Adult Learners’ Week in Canada - 2013
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Planned Events
The National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) and its partners are again this year celebrating Adult Learners’ Week in Canada. In 2013, the dates are April 6 - 14.
International Adult Learners' Week (IALW) was officially launched by UNESCO on September 8, 2000. Its founders understood that the most effective way to underscore the importance of lifelong learning was to give adult learners themselves the chance to express their views, describe their challenges, and document their success stories. IALW has been celebrated in Canada since 2002.
In Canada in 2011, a partnership was created among NALD, the Réseau pour le développement de l'alphabétisme et des compétences (RESDAC), the Assembly of First Nations, the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the Inuit Tapirit Kanatami (an organization representing four Inuit regions) to promote Adult Learners’ Week in Canada. The slogan ‘l’m still learning’ is engaging anglophones, francophones, First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities in celebrations organized for this week dedicated to adult learners.
NALD celebrates the accomplishments of learners by featuring each week a new learner's story in Story of the Week. To find a story, users can search by alphabetical order, by year and by location. Stories with audio files are grouped together.
NALD invites you to submit your events for ALW.
Read learner writings from the NALD Library
Resources
- Canadian Commission for UNESCO resources
- Other resources from the Canadian adult literacy community
- Ideas/suggestions on how to celebrate IALW - Past activities
Partners
Links
- Nova Scotia Adult Learners' Week
- Canadian Literacy and Learning Network
- Good Learning Anywhere Learner Blog
- Alberta
- Calgary Public Library
- Manitoba
- New Brunswick
- Literacy Nova Scotia
- Saskatchewan
Posters and Postcards
- Download the Canadian Commission for UNESCO IALW 2013 postcard
- Download the Canadian Commission for UNESCO IALW 2012 postcard
- Literacy Nova Scotia (LNS) 2013 Adult Learners Week
- Literacy Nova Scotia (LNS) 2012 Adult Learners Week
- Spread the word: I’m still learning
- Video contest: Grande Prairie Council for Lifelong Learning & Grande Prairie Public Library, 2012
Multimedia
- ABC Life Literacy, Literacy Partners of Manitoba. Joy Fielding talks about Good Reads during International Adult Learners' Week, 12-02-28
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