Series: Light Onwords / Light Onwards
Authors: Geoff Pevere
Geoff Pevere was a speaker at “Living Literacies,” a conference that took place in Toronto at York University in November of 2002. This is the text of his presentation at the conference.
Added: 2004-01-01
Series: Light Onwords / Light Onwards
Authors: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak was a speaker at “Living Literacies,” a conference that took place in Toronto at York University in November of 2002. This is the text of her presentation at the conference.
Added: 2004-01-01
Conference Report
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Education Conference
This is a report of the first Western Canada Workplace Education Conference held in Western Canada in 1995, called The Bottom Line on Basics”. It provided an opportunity to hear about many workplace education programs and projects in Western Canada, exchange ideas, and look toward the future.
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Added: 2005-09-23
Authors: Peter Calamai
Peter Calamai addressed the Second Canadian Conference on Literacy and Health on October 19, 2004 in Ottawa. In his address, he discussed adult literacy, including literacy levels Canada, literacy and health relationships and the importance of forging partnerships between the public health field and the literacy movement.
Added: 2004-11-26
Women's Education des femmes, March 1984 - vol. 2 no. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Heather Menzies
At the Canada Tomorrow Conference held in Ottawa in 1983 under the auspices of the federal Ministry of Science and Economic Development, Heather Menzies was theme coordinator for the topic "Concerns about the Consequence of Change". The other three themes dealt with technology. This article contains an edited version of Mrs. Menzies' report to the final plenary session
Added: 2004-02-13
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Report
Authors: Irving Rootman, Darryl Quantz
This is a report on a national workshop that took place before the Second National Literacy and Health Conference in Ottawa. Canadian graduate students were invited to apply to attend the workshop and conference and 22 graduate students from across Canada were accepted.
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Added: 2005-09-23
Series: Light Onwords / Light Onwards
Authors: John Daniel O'Leary
John O'Leary was a speaker at “Living Literacies,” a conference that took place in Toronto at York University in November of 2002. This is the text of his presentation at the conference.
Added: 2004-01-01
Series: Light Onwords / Light Onwards
Authors: William Irwin Thompson
William Irwin Thompson was a speaker at “Living Literacies,” a conference that took place in Toronto at York University in November of 2002. This is the text of his presentation at the conference.
Added: 2004-01-01
Authors: Institut de coopération pour l'éducation des adultes (ICÉA), Fédération canadienne pour l'alphabétisation
Conferences and meetings in preparation for the Sixth International Conference on Adult Education (CONFINTEA VI) are taking place all around the world. In October 2008, in preparation for CONFINTEA VI, residents of Quebec and Francophone Canada met at the Francophone Consultative Forum that was organized jointly by the Fédération canadienne pour l’alphabétisation en français (FCAF) and the Institut de coopération pour l’éducation des adultes (ICÉA). Participants came from all levels of the public education system, as well as from literacy organizations, community education organizations, cultural organizations, community action groups, labour unions, research institutions, and various government departments, ministries and agencies.
During the Forum, participants identified a consensus within Quebec and French-speaking Canada regarding the challenges and priorities for adult education and continuing education. The present declaration on the "Right to Learn for Adults" was adopted unanimously by the Forum participants.
Added: 2009-01-12
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Congress Report, March 2 - 5, 2000
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
This is a report of a conference on women's learning, education and training in Canada which took place March 2-5, 2000 and was hosted by the Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW), in collaboration with the National Women's Reference Group on Labour Market Issues (NWRG). The conference brought together a diversity of women from across Ontario and the rest of Canada to discuss the status of women's learning, education and training in this country and to strategize for the future.
The aim of the conference was to examine the current status of women's learning, education and training in Canada, and the continued role of a national organization addressing these issues. Six overarching theme areas were identified: Learning, Work and Gender Equity; Technology and Women's Learning; Women's Literacy Education; Learning and Trauma; Older Women and Learning; Supporting Women's Learning
Added: 2003-10-07
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