COMING EVENTS


Designing Our Future-Women's Learning, Education and Training in Canada: 2000 and Beyond
The Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW) will present this conference in co-operation with the Centre for Women's Studies and the Department of Adult Education, Community Development and Counselling Psychology at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. It will be held from March 2 - 5. 2000 and one of the themes is: Technology and Women's Learning- new communication technologies and their impact on education and training. For more information, contact: The Congress Co-ordinator, Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women, 27 Follis Ave., Toronto, ON, M6G 1S5, Fax: (416) 532-6048 or email: cclow@web.net Information on the conference is also on their Web site at: http://www.nald.ca/cclow.htm

Education, Technology and Learning Disabilities: A Look From the Inside
Patt Hatt, an adult literacy and LD specialist, will discuss some of the barriers to technology for the learning disabled, as well as sharing her own experience with using technology as a tool. Ms. Hatt, who has a Masters Degree in Adult Language and Learning Problems, has worked in the field of Adults with Special Needs for over 25 years. The workshop will be held at the Centre for Literacy at Dawson College on April 27, 2000. For more information, contact: literacycntr@dawsoncollege.qc.ca or visit the Centre for Literacy website at: www.nald.ca/litcent.htm

Adult Literacy and Television: An Untapped Resource?
The use of television as a teaching tool in adult literacy and basic skills will be a major focus of the Summer Institute 2000 in Toronto, Ontario, from May 18 - 20th. The conference is being sponsored by Frontier College, the Centre for Literacy and the Georgia Tech Lifelong Learning Network. Contact the Centre for Literacy for more information, at: literacycntr@dawsoncollege.qc.ca or visit the Centre for Literacy website at: www.nald.ca/litcent.htm


ADVERTISING RATES

CONNECT is published with a grant from the National Literacy Secretariat and the proceeds from subscriptions. However, to continue publishing into the year 2000, we will offer advertising space to literacy and technology related organizations at the following rates:

Business Card Size Ad $75.00 first run, $50.00 thereafter
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