning (2009)
From a working forum for health, literacy, and early childhood practitioners
Series: In from the margins
Authors: Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier, The Adult Working Group, The Health Human Resource Capacity Building for Health Literacy
Collection: Research Materials
This report includes more than 30 promising practices submitted and approved by the delegates attending a two-day forum entitled “In from the Margins: Promising Practices and Possibilities for Health and Learning,” held in Richmond, B.C., in March 2009.
The authors note that the promising practices appear as they were submitted and have not been evaluated by the working groups that organized the forum.
This report is a companion piece to the document entitled “In From the Margins: Forum Reflections Report.”
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44. Informal Learning Practices of Adults With Limited Literacy Skills (2004)
A Research Summary
Series: Informal Learning Practices and Media Perceptions of Adults with Low Literacy Skills
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
Collection: Research Materials
This research summary outlines a study done on the informal learning practices of adults with limited literacy skills. The types of learning activities outside of formal and non-formal adult education that Level 1 and Level 2 adults engage in their everyday lives at home, work and the community were examined.
The research summary is part of a series of documents generated during a two-year National Literacy Secretariat funded research project entitled, “Informal Learning and Media Perceptions of Adults With Low Literacy Skills”.
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Added: 2004-01-01
45. Insights from Canada's Apprenticeship Community: Impacts and Next Steps (2011)
Final Report
Authors: Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF)
Collection: Research Materials
In 2011, the Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) commissioned a study to measure the impact of its work, with particular emphasis on determining if barriers to apprenticeship training have been reduced in recent years; understanding future priorities for the apprenticeship community; and providing insight into how CAF can best serve the apprenticeship community.
The online survey of apprenticeship stakeholders showed that most are familiar with CAF and most believe its activities have raised awareness of apprenticeship in Canada. Among the priorities for the future stakeholders cited were conducting more research on barriers to apprenticeship; developing a promotional campaign; and talking to employers about the business case for apprenticeship.
While a minority of stakeholders said barriers have been overcome, others pointed to new barriers that are emerging, including the availability of mentors and qualified instructors.
CAF is a national organization that brings together all the players in Canada’s apprenticeship community.
Added: 2011-12-06
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46. Integrating Equity, Addressing Barriers: Innovative Learning Practices by Unions (2007)
Authors: Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), Work and Learning Knowledge Centre (WLKC)
Collection: Research Materials
In seeking innovative learning practices, this project was particularly devoted to increasing knowledge of education programs that address systemic barriers related to class, age, gender, sexual orientation, race and cultural background, disability, literacy, language, lack of formal education as well as barriers faced by workers in small or remote areas, by part-time workers, by shift workers. As well, union education programs are the focus of this report.
The report provides examples of the barriers identified and addressed, barriers which may exist in any and every aspect of education programs:
- How learning takes place: the approach to learning, the methodology;
- What is the subject of learning: the content, the curriculum;
- Who is and is not participating: the diversity of union members, reflected in recruitment and facilitation;
- Where the programs are conducted: at the workplace, the union hall, the community, in workers’ homes;
- When programs are scheduled: on work time, on workers’ own time while juggling shifts, more than one job, personal responsibilities, and
- Why unions initiate programs: the purpose, how unions shape and define their programs, program planning and design.
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47. Integrating Equity, Addressing Barriers: Innovative Learning Practices by Unions (2009)
Second Edition, Updated and Expanded
Authors: Labour Education Centre
Collection: Research Materials
This is a revised version of a document of the same name published in 2007 which is available at: http://library.nald.ca/item/6446.
The authors have collected brief accounts or sketches of a variety of innovative educational programs initiated by unions across Canada. Each account includes information about the program’s methodology and curriculum; where the program is conducted; whether it is scheduled during work time or during workers’ own time; and why the union began the program.
The sketches are grouped by type of program: literacy, high school; workplace programs; apprenticeship, pre-apprenticeship, work skills training; labour education; integrated initiatives that link two or more of these program areas.
The authors note that the report focuses in particular on programs that address systemic barriers to learning, including age, race, literacy, language, geography and disability.
Added: 2011-02-16
48. Integrating Literacies: Introduction (2009)
Series: Widening Access for Adult Literacies
Authors: Michael Wallace
Collection: Research Materials
Adults participating in community programs may have problems with the literacy requirements of their courses. “Integrating literacies” means addressing those problems and finding ways for participants to use and practise literacy skills while also learning the program content.
Developing ways to integrate literacies into community programs was a major goal of the Widening Access for Adult Literacies project, which was carried out in Edmonton, Alberta, from 2006 to 2009. In this document, the author discusses how the interpretation of integrating literacies broadened as the project progressed.
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Added: 2010-11-09
49. Interim Report for the Integration of Internationally-Trained Workers Project (2003)
Authors: Canadian Labour and Business Centre
Collection: Research Materials
This project’s overall goal is "to develop a community-based strategy aimed at facilitating the accreditation and integration of internationally-trained workers into the Ottawa economy." The report looks at workplace barriers facing foreign-trained workers and offers some strategies and solutions to help integrate skilled workers, new to Canada, into the labour market.
Added: 2007-04-04
50. Isolating the Barriers and Strategies for Prevention (1995)
A Kit about Violence and Women's Education for Adult Education and Adult Learners
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Anne Elliott, Patricia Williams
Collection: Research Materials
Most of us believe that the right to education, from kindergarten through high school, is fundamental. However, not everyone is able to fully enjoy that right; not everyone is able to obtain an education that is empowering, relevant, safe and useful. Women who have lived in violent homes, who have been subjected to physical or sexual abuse, who have experienced systemic violence such as that experienced by many women at residential school, did not receive an education that was safe, empowering, relevant or useful.
This kit about violence and women's education was designed for adult educators and learners. It's main concern is to look at how violence affects a woman's education and her ability to learn. Violence has many faces; it can be of a physical nature, emotional, sexual, racist or concerning one's spirituality. The Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW) established a national working group to oversee this project, with women from all parts of the country contributing to the pilot workshops.
In the document are sections on describing the barriers to women's education, sharing our experiences, creating a better learning environment and resources such as workshop guidelines, a guide to survivor's language, as well as publications, kits and videos to be used as references.
This kit is designed for adult educators and is CCLOW's way of sharing some of our experiences and ideas gathered from documents we have produced in the past and workshops we have conducted across the country . We also hope it will encourage you to think about the issues raised here, to use the ideas and techniques discussed by our authors, to share this material with your learners, to adapt and/or expand these ideas so they suit your learners, and to collect materials from your community.
The kit is available at a cost of $8 plus $2 postage & handling & GST, from CCLOW, 47 Main Street, Toronto, ON M4E 2V6, Tel. (416) 699-1909, Fax (416) 699-2145. E-mail : cclow@web.apc.org
ISBN 0-921283-13-X (96.11.04)
Added: 2003-10-09
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